MER Article Tom Fox On November 26, 2005, Tom Fox and three other members of the Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) based in Iraq -- James Looney, Harmeet Singh and Norman Kimber -- were kidnapped by a previously unknown group calling itself the Swords of Righteousness Brigade. Nearly four months later, on March 10, 2006, Deborah J. Gerner • 1 min read
MER Article From the Editors (Fall 2004) It is not hard to understand why the judiciously written and copiously footnoted report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States debuted to widespread acclaim in July 2004. Coming as it did amid the febrile US presidential campaign season, the report rode the quadrennial wave of Deborah J. Gerner, Chris Toensing, The Editors • 10 min read
MER Article Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, one of the most significant and articulate Palestinian-American intellectuals of his generation, died on May 23, 2001 at his home in Ramallah, Palestine, at the age of 72. A scholar, educator, activist and institution builder in both North America and the Middle East, Abu-Lughod Deborah J. Gerner • 3 min read