by Aaron Bandler in the Jewish Journal
UMich Student to Study “Commodification of Land” in Palestine Through Anti-Racism Grant
A Palestinian graduate student at the University of Michigan will be researching the “commodification of land” in Palestine and Detroit through an anti-racism grant.
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The grant is one of 19 handed out by the U-M National Center for Diversity that will cost the university more than $94,000, according to The College Fix. The student, Abraham Alzoubi, said in a press release announcing the grant that “my family was dispossessed of their land and displaced,” which is what prompted his “interest in architectural studies.” He will be touring the West Bank “where people are fighting to reclaim land and hold onto their property.” Rabbi Yaakov Menken, managing director of Coalition for Jewish Values, told the Fix that “this grant could only be described as pro-racism,” accusing Alzoubi of promulgating “false narratives about Israel-Palestine, claiming that Israel oppresses and dispossesses the Palestinians.”
See the full article in the Jewish Journal.
Cover image: Law Library at University of Michigan by Mike Boening on Flickr