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In a context where Israel’s genocidal carnage has been globally livestreamed and meticulously documented, repressing Palestine solidarity has become a state imperative. Forming an epicentre of resistance, as students and academics have testified, this is especially the case in universities in No..

Student protests against Israel’s Genocide in Gaza have engulfed campuses across the United States and Europe. As the Spring semester unwinds, new/old forms of protests emerge/resurface and address matters related to the assault o..

Student protests against Israel’s Genocide in Gaza have engulfed campuses across the United States recently. As the Spring semester unwinds, new/old forms of protests emerge/resurface. On May 15, the UAW 4811, representing 48,000 ..

Student protests against Israel’s Genocide in Gaza have engulfed campuses across the United States, overwhelmingly in the form of peaceful, community-oriented encampments. Yet, they have been maligned to no end via a concerted eff..

We are all in awe (tears, really) of our University presidents, administrators, and fellow faculty member for unanimously supporting with every bone in their body the valiant efforts of our students as they protest war/Genocide and call for ceasefire and divestment f..

Student protests against Israel’s Genocide in Gaza have engulfed campuses across the United States, overwhelmingly in the form of peaceful, community-oriented encampments. Yet, they have been maligned to no end via a concerted effort led by corporate media, pro-Israel organizations/groups, and s..

Applications are invited for a fully funded three-year CHASE doctoral studentship, jointly supervised within the Departments of Politics and International Studies (SOAS University of London), History, Classics and Archaeology (Birkbeck College, University of London), and the Arab and African Res..

We, the undersigned, current graduate students and alumni of the Department of Anthropology at UC Berkeley, write in condemnation of the ongoing violence faced by Palestinians from the settler-colonial state of Israel and its military. While the Palestinian anti-colonial struggle is over a centu..

For decades, Palestinian activists have provided ample documentation of the injustices they face every day only to have this evidence dismissed and marginalized in US academic institutions. We recognize this history of denial and seek to..

The following letter was issued by the

We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) of North America and its Committee on Academic Freedom to express our dismay concerning the detentions of Boğaziçi University students over recent days. Following a month of protests against the appointment of a member of your poli..

What started as a small campaign and an exchange of disgruntled emails among rent-burdened graduate student employees late last year at a university in California is turning into an entrenched labor strike. At a time when many are raising the alarm about ..

The following letter was issued by the Middle East Studies Association 30 January 2020 in res..

The following letter was issued by the Middle East Studies Association 12 February 2020 in response to the US De..

The following letter was issued by the Middle East Studies Association 27 January 2020 in response to the US Depa..

In response to the added financial and other stresses facing students whose funding sources are based in Lebanon, the Board of the Lebanese Studies Association has written a letter encouraging academic institutions to do what they can to support these students. The letter is below the jump, and ..

#Statement by a collective of protesting students present at today’s gathering on the campus of Amir Kabir (Polytechnic) University[1] in Tehran to protest the calamitous downing of a passenger flight by a defense missile.

On 19 September 2019, the Department of Education under Secretary Betsy DeVos ordered the UNC-Duke Middle East Studies program to remake itself 

On 16-18 November, National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) hosted its annual conference at UCLA. This year’s theme was “Radical Hope: Resistance in the Face of Adversity.” Unfortunately, while the theme is certainly fitting for an event exploring the Palesti..

On March 19, 2018, a group of students from the Society for Islamic Research (BISAK) at Istanbul’s Bogazici University opened a stand at the campus to distribute sweets (lokum/Turkish delight) to commemorate Turkish soldiers killed in Turkey’s capture of the northern Syrian town of Afri..

Call for Papers:

I conducted the following interviews with a number of chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine over email in the spring and summer of 2016. The aim was to use this space to allow student activists involved in the Palestine movement to speak to the non-student sectors of the movement about t..

The following interview is part of a series of long-form interviews with chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine. The aim is to create a space for chapters to articulate their political perspectives and experiences on campus organizing, as part of a broader project to create a public ar..

The following interview is part of a series of long-form interviews with chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine. The aim is to create a space for chapters to articulate their political perspectives and experiences on campus organizing, as part of a broader project to create a public ar..