Federal Judge Will Dismiss “Lawfare” Suit Against SFSU and Professor Abdulhadi

Contact: Liz Jackson, Palestine Legal, 510-206-6800, ljackson@palestinelegal.org David Spero, Jewish for Peace, 415-987-1401, david.media.jvp@gmail.com San Francisco, Nov. 8, 2017 – A federal judge said he will dismiss a frivolous lawsuit demanding the censorship of scholarship and activism on Palestine at San Francisco State University (SFSU). Professor Rabab Abdulhadi and SFSU argued that the suit was an attempt to compel the university to …

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November 8, San Francisco: Support Academic Freedom and Professor Rabab Abdulhadi

Wednesday, November 8 1 pm to 3 pm Philip Burton Federal Building San Francisco, CA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/165219754060669/ DEFEND ACADEMIC FREEDOM! DROP THE LAWSUIT! STOP ISLAMOPHOBIA! DEFEAT HATE! In June 2017, the pro-Israel group The Lawfare Project filed a lawsuit against San Francisco State University (SFSU) and Professor Rabab Abdulhadi falsely charging them with anti-semitism. On …

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November 7, San Francisco: Zionism, Fascism and the Free Speech Debates – A Fundraiser for the Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi Defense Fund

Tuesday, November 7 6 pm to 9 pm 518 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/122061071812251/ Appetizers and Drinks Will be Provided Sponsored by the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild Co-Sponsors: Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC), Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP), Alliance of South Asians Taking …

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Call for Proposals: Teaching Palestine: Pedagogical Praxis and the Indivisibility of Justice

Teaching Palestine: Pedagogical Praxis and the Indivisibility of Justice An International Conference Call for Proposals Date: March 12-30, 2018 Deadline: November 15, 2017 Organized by: Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies San Francisco State University USA Ibrahim Abu Lughod Institute for International Studies, Birzeit University Palestine   Institute of Women Studies Birzeit University Palestine & …

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November 5, Paris: La Palestine après Balfour

Sunday, November 5 2:00 pm La Legion d’honneur Saint-Denis Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1458263224263095/ Avec Ilan PAPPE, Joseph MASSAD, Rabab ABDULHADI, Alain GRESH. Et la présence d’Elsa Lefort du collectif pour la libération de Salah Hamouri. APPEL : Le 2 novembre 1917, la déclaration Balfour est adoptée par le gouvernement britannique. En préconisant l’établissement d’ « un foyer national …

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November 3, Paris: Rabab Abdulhadi : Genre et sexualités en Palestine

Friday, November 3 2:00 pm Université Paris VIII Vincennes – Saint-Denis 2 rue de la Liberté, Saint-Denis Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/370266976727908/ Rabab Abdulhadi (Université d’État de San-Francisco) : Genre et sexualités en Palestine Discutante : Azadeh Kian (CEDREF-Paris 7) « L’impulsion à essentialiser les expériences des femmes Arabes/Musulmanes/Moyen-Orientales/Centrales-Asiatiques dans un modèle unique de féminité, qui est ensuite …

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Sign on: Defend Academic Freedom at San Francisco State

Please add your name to the statement below. To sign on, please use the Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeeArXzfd9MNbGqCIqNGnz3y_yFwYo34Gj1AZEdBiJsW_hizw/viewform Dear President Wong and CSU Board of Trustees: We undersigned want to express opposition to the ongoing defamation, intimidation, and assaults against the academic freedom of SFSU faculty members by the right-wing Zionist organization, The Lawfare Project. This is …

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November 1, London: Palestine: A Century of Colonialism and Resistance

Wednesday, November 1 5:00 pm Russell Square SOAS University of London Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/388291181587383/ Speaker: Rabab Abdulhadi (San Francisco State University) Chair: Gilbert Achcar (SOAS) November 2, 2017, marks the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration by which British colonial authorities authorized the establishment of a Zionist settler project in Palestine. Professor Rabab Abdulhadi, Director and Senior …

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Jewish Statement of support for Professor Rabab Abdulhadi, and students at SFSU under attack by anti-Arab, anti-Muslim group

The following statement has already received over 350 signatures from Jewish supporters of Professor Rabab Abdulhadi. To add your name visit here.  July 14, 2017 As members of Jewish communities across the United States and around the world, we stand in solidarity with Professor Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi, General Union of Palestinian Students and other students and advocates …

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Samidoun statement of solidarity with Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi against racist “lawfare” attacks

The original statement is available at the Samidoun website: Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network expresses our strongest solidarity with Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi as she confronts racist attacks, including a federal lawsuit launched by right-wing Zionist organizations. The “Lawfare Project” filed a lawsuit against Prof. Abdulhadi, director of the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas (AMED) program at San Francisco State University …

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