Committee on Academic Freedom of the Middle East Studies Association

Joined February 2014
Our letter to Iranian authorities expressing concerns about the intensification of repression of Iranian students and condemning the recent execution of graduate student, Erfan Shakourzadeh mesana.org/advocacy/committe…
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Our letter expressing concern about the decision to suspend Professor Savneet Talwar, a member of the faculty of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), from teaching and subject her to multiple investigations on dubious grounds mesana.org/advocacy/committe…
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Our letter expressing concern about the launching of an investigation by New York University’s Title VI Office of a number of NYU students and faculty for alleged violation of the university’s Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy (NDAH) mesana.org/advocacy/committe…
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Our letter to Rutgers University expressing concern about Dean Alberto Cuitiño’s decision to cancel the graduation address that Arcellx chair and CEO Rami Elghandour had been invited to deliver on 15 May 2026 at Rutgers University’s School of Engineering mesana.org/advocacy/committe…
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Our letter expressing concern about the sudden and arbitrary removal of Professor Azza Basarudin from her role as faculty advisor to the CSULB student organization Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) mesana.org/advocacy/committe…
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Our letter expressing concern about the recently announced policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that permits the university to record classes without providing notice to, or obtaining consent from, the instructor mesana.org/advocacy/committe…
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Our letter expressing dismay concerning the Los Angeles Public Library’s decision to cancel an event featuring the writers Jenan Matari and Nora Lester Murad that was slated for the library’s 2025 Read Palestine Week mesana.org/advocacy/committe…
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Our letter expressing concern about the university administration's improper demand that Professor Mohja Kahf remove two posters from her office door because they are allegedly discriminatory mesana.org/advocacy/committe…
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Our letter expressing concern about the unprecedented lethal state violence against the nationwide protests in Iran and calling for an immediate end to violence and arrests, and the restoration of internet access. mesana.org/advocacy/committe…
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CAF retweeted
Submissions are Now Open for hashtag#MESA2026! MESA invites your proposals for panels, roundtables, and individual papers for the 60th Annual Meeting in Boston! mesana.org/annual-meeting/ca…
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Our letter expressing concern at the University of Arkansas’s decision to remove Professor Shirin Saeidi from her position as Director of the King Fahd Center for Middle East Studies. mesana.org/advocacy/committe…
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Our letter expressing concern at the decision to suspend Peyrin Kao, a Lecturer in the Dept of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley for allegedly engaging in Palestine advocacy that violates university policy mesana.org/advocacy/committe…
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Our letter expressing concern about the University of Kentucky’s summary suspension of Ramsi Woodcock, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs Professor of Law, pending an investigation of statements he has made regarding Palestine mesana.org/advocacy/committe…
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