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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
A Palestinian-American member of staff at a prestigious US university has filed a civil rights complaint against her workplace, following allegations that it discriminated against Palestinians by denying them access to trauma services. The complaint against George Washington University (GW) was initiated by Palestine Legal and co-counsel Benjamin Douglas on behalf of Nada Elbasha, who works in GW’s Office of Advocacy and Support (OAS). Elbasha claims that after the OAS expressed support for Palestinian human rights in a social media post and offered a “virtual processing space” for those impac…