March 1, 2002

Interest in the Islamic World Produces Academic Jobs in U.S.

By ROBIN WILSON

Colleges scramble to hire more scholars of Middle Eastern history, culture, and languages

David L. Boren was having scrambled eggs and bacon and trading family stories with his old friend George J. Tenet just blocks from the White House when terrorists struck the World Trade Center. Within minutes of the attack, Mr. Tenet's aides called his cellphone, and he rushed back to the director's office at the Central Intelligence Agency.

Mr. Boren, a former senator who is now president

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