Letter from Fouad Ajami to Elie Wiesel regarding a New York Times message

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Letter from Fouad Ajami to Elie Wiesel regarding a New York Times message

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May 6, 2002

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This is a letter from Fouad Ajami, associated with the Middle East Studies Program at The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, to Dr. Elie Wiesel. Dated May 6, 2002, Ajami expresses gratitude to Wiesel for a "decent and humane message" that Wiesel published in The New York Times. Ajami states that the message was insightful and opened a path for reconciliation following "the terror" (implicitly referring to the 9/11 attacks). He concludes by thanking Wiesel for his contribution to the public debate.

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