Professor at virginia tech. During the 20152016 academic year, dr. Salaita is serving as the edward site chair of american studies at the American University of beirut. We are delighted he here today from beirut. Copies of dr. Salaitas book uncivil rites will be available for purchase after the event. Weve asked them to talk about 40 minutes, after which will open the floor for discussion. Those of you who are online can tweak your questions to us at Palestine Center. Please join me in welcoming professor steven salaita. [applause] okay. Can anybody hear me . Okay. Louder. Louder, okay. How is this . Okay. Thank you very much for coming out this afternoon and spend a little bit of time with me. I especially want to thank the Palestine Center and zeina and everyone who helped put the talk together. Im going to try not to be too long winded can which is sometimes a problem for me so we can have plenty of time for conversation and questions and discussion. I havent given a public talk in
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