Webinar on the Gaza Genocide and Criminalizing the Teaching of Palestine in the Western Academy
The Arab Open University hosted the intellectual and activist Prof. Rabab Abdulhadi from San Francisco State University and founder of Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies (AMED) in a webinar entitled “The Gaza Genocide: Criminalizing Palestine in the Western Academy" on Thursday, 16 November 2023. Scholars and students from all over the Arab world attended this inspirational talk. Prof. Tahrir Hamdi, Director of AOU/Jordan discussed with Prof. Abdulhadi the growing solidarity with the Palestinian cause but at the same time the criminalizing of Palestine in official circles, such as western academia, media and governments. Prof. Abdulhadi spoke about her own difficult experience in teaching Palestine in western academia. She spoke about the absolute necessity of decolonizing the curriculum and de-criminalizing the teaching of Palestine.