London-based university SOAS expelled a student for her pro-Palestine activism. The school known for being a hub of radical and post-colonial activism and thinking expelled Haya Adam, of SOAS’ Palestine Society on August 7.
Haya Adam spoke with Vijay Prashad of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research about her expulsion and the hypocrisy of the institution that teaches one set of values while practicing another. Haya also reflects on the paths forward in her struggle and the struggle for the liberation of Palestine.
The above video was originally published here by Peoples Dispatch.
Since the video was recorded, SOAS has rejected Haya’s appeal, and she is now officially expelled.
Haya is continuing her fight, as this is a struggle about freedom of speech at SOAS and in this country as a whole, as well as about her right to express her opinions on Palestine and solidarity.