PreventTruthDecay Welcomes Daniel Pipes...

Daniel Pipes is director of the Middle East Forum and a prize-winning columnist for the New York Post and The Jerusalem Post. W.W. Norton has just published his newest book, Militant Islam Reaches America. His website, DanielPipes.org, offers an archive of his published writings and a sign-up list to receive his new articles as they appear.

Mr. Pipes was one of the few analysts who understood the threat of militant Islam ("Unnoticed by most Westerners," he wrote in 1995, "war has been unilaterally declared on Europe and the United States"). The Wall Street Journal has called him "an authoritative commentator on the Middle East." MSNBC describes him as one of the best-known "Mideast policy luminaries." Canada's National Post notes that "If the world had acted on his warnings, Sept. 11 might never have happened."

He received his A.B. (1971) and Ph.D. (1978) from Harvard University, both in history. He spent six years studying abroad, including three years in Egypt. Mr. Pipes speaks French, and reads Arabic and German. He has taught at the University of Chicago, Harvard University, and the U.S. Naval War College. He has served in various capacities at the Departments of State and Defense, including vice chairman of the presidentially-appointed Fulbright Board of Foreign Scholarships.

Mr. Pipes frequently discusses current issues on television, appearing on such programs as ABC World News, CBS Reports, Crossfire, Good Morning America, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Nightline, O'Reilly Factor, and The Today Show. He has lectured in twenty-five countries.

Mr. Pipes has published in such magazines as the Atlantic Monthly, Commentary, Foreign Affairs, Harper's, National Review, New Republic, and The Weekly Standard. Many newspapers carry his articles, including the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, another seventy dailies, plus hundreds of websites. His writings have been translated into eighteen languages.

Mr. Pipes has written eleven books. Four deal with Islam: Militant Islam Reaches America (2002), The Rushdie Affair (1990), In the Path of God (1983), and Slave Soldiers and Islam (1981).

Three books concern Syria: Syria Beyond the Peace Process (1996), Damascus Courts the West (1991), and Greater Syria (1990).

Three deal with other Middle Eastern topics: The Hidden Hand (1996) analyses the way Arabs and Iranians see themselves and the outside world. The Long Shadow (1989) contains essays on a variety of Middle Eastern topics. An Arabist's Guide to Colloquial Egyptian (1983) systematizes the grammar of Arabic as spoken in Egypt.

Conspiracy (1997) establishes the importance of conspiracy theories in modern European and American politics.

Mr. Pipes has edited two collections of essays, Sandstorm (1993) and Friendly Tyrants (1991). He is the joint author of eleven books.

Mr. Pipes serves on the "Special Task Force on Terrorism and Technology" at the Department of Defense. He sits on five editorial boards, has testified before many congressional committees, and worked on four presidential campaigns. He is or has been listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World.

The Middle East Forum (http://www.meforum.org), an independent 501(c)3 organization founded in 1994, promotes American interests through publications, research, consulting, media outreach, and public education.

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