Middle East Studies Association of North America, Inc.
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Tucson, AZ 85705
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Our letter expressing concern regarding the failure of Hunter College to defend free speech and academic freedom.
Our letter expressing concern about the College of Education's treatment of faculty members Rebecca Lopez and Rebecca Zapien.
Our letter expressing concern regarding House Resolution 894's equation of anti-Zionism with antisemitism
Our letter to the University of California, Irvine, for bringing disciplinary charges against graduate student Margaret Goldman
Our letter expressing dismay about the administration’s decision to prevent the screening by Penn students of "Israelism".
Our letter to Israeli government authorities expressing concern about the mounting threats to and repressive measures against Palestinian students in Israeli universities since the Hamas attack of 7 October
Our letter to Israeli government authorities protesting the ongoing targeting and intensification of arrests of Palestinian students at universities in the occupied West Bank, with a focus on Birzeit University
Our letter condemning and demanding an end to the ongoing military assaults against the Palestinians of Gaza and Gaza’s educational infrastructure.
Our letter to the administration of Achva Academic College protesting their termination of the employment of senior lecturer, Dr. Uri Horesh, because of his social media posts in which he expressed views about the current war on Gaza, and the defamation of his name via untrue allegations.
Please see our letter requesting clarification about the decision to suspend the George Washington University (GWU) chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) for at least 90 days.
Our letter expressing concern about Columbia University’s decision to suspend the university’s chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP).
Our letter expressing concern about your failure to respond to a pattern of egregious threats to academic freedom aimed at Syracuse University faculty.
Our letter expressing grave concern about the decision to withdraw recognition of the Brandeis University chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).
Our letter in defense of Prof. Shalhoub-Kevorkian against calls from Hebrew University for her to resign for signing a petition calling for a ceasefire in Gaza
Our letter expressing concern about the failure of the University of Pennsylvania to respond to the defamation and harassment of UPenn faculty
Letter to the President of Columbia University defending Professor Joseph Massad
Our letter to NYU Law School Dean protesting actions taken against Ryna Workman
Letter to Israel government authorities to protest the arrests of 8 students at Birzeit University on 24 September 2023.
Our letter to Israeli authorities calling for the immediate release from detention of Khaled El-Qaisi, a Palestinian-Italian student
Our letter calling on Princeton University to defend the academic freedom of Professor Satyel Larson.
Our letter to the King of Bahrain regarding the declining health of prisoner of conscience, Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and insisting that he receive urgent medical care and that the Bahraini authorities cease the mistreatment of Al-Khawaja and other imprisoned Bahrainis.
Our letter to Iranian authorities objecting to the ongoing harassment of Iranian women students and the imposition of punitive measures against them if they appear to defy the hijab laws or show solidarity with protestors.
Our letter to Biden administration officials expressing our concern regarding the Memorandum of Understanding recently concluded between the United States and Israel concerning Israel’s admission to the U.S. Visa Waiver Program.
Our letter to the King of Morocco and governing authorities protesting the ongoing harassment of and punitive measures against the prominent historian and human rights activist, Dr. Maati Monjib. Most recently, on 1 March 2023, he was suspended, without pay, from his position as professor of History at the Mohammed V University in Rabat. This is our fourth letter decrying the mistreatment of this scholar and activist.
Our letter expressing concern over the decision by San Francisco State University to open an investigation into Professor Mahiar Berooz's showing of an image of the Prophet Muhammad in his class.