The censure of pro-Palestine Professor Mohamed Abdou by Columbia University has sparked outrage. Three academics, including a visiting professor, have faced repercussions for defending Palestinian rights. Administrators, supported by politicians, have targeted dissenting voices. Tensions at the New York-based Ivy league college escalated last...
New York, United States – AFP Classes at Columbia University were shifted online Monday as protests over Israel’s war on Gaza heightened tensions on US campuses and led to dozens of arrests at Yale University. A large group of demonstrators has established a “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” on lawns at Columbia, with some J...
Ottawa, Canada – AFP The government of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday unveiled a federal budget that seeks to woo young voters while asking the wealthy to pay higher taxes. Trailing his main rival, conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, by more than 10 points, Trudeau must rally support from the millennials and Gen Z [&...
Kabul, Afghanistan – – AFP Schools in Afghanistan opened for the new academic year on Wednesday, with girls still remaining out of secondary-level classes for a third year in a row. Taliban authorities barred girls from secondary school in March 2022, after surging back to power in 2021 following the end of decades long US [&hellip...
Schools across the U.S. are finding ways to support Muslim students who are observing the Ramadan fast. Public schools in Dearborn, Michigan, are offering other activities during lunch time. In St. Paul, Minnesota, the East African Elementary Magnet School does something similar for its Muslim students who are mostly of Somali background, offe...
ISTANBUL (AA) – In the south of Gaza, a white, blue and sand-colored structure with lush green lawns once stood tall. Every day, hundreds of Palestinians would make their way to Israa University, a building with an imposing facade inspired by Islamic architecture. Today, though, the university exists only in memories and visual archives....
ANKARA (AA) – Harvard University is facing a government investigation for possible discrimination following a civil rights complaint filed by Arab and Muslim students, according to media reports. Since the start of Israel’s assault on Gaza last October, more than 60 investigations by the US Department of Education have been launche...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 4,119 Palestinian school students have been killed and 7,536 others injured in the relentless ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza, according to the Palestinian Education Ministry. In addition to the students’ casualties in Gaza, the Israeli army also killed 37 school students and injured 282 others in the occupied West...
ANKARA (AA) – Amid a controversy over Harvard University President Claudine Gay’s defense of free expression during anti-Israel protests, certain campus faculty members have demanded that some board members resign for supporting her. Criticism against President Gay has escalated due to her characterization of anti-Israel protests on camp...
NEW DELHI (AA) – The Indian southern state of Karnataka decided to revoke a ban on wearing headscarves inside educational premises, the state’s top elected official said Friday. “I have told (officials) to withdraw the hijab ban,” Chief Minister Siddaramaiah wrote on X, while pointing the finger at the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya J...
