"Elghandour said the engineering school's dean, Alberto Cuiti&ntil;o, had informed him that he was no longer scheduled to give the commencement address after a "few" students told the administration they would not attend the graduation in protest of Elghandour's online advocacy for Palestinian rights."
""Commencement season is here, and with it the usual cycle of silencing voices that stand up for human rights," said Waheed U. Bajwa, a professor at Rutgers in New Brunswick. "This one hits close to home... I publicly call on Rutgers to reverse this!""
"Elghandour, a graduate of the engineering school, released a statement saying that the school had "decided that the feelings of a handful of students who said that my social media posts 'opposed their beliefs' were more important than the experience of the entire graduating class, the reputation of the school, the dignity and belonging of Arab and Muslim students, and the First Amendment.""
Faculty members at Rutgers University condemned the decision to rescind an invitation to Rami Elghandour, a biotech executive and producer of the Gaza-focused film The Voice of Hind Rajab. Elghandour said the engineering school dean informed him he was no longer scheduled to give the commencement address after a few students said they would not attend in protest of his online advocacy for Palestinian rights. Waheed U. Bajwa called the move part of a cycle of silencing voices that stand up for human rights and urged Rutgers to reverse it. Elghandour said Rutgers prioritized the feelings of a handful of students over the graduating class’s experience, the school’s reputation, the dignity and belonging of Arab and Muslim students, and the First Amendment.
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