Collection of print and radio interviews with and on Iymen Chehade’s struggle for academic freedom at Columbia College Chicago:
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forum: Why is Palestine taboo at Columbia College
Interviews with Professor Iymen Chehade:
James Corbett interviews Professor Iymen Chehade to discuss the controversy surrounding the his course on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict at Columbia College and the accusations of bias that have prompted the college to interfere with their course in contravention of their own stated policies. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN
James Corbett interviews Professor Iymen Chehade to discuss the controversy surrounding the his course on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict at Columbia College and the accusations of bias that have prompted the college to interfere with their course in contravention of their own stated policies. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN
amidst untolerable suffering and crises, siege and war-on-Gaza-manufactured, Palestinians radiate beauty despite the odds against them.
Omar Ghraieb:
#Gaza sunset breathtaking as ever even during a harsh storm! I needed this! #Palestine is beautiful
see campaigns for academic freedom and the ability to educate on Palestine on US campuses. please sign and share:
amidst untolerable suffering and crises, siege and war-on-Gaza-manufactured, Palestinians radiate beauty despite the odds against them.
Omar Ghraieb:
#Gaza sunset breathtaking as ever even during a harsh storm! I needed this! #Palestine is beautiful
see campaigns for academic freedom and the ability to educate on Palestine on US campuses. please sign and share:
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“Academic freedom entails not only the right to speak from a particular perspective, but the freedom from being compelled to engage in a particular type of speech,” said Chehade. “The frequent demand from apologists for Israeli colonialism that any discussion of the conflict be ‘balanced’ would be considered absurd in most other contexts. For example, must every presentation about the African-American civil rights movement include a speaker who will attempt to justify the denial of these rights?”
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“Academic freedom entails not only the right to speak from a particular perspective, but the freedom from being compelled to engage in a particular type of speech,” said Chehade. “The frequent demand from apologists for Israeli colonialism that any discussion of the conflict be ‘balanced’ would be considered absurd in most other contexts. For example, must every presentation about the African-American civil rights movement include a speaker who will attempt to justify the denial of these rights?”
Stand up for academic freedom:
TODAY, TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, 2pm Central [and additionally any other time] tweet:
Stand up for #academicfreedom: Why is #Palestine taboo at @ColumbiaChi?http://chn.ge/MXMtpY
The Power Hour, Joyce Riley, Feb 24, 2014
Bullet Points, Navid Nasr, Voices of the 99 Percent Radio, posted Mar 5, 2014
We are stuck in the Gaza strip – the world’s biggest open air prison, The Egyptian military closed the ” Rafah ” border for almost a month now !! Many Gazan patients, students, and others aren’t able to leave !! While the Israeli\Egyptian border ” Taba ” didn’t close for one single day !!
Today the Egyptians said that they will be opening ” Rafah ” tomorrow only to let people enter Gaza, but no one will be leaving the Gaza strip !!
What kind of treatment is this ?! coming from your Arab neighboring country ?!
