Here’s an interesting Durham-in-Wonderland profile of Duke’s miriam cooke (who does not capitalize her name, no doubt out of egalitarian solidarity with small letters). Several themes mark the work of cooke, a professor of Arabic in the African & Asian Languages & Literature Department:

  • Sexism is to blame for the lack of recognition of the female activists who captivate her.
  • Islam is a female-friendly religion; to the degree Muslim males are guilty of sexist behavior, Europe, the United States, or Israel are to blame.
  • To differ from her is to go against basic academic principles.

KC Johnson gives a blow-by-blow of just how over-the-edge cooke is.