Pipes went on to found the website Campus Watch, which asserts that Middle East scholars are un-American. In terms that barely disguise its racism, the website explains why this might be so; one page, since removed, stated that “Middle East studies in the United States has become the preserve of Middle East Arabs” who “have brought their views with them.” The next logical step was to target Arabs. Indeed, Campus Watch’s first prominent attack occurred against Professor Joseph Massad of Columbia University.

XREF: Connects to broader patterns of academic surveillance and McCarthyism-style campaigns against Middle East studies.

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