Well, it’s in the courts now. The Philadelphia Inquirer headline reads Former Friends’ Central teachers sue school after firing over Palestinian professor invite while the PhillyVoice has an article on the discrimination case filed by two teachers fired by Friends’ Central School last year and the
Ariel Eure and Layla Helwa allege the Quaker school violated their civil rights by suspending and terminating them last year for supporting student protests to permit the Palestinian professor [Sa’ed Atshan] to speak. Additionally, they claim school administrators conducted a smear campaign after they were fired.
Friends Journalcovered the incident last year, as did multiple news outlets. It also came up in an interview I had with Sa’ed Atshan a few months ago. When we contacted Friends’ Central to fact-check Sa’ed’s account, the school couldn’t point to any inaccuracies but still said “we disagree with the fact pattern, including the timeframe, as described.” I still not sure what that’s even supposed to mean.
https://www.philly.com/philly/education/fired-friends-central-teachers-sue-palestinian-professor-saed-atshan-invite-20180508.html
http://www.phillyvoice.com/fired-teachers-sue-quaker-school-discrimination-defamation/
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