Muhammad Shahid Alam is an economist, academic, and social scientist. He is a professor of economics at Northeastern University, Boston. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Policy Research & Development, London.
He has published many books, including Poverty from the Wealth of Nations (Macmillan, 2000), Governments and Markets in Economic Development Strategies (Praeger: 1989), Is There An Islamic Problem (Kuala Lumpur: The Other Press, 2004, republished in 2007 as Challenging the New Orientalism, IPI: 2007), and most recently, Israeli Exceptionalism: The Destabilizing Logic of Zionism (Palgrave Macmillan: 2009). He is also a regular contributor to CounterPunch magazine.
Muhammad Shahid Alam is an economist, academic, and social scientist. He is a professor of economics at Northeastern University, Boston. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Policy Research & Development, London.
He has published many books, including Poverty from the Wealth of Nations (Macmillan, 2000), Governments and Markets in Economic Development Strategies (Praeger: 1989), Is There An Islamic Problem (Kuala Lumpur: The Other Press, 2004, republished in 2007 as Challenging the New Orientalism, IPI: 2007), and most recently, Israeli Exceptionalism: The Destabilizing Logic of Zionism (Palgrave Macmillan: 2009). He is also a regular contributor to CounterPunch magazine.
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a:14:{s:8:"zoneInfo";s:0:"";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:8:"is_video";b:0;s:6:"the_id";i:3797;s:13:"the_title_ORG";s:22:"Zionists Against Zion?";s:9:"the_title";s:22:"Zionists Against Zion?";s:13:"the_permalink";s:54:"https://www.islamicity.org/3797/zionists-against-zion/";s:8:"the_date";s:11:"Mar 30 2010";s:12:"the_date_ORG";s:14:"March 30, 2010";s:13:"the_thumbnail";s:174:"https://www.islamicity.org/wp-content/plugins/blueprint-timthumb/timthumb.php?src=http://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/a12_islamic_art.jpg&w=500&h=281&q=100";s:10:"the_author";s:14:"M. Shahid Alam";s:14:"the_topic_text";s:12:"Christianity";s:9:"the_topic";s:75:"Christianity";s:11:"the_excerpt";s:240:"Zionists have worked hard and cleverly for their successes, but their cause has been greatly advanced at each stage by the logic of their colonial project aimed at the creation of a Jewish settler state at the very center of the Islamicate.";}
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a:14:{s:8:"zoneInfo";s:0:"";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:8:"is_video";b:0;s:6:"the_id";i:3716;s:13:"the_title_ORG";s:47:"Native Orientalists at the Daily Times Pakistan";s:9:"the_title";s:47:"Native Orientalists at the Daily Times Pakistan";s:13:"the_permalink";s:80:"https://www.islamicity.org/3716/native-orientalists-at-the-daily-times-pakistan/";s:8:"the_date";s:10:"Jan 8 2010";s:12:"the_date_ORG";s:15:"January 8, 2010";s:13:"the_thumbnail";s:174:"https://www.islamicity.org/wp-content/plugins/blueprint-timthumb/timthumb.php?src=http://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/a17_islamic_art.jpg&w=500&h=281&q=100";s:10:"the_author";s:14:"M. Shahid Alam";s:14:"the_topic_text";s:11:"Najam Sethi";s:9:"the_topic";s:73:"Najam Sethi";s:11:"the_excerpt";s:224:"Contrary to its slogan, it was never DT's mission to be a 'new voice for a new Pakistan.' The DT had dredged its voice from the colonial past; it had only altered its pitch and delivery to serve the new US-Zionist overlords.";}
