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Article: Library sponsors forums on Islam, Middle East
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- Charleston Gazette
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- December 4, 2001
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If you don't understand the Islamic faith, or the decades of
fighting that led up to this weekend's suicide bombings in Israel,
the Kanawha County Public Library has programs to help.
On Wednesday, Marshall University Middle East expert David Mills
will give a public talk about the battle between Israel and
Palestine.
Mills, an assistant professor of history, specializes in the
modern Middle East and the classical Islamic Age. He has spent
summers living in Egypt, researching for articles and a book.
"It's nice," he said of Egypt. "People think 'Middle East,' they