Universities such as Harvard, University of Southern California and Cornell are advising international students to return to campus before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20. They fear potential travel bans as during the previous Trump administration. Trump restricted entry from seven majority-Muslim countries, later expan...
HOUSTON, US (AA) – The number of Black students admitted to Harvard University has dropped, enrolment statistics released Wednesday showed. The Harvard freshman class is the first to enroll after the US Supreme Court’s decision to end affirmative action in colleges and universities. The data released by Harvard in the state of Mass...
Student outcry has intensified at Harvard University following the release of findings from two separate inquiries into anti-semitism and Islamophobia on campus. Tasked with investigating allegations amid tensions over Israel’s war on Gaza and occupation of Palestine, both reports acknowledged a climate of discrimination and harassment on camp...
Harvard’s task forces combating antisemitism and anti-Muslim bias have asked the university to address pervasive discrimination against both Jewish and Muslim students on campus. They have highlighted concerns over a culture of exclusion towards supporters of Palestine and Israel, giving examples of harassment and intimidation. Harvard’...
The co-chair of the task force combating anti-Muslim bias in Harvard has been a supporter of the Palestinian liberation struggle. Ali Asani, a Middle Eastern studies professor, has in the past vehemently opposed US support for Israel’s government, calling it an apartheid regime, as described by organizations like Human Rights Watch. In Februar...
ANKARA (AA) – The wife of a Harvard University professor was caught on camera harassing a Harvard graduate student for wearing a keffiyeh. In the footage, Eve Gerber follows the student wearing the keffiyeh and says, “Thank you for walking through neighborhoods and making families feel unsafe with your terrorist scarf”. The f...
