SFSU Prof Rabab Abdulhadi Named in Anti-Semitism Complaint Against UCLA

Rabab Abdulhadi

San Francisco State University professor Rabab Abdulhadi was named in a Title VI (Civil Rights Act) anti-Semitism complaint filed by StandWithUs and UCLA student Shayna Lavi against UCLA. As a guest lecturer at UCLA, self-described “scholar-activist” Abdulhadi equated Zionism with white supremacy and then dismissed Lavi’s objections to the offensive comparison during the Q&A.

Students were told beforehand that the mandatory lecture for anthropology professor Kyeyoung Park’s class would cover “Islamophobia,” but Abdulhadi, in keeping with her rabidly anti-Israel track record, clearly had another prejudice in mind.

Cinnamon Stillwell analyzes Middle East studies academia in West Coast colleges and universities for Campus Watch. A San Francisco Bay Area native and graduate of San Francisco State University, she is a columnist, blogger, and social media analyst. Ms. Stillwell, a former contributing political columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, has written on a wide variety of topics, including the political atmosphere in American higher education, and has appeared as a guest on television and talk radio.
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