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The 2025 Sadat Arts for Justice and Peace Competition
Co-sponsored by The Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development and Arts for All. This year's theme is climate justice.
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New Study of Change in U.S. Public Attitudes Towards Jews and Muslims, 2022-2024
The University of Maryland Critical Issues Poll, partially funded by the University of Maryland Grand Challenges Grant, released a report on July 2, 2024 examing the change in U.S. public attitudes towards Jews and Muslims from 2022 to 2024. The report found several striking findings:
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Marc Lynch and Shibley Telhami on the Latest Middle East Scholar Barometer Findings
Professor Shibley Telhami (University of Maryland) and Professor Marc Lynch (George Washington University), co-directors of the Middle East Scholar Barometer, released two articles on the latest findings from the May-June 2024 survey.
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"Americans strongly support defending human rights globally" - Latest Findings from the UMD Critical Issues Poll with Ipsos
Professor Shibley Telhami published a new article on May 16, 2024, with the Brookings Institution examining the latest findings of the University of Maryland Critical Issues Poll with Ipsos, fielded January 29-February 5, 2024. The article examined the degree to which Americans want the United States to make defending human rights and spreading democracy goals of American foreign policy.