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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
The recent case of Palestinian academic Shahd Abusalama, an Associate Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) who had her teaching suspended following an organised smear campaign by pro-Israeli organisations, is yet another in a series of assaults on academics who express solidarity with Palestine. A vocal activist within the UK, since her arrival to the country from Gaza in 2013, Abusalama has been a prominent figure in the Palestine solidarity movement. The academic is no stranger to Israeli violence and intimidation. She is a third-generation Palestinian refugee, has lived through Isr…