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Thanks to everyone who came to the event yesterday at Carnegie, particularly to all of you who came up to talk about the blog. I believe Carnegie will have a […]

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Gregory Johnsen

December 21, 2010

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Thanks to everyone who came to the event yesterday at Carnegie, particularly to all of you who came up to talk about the blog. I believe Carnegie will have a video of the event that I’ll post when it comes out.

Gregory Johnsen

Near East Studies Scholar, Princeton University

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