Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Experts discuss the crackdown on universities and protesters, as well as the Trump administration's efforts to gut academic freedom.

Speakers:

Abed Ayoub, National Executive Director, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

Asli Bali, President, Middle East Studies Association of North America; Howard M. Holtzmann Professor of Law, Yale Law School

Lara Friedman, President, Foundation for Middle East Peace

Tariq Habash, Co-Founder and Director, A New Policy; Former Policy Advisor, Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, US Department of Education

Moderator

Yousef Munayyer, Head of the Israel/Palestine Program and Senior Fellow, Arab Center Washington DC