
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:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:48:"Penguins, Zionism, and the Instinct for Survival";s:12:"thePermalink";s:81:"https://www.islamicity.org/103854/penguins-zionism-and-the-instinct-for-survival/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"M. Shahid Alam";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:74:"https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/free-palestine.jpg";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:41:"political satire|/topics/political-satire";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Jan 11 2025";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:41:"January 11, 2025 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:32:"M. Shahid Alam|/by/m-shahid-alam";s:5:"theID";i:103854;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"13 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:186:"Zionists have sought to delegitimize Palestinian opposition to Zionism or Jewish settler-colonialization of their lands by accusing them of antisemitism, that is, of harboring hatr......";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:48:"Penguins, Zionism, and the Instinct for Survival";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=m-shahid-alam";}
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a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:35:"Is Gaza’s Destruction Inevitable?";s:12:"thePermalink";s:66:"https://www.islamicity.org/103782/is-gazas-destruction-inevitable/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"M. Shahid Alam";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:80:"https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/palestine-torn-flags.jpg";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:65:"israeli-palestinian conflict|/topics/israeli-palestinian-conflict";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Dec 31 2024";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:42:"December 31, 2024 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:32:"M. Shahid Alam|/by/m-shahid-alam";s:5:"theID";i:103782;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"10 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:186:"More than a few times since October 8, 2023, as I witnessed—day after day, month after month—the genocide in Gaza, I have tried to shake off the quaint feeling that I had seen ......";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:35:"Is Gaza’s Destruction Inevitable?";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=m-shahid-alam";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:62:"Deeds, Deception, and the Shadows of History: A Complex Legacy";s:12:"thePermalink";s:94:"https://www.islamicity.org/103507/deeds-deception-and-the-shadows-of-history-a-complex-legacy/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"M. Shahid Alam";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:66:"https://www.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/genocide.png";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:31:"war on gaza|/topics/war-on-gaza";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Nov 27 2024";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:42:"November 26, 2024 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:32:"M. Shahid Alam|/by/m-shahid-alam";s:5:"theID";i:103507;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"4 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:186:"“Good deeds can be shortly stated but where wrong is done a wealth of language is needed to veil its deformity.” ― Thucydides
“We have a responsibility to act for good w......";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:62:"Deeds, Deception, and the Shadows of History: A Complex Legacy";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=m-shahid-alam";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:63:"Zionism: In the Words of the Leading Zionists and their Allies";s:12:"thePermalink";s:96:"https://www.islamicity.org/103466/zionism-in-the-words-of-the-leading-zionists-and-their-allies/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"M. Shahid Alam";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:72:"https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/rock-of-dome.png";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:23:"zionism|/topics/zionism";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Nov 20 2024";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:42:"November 20, 2024 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:32:"M. Shahid Alam|/by/m-shahid-alam";s:5:"theID";i:103466;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"16 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:82:"Nearly all of these quotes are gathered from the chapter epigraphs in the book, M.";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:63:"Zionism: In the Words of the Leading Zionists and their Allies";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=m-shahid-alam";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:77:"The Endgame of Zionism: Confronting a Historical Blunder and Its Consequences";s:12:"thePermalink";s:111:"https://www.islamicity.org/102355/the-endgame-of-zionism-confronting-a-historical-blunder-and-its-consequences/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"M. Shahid Alam";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:72:"https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/zionism-camp.jpg";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Americas|/explore/americas";s:6:"theTag";s:21:"israel|/topics/israel";s:7:"theDate";s:10:"Aug 6 2024";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:39:"August 5, 2024 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:32:"M. Shahid Alam|/by/m-shahid-alam";s:5:"theID";i:102355;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"6 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:113:"It is increasingly becoming clear—even to some Western observers—that the Zionist project has run its course.";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:77:"The Endgame of Zionism: Confronting a Historical Blunder and Its Consequences";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=m-shahid-alam";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:13:"Three Ghazals";s:12:"thePermalink";s:48:"https://www.islamicity.org/101972/three-ghazals/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"M. Shahid Alam";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:73:"https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Three-ghazals.jpg";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:19:"quran|/topics/quran";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Jun 12 2024";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:38:"June 12, 2024 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:32:"M. Shahid Alam|/by/m-shahid-alam";s:5:"theID";i:101972;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"2 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:103:"*These ghazals were first published in M. Shahid Alam, Yardstick of Life (KDP, March 2024)
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He ma...";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:13:"Three Ghazals";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=m-shahid-alam";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:35:"Zionist Dialectics: Past and Future";s:12:"thePermalink";s:67:"https://www.islamicity.org/7808/zionist-dialectics-past-and-future/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"M. Shahid Alam";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:67:"https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Zionism.png";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:23:"zionism|/topics/zionism";s:7:"theDate";s:10:"Mar 8 2024";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:43:"September 22, 2010 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:32:"M. Shahid Alam|/by/m-shahid-alam";s:5:"theID";i:7808;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"25 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:272:"My God! Is this the end? Is this the goal for which our fathers have striven and for whose sake all generations have suffered? Is this the dream of a return to Zion which our people have dreamt for centuries: that we now come to Zion to stain its soil with innocent blood?";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:35:"Zionist Dialectics: Past and Future";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=m-shahid-alam";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:42:"Postscripts on Israel: October 7 Surprise?";s:12:"thePermalink";s:74:"https://www.islamicity.org/96612/postscripts-on-israel-october-7-surprise/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"M. Shahid Alam";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:69:"https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/October-7.png";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:31:"war on gaza|/topics/war-on-gaza";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Jan 19 2024";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:41:"January 19, 2024 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:32:"M. Shahid Alam|/by/m-shahid-alam";s:5:"theID";i:96612;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"48 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:103:"1. Was October 7 A Surprise?
Israel claims that the attacks of October 7, 2023, were a surprise. It...";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:42:"Postscripts on Israel: October 7 Surprise?";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=m-shahid-alam";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:24:"Discovering Mirza Ghalib";s:12:"thePermalink";s:58:"https://www.islamicity.org/18059/discovering-mirza-ghalib/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Guy Rotella+..";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:81:"http://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/intimations-of-ghalib2.png";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:31:"book review|/topics/book-review";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Feb 15 2019";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:42:"February 13, 2019 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:30:"Guy Rotella+..|/by/guy-rotella";s:5:"theID";i:18059;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"11 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:103:"I first encountered Ghalib in the early 1970s. I was in graduate school, studying poetry. Then, as n...";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:24:"Discovering Mirza Ghalib";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=m-shahid-alam";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:19:"Qur'anic Dialectics";s:12:"thePermalink";s:51:"https://www.islamicity.org/5098/quranic-dialectics/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"M. Shahid Alam";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:85:"/global/images/photo/IC-Articles/openquran_old__1024x659.JPG";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:29:"revelation|/topics/revelation";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Oct 20 2010";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:16:"October 20, 2010";s:9:"theAuthor";s:32:"M. Shahid Alam|/by/m-shahid-alam";s:5:"theID";i:5098;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"9 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:315:"In order to bring man to the straight path, the Qur'an harnesses the resources of human language, reasoning, rhetoric, and prosody; it infers the Unknown from the known; it draws lessons from the history of human arrogance; it borrows images from this life to illustrate the felicity and pain of the Hereafter; ...";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:19:"Qur'anic Dialectics";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=m-shahid-alam";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:30:"Imran Khan's Political Tsunami";s:12:"thePermalink";s:62:"https://www.islamicity.org/7903/imran-khans-political-tsunami/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"M. Shahid Alam";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:29:"imran khan|/topics/imran-khan";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Apr 26 2012";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:39:"April 25, 2012 {wpcf-soft-date engaged}";s:9:"theAuthor";s:32:"M. Shahid Alam|/by/m-shahid-alam";s:5:"theID";i:7903;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"58 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:179:"Pakistanis knew better than to expect a savior to emerge from the military or the established political classes: for they had produced the mayhem and were its chief beneficiaries.";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:30:"Imran Khan's Political Tsunami";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=m-shahid-alam";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:22:"The Mozlems Are Coming";s:12:"thePermalink";s:55:"https://www.islamicity.org/4371/the-mozlems-are-coming/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"M. Shahid Alam";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Americas|/explore/americas";s:6:"theTag";s:29:"imran khan|/topics/imran-khan";s:7:"theDate";s:10:"Jul 5 2011";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:12:"July 5, 2011";s:9:"theAuthor";s:32:"M. Shahid Alam|/by/m-shahid-alam";s:5:"theID";i:4371;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"3 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:149:"It's women in burqa, no gambling, no drinking, nor driving for women. Americans get cracking because your country is calling. The Mozlems are coming.";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:22:"The Mozlems Are Coming";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=m-shahid-alam";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:58:"Pakistan's Dignity Deficit: The Lessons of the Arab Revolt";s:12:"thePermalink";s:89:"https://www.islamicity.org/7836/pakistans-dignity-deficit-the-lessons-of-the-arab-revolt/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"M. Shahid Alam";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:25:"pakistan|/topics/pakistan";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Feb 20 2011";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:17:"February 20, 2011";s:9:"theAuthor";s:32:"M. Shahid Alam|/by/m-shahid-alam";s:5:"theID";i:7836;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"9 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:261:"Pakistan's ruling elites may well be thinking that the wave of people's indignation that has overthrown the corrupt tyrants in Tunisia and Egypt will never reach them. Perhaps, they are telling each other, 'We are a democracy: we are safe.' They could be wrong.";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:58:"Pakistan's Dignity Deficit: The Lessons of the Arab Revolt";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=m-shahid-alam";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:31:"People Power in the Middle East";s:12:"thePermalink";s:64:"https://www.islamicity.org/4095/people-power-in-the-middle-east/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"M. Shahid Alam";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:37:"foreign policy|/topics/foreign-policy";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Jan 28 2011";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:16:"January 28, 2011";s:9:"theAuthor";s:32:"M. Shahid Alam|/by/m-shahid-alam";s:5:"theID";i:4095;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"11 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:184:"Which country has been the leading ally and sponsor these past decades of nearly all the despotisms in the Middle East - those of royal pedigree and others seeking to become royalties?";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:31:"People Power in the Middle East";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=m-shahid-alam";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:38:"A Political Murder in Pakistan or War?";s:12:"thePermalink";s:70:"https://www.islamicity.org/7822/a-political-murder-in-pakistan-or-war/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"M. Shahid Alam";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:25:"pakistan|/topics/pakistan";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Jan 18 2011";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:16:"January 18, 2011";s:9:"theAuthor";s:32:"M. Shahid Alam|/by/m-shahid-alam";s:5:"theID";i:7822;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"12 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:224:"For most of its more than sixty years, Pakistan has been ruled by predatory elites who, in order to ingratiate their masters, have tried to mimic their manners, to hate what they hate, and to pretend to love what they love. ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:38:"A Political Murder in Pakistan or War?";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=m-shahid-alam";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:34:"Israel: A Failing Colonial Project";s:12:"thePermalink";s:66:"https://www.islamicity.org/3873/israel-a-failing-colonial-project/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"M. Shahid Alam";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:57:"united states of america|/topics/united-states-of-america";s:7:"theDate";s:10:"Jul 7 2010";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:12:"July 7, 2010";s:9:"theAuthor";s:32:"M. Shahid Alam|/by/m-shahid-alam";s:5:"theID";i:3873;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"10 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:242:"It could not sustain its current military posture without the annual military grant of some three billion dollars from the United States. More importantly, without the US veto at the United Nations, Israel could not continue its occupation...";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:34:"Israel: A Failing Colonial Project";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=m-shahid-alam";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:18:"Roger Cohen of NYT";s:12:"thePermalink";s:51:"https://www.islamicity.org/3854/roger-cohen-of-nyt/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"M. Shahid Alam";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Americas|/explore/americas";s:6:"theTag";s:49:"recep tayyip erdogan|/topics/recep-tayyip-erdogan";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Jun 14 2010";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:13:"June 14, 2010";s:9:"theAuthor";s:32:"M. Shahid Alam|/by/m-shahid-alam";s:5:"theID";i:3854;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"7 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:207:"There is a myopia too behind Cohen's anger at the Turkish prime minister's statement. He claims, "there is nothing about it [the illegal Israeli massacre of civilians]" that can justify Erdogan's statement. ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:18:"Roger Cohen of NYT";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=m-shahid-alam";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:32:"Allama Iqbal - Gabriel and Iblis";s:12:"thePermalink";s:63:"https://www.islamicity.org/3812/allama-iqbal-gabriel-and-iblis/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"M. Shahid Alam";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:82:"/global/images/photo/IC-Articles/allmaiqbal__1200x400.JPG";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:39:"gabriel (jibril)|/topics/gabriel-jibril";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Apr 18 2010";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:14:"April 18, 2010";s:9:"theAuthor";s:32:"M. Shahid Alam|/by/m-shahid-alam";s:5:"theID";i:3812;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"3 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:179:"Gabriel, you cannot ever grasp how, fatefully, my shattered cup uplifts me, fires my fancy.Your station does not tempt me now, nor ever. It lacks the strife, the tension I prefer.";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:32:"Allama Iqbal - Gabriel and Iblis";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=m-shahid-alam";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:22:"Zionists Against Zion?";s:12:"thePermalink";s:54:"https://www.islamicity.org/3797/zionists-against-zion/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"M. Shahid Alam";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:33:"christianity|/topics/christianity";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Mar 30 2010";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:14:"March 30, 2010";s:9:"theAuthor";s:32:"M. Shahid Alam|/by/m-shahid-alam";s:5:"theID";i:3797;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"30 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";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.";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:22:"Zionists Against Zion?";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=m-shahid-alam";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:21:"A Eurocentric Problem";s:12:"thePermalink";s:54:"https://www.islamicity.org/7776/a-eurocentric-problem/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"M. Shahid Alam";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:23:"history|/topics/history";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Feb 10 2010";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:17:"February 10, 2010";s:9:"theAuthor";s:32:"M. Shahid Alam|/by/m-shahid-alam";s:5:"theID";i:7776;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:7:"24 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:306:"The central organizing principle of Eurocentrism is the division of the world into unequal moieties: us and them, self and the other. All those qualities that Western thinkers believe are emblems or sources of superiority are securely placed in the 'us' category; and their opposites are pinned on 'them.' ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:21:"A Eurocentric Problem";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=m-shahid-alam";}
a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:47:"Native Orientalists at the Daily Times Pakistan";s:12:"thePermalink";s:80:"https://www.islamicity.org/3716/native-orientalists-at-the-daily-times-pakistan/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"M. Shahid Alam";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:0:"";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:26:"Articles|/explore/articles";s:6:"theTag";s:25:"pakistan|/topics/pakistan";s:7:"theDate";s:10:"Jan 8 2010";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:15:"January 8, 2010";s:9:"theAuthor";s:32:"M. Shahid Alam|/by/m-shahid-alam";s:5:"theID";i:3716;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"9 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";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.";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:47:"Native Orientalists at the Daily Times Pakistan";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:80:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on by=m-shahid-alam";}