Portrait
Ceasar Farah
10/15/1991 | 25m 51sVideo has Closed Captions
Now a Professor at the University of Minnesota, his father sent him to College...
Now a Professor at the University of Minnesota, his father sent him to College because he was a lousy salesman for the family business. He was one of the first Historians in the United States to specialize in Middle Eastern Studies.
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Portrait
Ceasar Farah
10/15/1991 | 25m 51sVideo has Closed Captions
Now a Professor at the University of Minnesota, his father sent him to College because he was a lousy salesman for the family business. He was one of the first Historians in the United States to specialize in Middle Eastern Studies.
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Clip: 10/15/1991 | 6m 56s | During the Gulf War, Farah was the expert the media turned to. But he felt the media... (6m 56s)
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Clip: 10/15/1991 | 4m 35s | After his family made their way up to Oregon, trips home to visit family in Beirut... (4m 35s)
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Clip: 10/15/1991 | 7m 14s | During the Gulf War, Farah didn't feel a backlash from people because of his Arab... (7m 14s)
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Clip: 10/15/1991 | 5m 59s | Originally wanting to study Astronomy and Physics, he was persuaded by a professor to... (5m 59s)
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