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Rushdie on the Secular Revolution in the Middle East

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Channel: Emory University · 2011 · Education

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"This could be the moment as important as the fall of communism--the moment these countries construct modern states," says novelist Salman Rushdie during a Creativity Conversation at Emory University with Rosemary Magee, Vice President and Secretary (Feb. 27, 2011). "This is not a religious revolution -- it's a secular revolution.... I think what this is showing a whole generation of young people across the Muslim world is that al-Qaeda is bankrupt," he says.

As a Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at Emory, Rushdie presents public lectures, teaches, leads graduate seminars and engages with the academic community on campus.

For more information on Emory's Creativity Conversations, see http://creativity.emory.edu/creativity-conversations-header.shtml

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