Academia

Activists protest the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, D.C., on 27 July 2026.
US affairs
MENA
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Arab Centre in Washington examines shifting US Palestine policy 

Experts at the Washington conference discuss changing US policy, public opinion, Palestinian rights and prospects for future political shifts. 

Mohamed Elbedewy
24 September, 2026
Students, staff and local dignitaries attend a memorial event at the Lebanese University for academics Hussein Bazzi and Professor Mortada Srour who were killed in an Israeli drone strike on the campus. [Getty]
Lebanon-Israel conflict
MENA
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Calls for protection as Israel kills Lebanese academics

Fadia Jomaa
25 March, 2026
Hannah Arendt, Gaza, and personal responsibility under genocide
Gaza War
Unfiltered

Hannah Arendt, Gaza, and personal responsibility under genocide

Ayça Çubukçu

Ayça Çubukçu

30 January, 2025
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Gaza War
MENA
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Back to school for most people, except for Palestinians in Gaza

Sally Ibrahim
05 September, 2024
Hind's Hall to Mahmoud's Hall: Western academia's Gaza reckoning
Gaza War
Voices

Hind's Hall to Mahmoud's Hall: Western academia's Gaza reckoning

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Randa Abdel-Fattah

10 June, 2024
Gaza War
World
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Vienna University cancels talk with Palestinian historian

The New Arab Staff
16 May, 2024
How Israel's assault on Gaza ruptured space for reflection
Gaza War
Society
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How Israel's assault on Gaza ruptured space for reflection

Michelle Pace

Michelle Pace

10 January, 2024
Israel's calculated assassination of Gazan scientist Dr. Sufyan Tayeh
Gaza War
Society
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Israel's calculated murder of Gazan scholar Dr Sufyan Tayeh

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Eman Alhaj Ali

04 December, 2023
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UK university
Voices

1% of UK professors are black & they've made one redundant

Richard Sudan

Richard Sudan

22 September, 2023
neo-traditionalism in Islam in the West
The New Arab Book Club
Book Club
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Neo-traditionalism and the next-gen of Islam in the West

Dr Asim Qureshi

Asim Qureshi

23 August, 2023
Iran
World
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Tehran 'using Iran-UK research partnership to develop arms'

The New Arab Staff
03 August, 2023
Egypt
MENA
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Egypt upholds verdict firing academic for belly dancing

Thaer Mansour
14 September, 2022
People walk through the aisles of the Qatar National Library in the capital Doha
education
Society
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Partnerships in education research exploit unequal relations

The New Arab Staff

Maha Shuayb and Mai Abu Moghli

23 June, 2022
Nadhim Zahawi implied that protesters could face prosecution for chanting pro-Palestine slogans [Getty]
Amnesty International
MENA
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UK higher education bodies condemn Zahawi's Palestine stance

The New Arab Staff
11 February, 2022
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Academia
Voices

US academia is broken. Cornel West's resignation proves it

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Sahar F. Aziz

23 July, 2021
Said Djabelkhir
Islam
MENA
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Algerian academic faces death threats during blasphemy trial

15 April, 2021
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universities
Voices

Williamson's 'free speech champion' is a contradiction in terms

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Malia Bouattia

19 February, 2021
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Macron
Perspectives

'Islamo-leftism': a word to smear and silence French academics

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Philippe Marlière

19 February, 2021
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UK
MENA
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Bisexual academic claims Oxford fired him 'to appease Saudis'

The New Arab Staff
08 October, 2020
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Saudi Arabia
MENA
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Saudi scholar publishes in Israeli journal for first time

The New Arab Staff
13 July, 2020
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universities
Voices

End complicity between UK universities and Israeli apartheid

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Malia Bouattia

30 May, 2020