Lawsuit Links Wild UAE-Financed Smear Campaign to George Washington University

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Lawsuit Links Wild UAE-Financed Smear Campaign to George Washington University

Once a well-respected public commentator and academic in his native Austria, Farid Hafez’s life slowly began to unravel after rumors spread that he was an affiliate of the Muslim Brotherhood — allegedly a sleeper agent promoting extremism in the country. “I used to be published every month in newspapers from both the left and right. I had a high profile in Austria, and people took me seriously,” Hafez said. “But some years ago, people started ca…