In an article published yesterday by Inside Binghamton University, faculty members remember Dick Antoun, who was murdered a few days ago by a Ph.D student.  For part of the time that I was a Ph.D. student there, Professor Antoun was director of the Middle East and North Africa Program, including when I and three of my friends organized a three week Maghrebi Arts Festival and when we organized a MENA Students Group.  He was very supportive.
I think Steve Straight hit the nail on the head when he described Antoun as a peacemaker.  Straight joined the Anthropology Department at the same time as Antoun, and noted
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