Sahar Aziz
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Prof. @RutgersLaw | Author "The #RacialMuslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom" | Center for Security, Race & Rights @rucsrr | Retweets Not Endorsement
Newark, NJ
Joined February 2011
Calling Arabs or Muslims Hamas supporters is a racist trope. Accusing Muslims or Arabs of supporting terrorism is a racist trope.
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Elizabeth Warren rolls out plan to reward hospitals that make childbirth safer for African-American women - CNNPolitics
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Let's finally put to rest the offensive trope of meek #Muslim women in need of saving by liberalism @4noura @DaliaFFahmy @DMogahed @ZahraBilloo @lsarsour @IlhanMN @RashidaTlaib @HindMakki @DebbiAlmontaser @KhaledBeydoun @ProfKFranke @rulajebreal.
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Teach In on #Palestine May 20 12 EDT. Register and share widely! @DAWNmenaorg @RUCSRR @KhaledBeydoun @DMogahed @DaliaFFahmy @lsarsour @4noura @OmarBaddar @OTMLAW @aayoub
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Cornel West's resignation: When anti-Black and anti-Palestinian racism converge in US academia @CornelWest @marclamonthill #Palestine
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We can't talk about #Islamophobia without also acknowledging how it intersects with anti-#Black #racism @IlhanMN @marclamonthill @RUCSRR #RacialMuslim.
Appreciate this interview between @marclamonthill and @saharazizlaw. As Sahar points out, anti-Muslim rhetoric may be nastier and more blatant than it's ever been, but it's not anything new in American politics. It's been a cornerstone of Republican talking points for decades.
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Over 140 #Rutgers Faculty Sign Statement of Solidarity w/ #Palestinian People. #Gaza #Palestine @Mondoweiss @MJPlitnick @marclamonthill @lsarsour @4noura @elgindy_ @shailjapatel @rulajebreal @ProfessorKumar @schanmalik @ZahraBilloo @HatemBazian
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I want to be want to be on the record stating clearly: #Israel is currently committing #genocide against #Palestinian civilians. I reject the US government supporting and funding it. #NotInMyName.
Israeli historian and genocide scholar Raz Segal says Israeli leaders' dehumanizing language about Palestinians in Gaza and the IDF's conduct are cause for alarm. "We're seeing the combination of genocidal acts with special intent. This is indeed a textbook case of genocide."
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#AntiAsianracism is on the rise. Let’s not collectively blame a minority group, as we did after 9/11 to #Muslims and #arabs #Coronavirus #pandemic @ZahraBilloo @ZareenaGrewal @BayoumiMoustafa @lsarsour @soledadobrien
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What an honor to receive this promotion and recognition alongside my esteemed colleagues at @RutgersLaw! Thank you to friends, family and colleagues who supported me on the long path to this rewarding destination. @RutgersU @Rutgers_Newark @ruaaup @RUDiversity @RUCSRR.
#Rutgers Board of Govs. also approved promotions of @saharazizlaw, Jon Dubin & Reid Weisbord to Distinguished Prof. of Law. Incoming #RutgersLaw Prof. @KathrynSabbeth to Prof. of Law. @ARosarioLebron to Assoc. Prof. of Law. and @KellyDeere to Assoc. Clinical Prof. of Law.🧵
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We must ask: Why did #Israel destroy 256 schools in #Gaza? Why did #Israel destroy dozens of hospitals in #Gaza? Why did #Israel destroy 60% of #Palestinian residential housing in #Gaza? The answer is: to ethnically cleanse and destroy #Palestinians. #genocide.
Israel bombed 2 main schools in Khuza'a town. Until now, Israel has destroyed 266 schools in Gaza Strip. All of it along with dozens of hospitals and 60% of Gaza residential areas and 70% of Gaza infrastructure were used by Hamas to hide their leaders 👍
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Free speech mantra misused to embolden political violence rather than create an open society less susceptible to violence #Charlottesviille.
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Honored!.
Congratulations to @saharazizlaw, #RutgersLaw Prof. and @RUCSRR director. She has been elected to the @law_soc Board of Trustees, signifying the impact of her scholarship in the legal industry:
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Ilhan Omar & Rashida Tlaib challenge stereotype of meek, oppressed #Muslim women @ggreenwald @shaunking @marclamonthill @MazMHussain @zaheerali @Margari_Aziza @DrSuad @ErikLove.
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Groundbreaking report “Presumptively #Antisemitic: #Islamophobic Tropes in the #Palestine - #Israel Discourse” released by The Center for Security, Race and Rights @rucsrr co-authored with @MJPlitnick Read and share!
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Teach-in on #Palestine Thursday 5/20 with Rashid Khalidi. Register and Share Widely! @marclamonthill @shaunking @lsarsour @rulajebreal @sarahleah1 @AymanMSNBC @4noura @KhaledBeydoun
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This moment of racial reckoning also encompasses a people consistently demonised in American media, politics, and textbooks: Palestinians #Palestine #BLM @nhannahjones @ProfessorDWendy @Blackstarjus @LawProfButler
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In the final stages of editing my book manuscript "The Racial Muslim"! Can't wait to deliver this baby :).
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Thank you! And thank you to the over 535 law professors who have stood up for my free speech and academic freedom rights. Read their letter here - @JPYGold @AAUP @ruaaup @AudreyTruschke @KhaledBeydoun @4noura @schanmalik @mayamikdashi.
I stand 100% with @saharazizlaw and the Rutgers Center for Security, Race, and Rights against this disgusting attack. 100%.
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Cornel West's resignation: When anti-Black and anti-Palestinian racism converge in US academia @elgindy_ @KhaledBeydoun @lsarsour @rulajebreal @omarsuleiman504 #Palestine #Gaza
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Judge Esther Salas 'tells 60 Minutes' Justice Sonia Sotomayor was targeted by same gunman who killed her son - The Washington Post
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@_ZachFoster The equally tragic part is now we have opened the way for other genocides to occur, including against Jewish people. The whole point of Holocaust education was to stop genocide for everyone, Jews included. What a travesty.
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Why do progressives stay silent when #Palestinians are evicted, occupied, and killed? @marclamonthill and @MJPlitnick break it down in their book #ExceptforPalestine Watch and learn - @RUCSRR.
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Racial reckoning is shifting US public opinion on #Palestine #BLM #Gaza @Omar_Gaza @4noura @KhaledBeydoun @sarahleah1 @Ibishblog @aayoub @AliVelshi @AliAbunimah @dianabuttu
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More than 140 #Rutgers faculty sign statement of solidarity #PalestiniansLivesMatter #Palestine #Gaza @MsJamshidi @jdakwar @DeborahNArcher @VinceWarren @theCCR @dialash @KhaledBeydoun @Mondoweiss @DrHananAshrawi @rulajebreal @DeanObeidallah @lsarsour.
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I am honored to be participating in this timely event where I will discuss how the #Islamophobia threatens the political rights of #Muslims, as well as American democracy. Join us if you are in Dallas! #RacialMuslim -
Dr. Sahar Aziz (@saharazizlaw) will be taking the stage at the IAMC National Convention. Together, we'll explore "Upholding Democracy & Human Rights: A Global Call to Action." . Get your tickets today: . #IAMCCON23
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For nearly 20 years, Muslims in the United States have borne the brunt of aggressive and over-reaching national security practices. Among the most pervasive are security screenings at airports and ports of entry. @mehdirhasan @MazMHussain
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The best way to respond to respond d to hate against Palestinians is education. @RUCSRR worked with Dr. @_ZachFoster to produce a Palestine Teach In Series. Learn and share. Educate, don’t hate.
Over the past year, I've given 5 lectures on Palestine & Israel (on Gaza, the West Bank, settlements, Zionism & Israel-Palestine) in my capacity as a fellow at the @RUCSRR led by the brilliant @saharazizlaw. You can binge all 5 talks here:
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Look what just arrived in my mailbox! Writing the The Racial Muslim is one of my proudest professional achievements. @DMogahed @KhaledBeydoun @rulajebreal @AymanMSNBC @AmaneyJamal @IanHaneyLopez
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With an alarming growth in economic inequality and political polarization, America needs a President with @ewarren experience, sound judgment, and courage. I look forward to witnessing her break the Presidential glass ceiling for once and for all!
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Protesting against slaughter – as students in the US are doing – isn’t antisemitism | Robert Reich | The Guardian
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If Jewish professors were subjected to the same witch hunts that Muslim and Arab professors are experiencing in America and Europe, we would rightly be condemning it as antisemitism. Yet, Congress and universities are mum when Islamophobia runs rampant against Muslim profs!?.
Happy that @theintercept is covering my lawsuit against Vidino and George Washington University due to its involvement in the smear campaign of the private spy firm Alp Services #vidino #smearcampaign #operationluxor #lawsuit #racketeering.
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I was explicitly told by a white male professor when I asked for mentorship that I could never be a law professor because I had not graduated from an Ivy League school (like him). That was the day I decided I would be a law professor. I found mentors at other law schools.
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Excited to report preliminary vote count showing I may win a seat on the Westfield NJ School Board! @meeradeo @PDavidLopez @IanHaneyLopez @ProfQuintanilla @ProfessorTKH @DaliaFFahmy @DMogahed @AbedAwadEsq @aayoub @KhaledBeydoun @elgindy_.
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TODAY is launch day! Thank you to colleagues who provided insight, advice, and moral support throughout the writing process for the #RacialMuslim .Special shout out to @KhaledBeydoun @Blackstarjus @LawProfButler @sandylocks @ProfessorKumar @schanmalik @AmaneyJamal @ArunKundnani.
Now available for purchase! The #RacialMuslim is a must read to learn why #Muslims are discriminated against in a country that prides itself on #religiousfreedom. A tour de force on how #racialization and #race operates in America. @saharazizlaw @RUCSRR
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Population thinning is evidence of #genocidal intent to destroy a population in part - See #GenocideConvention.
Netanyahu's plan for "transferring" the Gaza Palestinians has the sinister title "population thinning'.
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The Countdown begins - 10 days until publication! The #RacialMuslim @KhaledBeydoun @4noura @ProfessorKumar @rulajebreal @dianabuttu @DrHananAshrawi @BayoumiMoustafa @marclamonthill @MJPlitnick @AmaneyJamal @tanzinavega @VinceWarren @dialash @azmy_b @sarahleah1 @CornelWest.
Two Weeks Left! Until publication of The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom. Here is what Professor Cheryl Harris said about the book @RutgersLaw @ruaaup @RutgersEnglish @RutgersU_News @RutgersMag @RUDiversity @RutgersSAS @Rutgers_Newark
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Today, the Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University @cilru was vandalized by anti-Muslim racists. The hate crime is a predictable result ofIslamophobic attacks against Muslim and Arab professors and students at @RutgersU by the @EdWorkforceDems @virginiafoxx @RepStefanik.
New @intercepted: Prof. @RutgersLaw @saharazizlaw joins @MazMHussain to discuss how, amid the war on Gaza, college campuses have become a “testing ground” for silencing free speech.
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In the final review of the #RacialMuslim manuscript! Can’t wait to birth this book. There’s still time to pre-order - @shaunking @marclamonthill @LeilaFadel @KhaledBeydoun @VinceWarren @dialash
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When I couldn’t find the book I wanted to read, I wrote it. 4 days left until I can share The #RacialMuslim with the world. @AymanMSNBC @nytimesbooks @KhaledBeydoun @lsarsour @ewarren @IlhanMN @Ilhan @RashidaTlaib @SociologistRay @LeilaFadel @rulajebreal @DeanObeidallah.
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Hundreds of New York University alumni refuse to donate to university over Palestine policy | Middle East Eye
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At what point do the supporters of Israel admit it is engaging in #genocide? How many Palestinians must die before they accept the truth? 5,000? 10,000? 20,000? 100,000? 1 million?.
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My latest commentary calling for a no tolerance approach to #AntiAsianRacism @Rowaida_Abdel @lsarsour @KhaledBeydoun @ProfessorKumar @AudreyTruschke @Margari_Aziza @ZahraBilloo @HatemBazian
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Joseph Massad responds to fabrications and lies about him in Congress | The Electronic Intifada
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It's an honor to be a 2021 Soros Equality Fellow! . @RutgersLaw @RutgersU @RUDiversity @RUDiversity @RutgersSSW @RutgersGlobal @RutgersNB @RutgersMag @LawRutgers @Rutgers_Newark @Rutgers_Camden @RUCSRR.
We're thrilled to share that @saharazizlaw was named a 2021 Soros Equality Fellow! Her work will support diverse academics & advocates combatting racialized national security narratives that disproportionately impact communities of color. @OpenSociety
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Conservatives who criticize #cancelculture are often the same people who want to censor speech defending the rights of #Palestinians.
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@RepJoshG wants to be governor of New Jersey while he abuses his office to censor speech and academic work by Muslim professors at @RutgersU We don’t want an #Islamophobe who cannot even adhere to fundamental constitutional values.
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No house of worship should ever be a target of violence. These are spaces where worshippers go to seek safety, solace, and community - not fear or violence. Prayers for the safe release of the hostages in the #ColleyvilleSynagogue.
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Bullies are cowards. And the #Islamophobia in #Westfield New Jersey is palpable. I am proud to be an advocate for free speech and #humanrights.
Another smear campaign dismissed. Congrats @saharazizlaw for weathering this bullying storm. #Gaza #Palestine #Repression.
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#Trump wants to keep Americans ignorant about #criticalracetheory. Don't let him decide what you can and cannot read. Check out work of these CRT scholars @eliseboddie @aonwuachi @angelajdavis @LawProfButler @meeradeo @KhaledBeydoun @ProfessorDWendy @profvrandall @ProfKJoshi.
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I am flattered by the attention paid to my social media by #Zionists in #Westfield New Jersey and across the state. They should also read my book “The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom” which will explain why they are obsessed with me
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Are #Muslims a #race? No and yes. My book #TheRacialMuslim takes a deep dive into the Racialization of Religion in America @Sifill_LDF @DebPearlstein @DeborahNArcher @emihouh @MsJamshidi @VinayHarpalani
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Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib show Muslim women don't need saving #IStandWithIlhanOmar @RUCSRR @IlhanMN
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@JasonGMatheny @RANDCorporation Congratulations! Remember to include the perspectives and experiences of communities most adversely impacted by state policies, laws, and public opinion on the various important issues researched by @RANDCorporation.
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@4noura For the details of the brutality of the #Israeli occupation of #palestinians, watch these Teach Ins and videos. The facts speak for themselves
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I am proud to be part of the #PeoplesElectricLawSchool fam!.
Double congrats to Prof. @saharazizlaw, the first woman of color at #Rutgers to be promoted to Distinguished Professor of Law.and Prof. Jon Dubin, the first #RutgersLaw professor awarded as University Distinguished Service Professor and Distinguished Professor of Law.👏
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End US sanctions against #Iran so that we can fight #coronavirus with all our might | Azadeh Moaveni and Sussan Tahmasebi
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Showing off my new book The #RacialMuslim! Can’t wait to hear readers’ feedback. Here’s where to get your copy @AymanM @kelsey_dallas @shaunking @marclamonthill @KhaledBeydoun @rulajebreal
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Why is there such a concerted effort to silence #Palestinian experiences on college campuses? Here is my analysis on @insurgentspod with @JordanUhl and @robrousseau. @AlnaouqA @ZahraBilloo @AdalahJustice
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The troubling consequences of seeing #Muslims as a racial group @TIME @DAWNmenaorg @sarahleah1 @mhayoun @elgindy_ @bridgeinit @KhaledBeydoun.
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Excited to launch my personal website! Keep up with my latest interviews, op-eds and academic publications at
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More than 160 @RutgersU faculty sign statement in solidarity with #Palestinian People #Palestine #Gaza @Omar_Gaza @Ibishblog @KhaledBeydoun @NihadAwad @zaheerali @marclamonthill @ProfKFranke @palestinianmag @SanaSaeed @LailaAlarian @4noura @PACCUSA.
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Excited to host #GlobalIslamophobia conference @RutgersU March 12. Amazing line up of experts @schanmalik @ZareenaGrewal @AudreyTruschke @AzeemIbrahim @MazMHussain @adnanAzulfiqar @BayoumiMoustafa @ferithafez & many more! Free registration: @RutgersLaw
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“This malicious complaint is part of a broader anti-Arab and #Islamophobic smear campaign that seeks to harass and intimidate me as the first and only Muslim and Arab woman elected to the Westfield School Board. Its dismissal is a victory for free speech”
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Israel has killed 51,000 Palestinians in 11 months. Israel has maimed and severely injured 100,000 Palestinians in 11 months. Israel has destroyed every university in Gaza. Israel has displaced 90% of Gazans. Israel is starving 2.4 million Palestinians. Genocide.
I am increasingly convinced that Gaza is .—and will be—the essential moral question of our time. But perhaps what’s even more essential is our collective failure to perceive the question.
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@fahadansari @MsJamshidi If you are White and resist violence against you, they call you a freedom fighter. If you are non-white abd engage in the same behavior, they call you a terrorist. Hence the word is an arbitrary label used to delegitimize self-determination for non-whites.
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I guess these students do not agree with the McCarthyistic witch hunt by the @EdWorkforceCmte.
HAPPENING NOW: Columbia students have formed a human chain around the Palestine solidarity encampment at Columbia University
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Black people aren’t keeping white Americans out of college. Rich people are.
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@nookyelur A consequence is the perpetuation of #Islamophobic tropes that #muslims hate #jews. We took a deep dive in our new report “Presumptively #Antisemitic: #Islamophobic Tropes in the #Palestine #Israel Discourse” with @MJPlitnick published by @rucsrr
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Dear Law Students - being “woke” doesn’t make you knowledgeable about the law. Trust your professors, follow their lead, and let them help you translate your “wokeness” into the power and influence that comes with being a knowledgeable, competent, ethical and zealous lawyer.
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Live Blog: Israel kills more than 50 Palestinian children in one week of airstrikes on #Gaza #Palestine.
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Bravo to the @Columbia faculty for defending free speech. Shame on the #zionists harassing, dozing and assaulting our #Palestinian, #Muslim and #Arab students.
Columbia/Barnard faculty have signed an open letter supporting our students, making the point that identifying with the suffering of Gazans and historically contextualizing the current war in Israel/Gaza is not anti-Semitic. Please read and share.
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To all the #American and #European feminists - why aren’t you condemning the murder of women and children in #Gaza by #Israel? 78% of the 11,100 dead Palestinians are women and children. #MeToo where are you?.
According to the latest figures from the @UN, more than 74% of the 11,078 Palestinians killed in Gaza are children, women, and the elderly:.
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American media directly contributes to the dehumanization of #Palestinians. So much for an independent press….
How many interviews will CNN, CBC, BBC, etc. do with released Palestinian prisoners? To ask them about the brutal conditions they were kept under, the torture they've experienced or witnessed, the dehumanisation they experienced. Taking all bets now. I have my money on ZERO.
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Learn more about the political and historical context of #Gaza. Join and share widely the Online Teach In on Gaza registration link and flyer Monday October 16 at Noon EDT. @DAWNmenaorg @sarahleah1 @KhaledBeydoun @shaunking @marclamonthill @4noura
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Thank you @pal_legal and all of my supporters who value free speech for all - not just for the racially and religiously privileged or the majority. I am proud to defend all Americans - including #Muslims - freedom to exercise in practice the rights they have on paper. @RUCSRR.
VICTORY: Anti-Palestinian Deborah Project’s baseless ethics complaint against @saharazizlaw is dismissed!. The dismissal reaffirms the distinction between political speech critical of Israel or its existence and anti-Jewish animus.
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Why do women in the workplace have to be perpetually pleasant while men can how emotions, sometimes pleasant, sometimes irritated, sometimes upset and yet not face adverse reputational costs. Women are robots and men are human?.
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It’s official! I am running for the #Westfield Board of #Education in New Jersey. Proud to pay it forward as a product of #publiceducation throughout my schooling. Learn more about our campaign at:
Paul Monusky, Leila Morrelli and Sahar Aziz of Preparing Tomorrow’s Leaders for Westfield’s BOE.
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Honored to be listed in 2020 Middle Eastern and North African American National Security & Foreign Policy Next Generation Leaders @rutgerslaw @RUCSRR @Rutgers_Newark @RutgersU_News @RutgersNB @RU_Foundation
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Teach in on #Palestine Tomorrow 12EDT! w/ Rashid Khalidi Share widely & register at: #Gaza_Under_Attack . @RashidaTlaib @IlhanMN @Ilhan @AyannaPressley @RepPressley @AOC @4noura @lsarsour @omarsuleiman504 @DMogahed @KhaledBeydoun @marclamonthill @shaunking.
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I am thrilled to host @KenRoth at @rutgersu and @RUCSRR on April 11 to discuss international humanitarian law and the crisis in #gaza. Register at @sarahleah1 @lsarsour @hrw @Byoussef @4noura @mayamikdashi @hebagowayed @RutgersLaw @RUDiversity
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After Losing Nearly 100 Relatives in Gaza, Palestinian American Doctor Refuses to Meet with Blinken | @democracynow
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#Islam was banned in South Africa for 150 years - Tune in now for #GlobalIslamophobia in Era of Populism conference - livestreamed @ferithafez @AudreyTruschke @ZareenaGrewal @BayoumiMoustafa @ZahraSociology @rucsrr
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My latest article - #Muslim women in the West in the crosshairs of #Zionists, white ‘feminists’ #genocide #gaza #palestine #ceasefirenow
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The systematic evisceration of tenure-track lines will be the death of academic freedom in America. #Hamline @PeterBeinart @RUCSRR
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