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Max Weiss

Max Weiss is Elias Boudinot Bicentennial Preceptor and assistant professor of history and Near Eastern studies at Princeton University.

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Ziad Doueiri's The Insult and the Return of the Lebanese Civil War

A minor incident between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee brings up issues at the heart of the Lebanese conflict.

Max Weiss • 15 min read

Current Analysis

A Darkly Intimate Thriller

The first time I watched Omar [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2852406/], the latest Oscar-nominated work [http://www.merip.org/mero/interventions/paradise-nows-understated-power] by Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0009463/?ref_=tt_ov_dr], I nearly leapt out of my seat as

Max Weiss • 3 min read