Columbia Prof. Rashid Khalidi Cancels Course, Slams School’s Trump Settlement

Columbia Prof. Rashid Khalidi Cancels Course, Slams School’s Trump Settlement

“I don’t see how people can, in good conscience, continue as before inside these universities,” Khalidi says.

Why I'm Withdrawing My Fall Course At Columbia

Rashid Khalidi, the famous Middle East academic, announces that he is withdrawing his fall course at Columbia due to its deal with Trump.

Prominent Scholar Cancels Class at Columbia to Protest Capitulation to Trump

Rashid Khalidi is a noteworthy Palestinian-American scholar of Middle East history and politics. Born in New York City, he was educated at Yale University and Oxford University, where he received his doctorate. He taught at several universities, mostly at Columbia University, where he spent many years and retired as the Edward Said Professor Emeritus of modern Arab studies. He is also an activist on behalf of the Palestinian cause. He recently r…