After backlash emerged at Northwestern University's campus in Qatar, it cancelled the appearance of an openly gay popular singer from Lebanon. Those who protested cited Qatari and Islamic values as the basis of their complaint. Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, is providing a "media revolutions in the Middle East" discussion as an alternative.
This is a graphic example of the tensions that can emerge when western higher education practices are implemented in a different cultural context. While U.S. campuses often schedule controversial events as a way of demonstrating a marketplace of ideas to which all students should be exposed, stepping across a cultural line where a value is so fundamental is likely to run into opposition.
This is a graphic example of the tensions that can emerge when western higher education practices are implemented in a different cultural context. While U.S. campuses often schedule controversial events as a way of demonstrating a marketplace of ideas to which all students should be exposed, stepping across a cultural line where a value is so fundamental is likely to run into opposition.
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