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Campus Watch Weekly Update

April 12, 2021

Campus Watch reports the following from March 31 - April 12, 2021:

Campus Watch Research:

Does Iran Even Need Spies in Academia? (A.J. Caschetta): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62198/does-iran-even-need-spies-in-academia

Burying the Curse of the Islamic Blasphemy? (Andrew E. Harrod): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62190/burying-the-curse-of-islamic-blasphemy

Campus Watch in the Media

New York City’s in Trouble and Other Commentary (incl. Kaveh Afrasiabi): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62208/new-york-city-in-trouble-and-other-commentary

Internet Mogul Funds Anti-Semitic Professor, Israel Boycotters (incl. Hamid Dabashi): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62189/internet-mogul-funds-anti-semitic-professor

Anti-Israel Professor Hamid Dabashi Benefited from Ebay Founder Pierre Omidyar’s Philanthropy: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62188/anti-israel-professor-hamid-dabashi-benefited

Middle East Studies in the News

A call to action against Oberlin prof/Iranian agent Mohammad Jafar Mahallati: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62185/a-call-to-action-against-oberlin-professor

Iran lobby uses Princeton U. to amplify propaganda (incl. Seyed Hossein Mousavian): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/62178/iran-lobby-uses-princeton-to-amplify-mullahs

Harvard University University of California, Berkeley Columbia University Princeton University Rutgers University University of Minnesota Saudi/Gulf Funding University of Delaware Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) George Washington University Hamid Dabashi Muqtedar Khan Hamid Algar Hossein Mousavian Mohammad Jafar Mahallati Oberlin College
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