Middle East Studies Profs Figure Prominently in ACF Report on Anti-Semitism at Columbia/Barnard

Hamid Dabashi

Alums for Campus Fairness (ACF) has produced a research document on anti-Semitic incidents at Columbia University and its sister school, Barnard College, since the 2016-2017 academic year. As Campus Watch has long reported, Israel-bashing Middle East studies academics, such as Rashid Khalidi, Joseph Massad, Hamid Dabashi, and many others, figure prominently. Unsurprisingly, the noxious Dabashi, who has compared Israel to ISIS and blamed the Jewish state for “every dirty treacherous ugly and pernicious act happening in the world,” racks up the greatest number of anti-Semitic incidents.

To read the ACF report, click here.

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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