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“I Have Lost Everything”: Iranian Students with Valid Visas Sent Home Upon Arrival at US Airports
Last September, Reihana Emami Arandi boarded a flight from Tehran and made her way to Boston, eager to study theology at an Ivy League...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 29, 20206 min read


Another Iranian Student Deported from Boston Despite Court Order
On January 20, 2020, US Customs and Border Protection (CPB) officials at Logan International Airport denied entry to an Iranian national...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 23, 20202 min read


Xiyue Wang Released from Iranian Jail in Prisoner Swap
We welcome the news that on December 6, 2019, XiYue Wang, a 37-year-old US citizen of Chinese descent who has been imprisoned in Iran...
Ebby Abramson
Dec 10, 20192 min read


Palestinian Freshman Previously Barred Entry into US Arrives at Harvard
Harvard freshman Ismail B. Ajjawi, 23, who United States border officials turned away thirteen days ago, arrived on campus Monday in time...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 6, 20192 min read


Rob Quinn on Executive Order on Campus Free Speech
On March 21, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Improving Free Inquiry, Transparency, and Accountability at Colleges and...
Ebby Abramson
Apr 9, 20192 min read


EPA Keeps Scientists From Speaking About Report on Climate
The US Environmental Protection Agency has blocked three scheduled discussions of climate change by agency scientists at a conference on...
Ebby Abramson
Oct 23, 20172 min read


Another NYU Professor Comes Forward with Claims of Discrimination at NYUAD
In a letter addressed to President Andrew Hamilton and members of the NYU Abu Dhabi administration, 10 NYU professors called for greater...
Ebby Abramson
Oct 12, 20174 min read


"He’s Doing Poorly," Says Wife of Princeton Student Jailed in Iran
Iran’s imprisonment of Xiyue Wang, a naturalized United States citizen from China who is a PhD candidate in history at Princeton...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 18, 20173 min read


Endangered Scholars Worldwide Statement on the Decision to End DACA
On September 5, 2017, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) is being...
Ebby Abramson
Sep 6, 20172 min read


Iran Sentences Princeton Graduate Student to 10 Years for Espionage
An Iranian court has sentenced an American graduate student to 10 years in prison for spying, the judiciary’s official news agency...
Ebby Abramson
Jul 17, 20172 min read


Turkish Scholars in the US Face a Difficult Decision on Speaking Out
Henri J. Barkey, a Turkish professor of international relations at Lehigh University, will no longer board a flight that passes over the...
Ebby Abramson
Jun 29, 20176 min read


North Korea Arrests US Professor Charged with Being “Hostile to the State”
North Korea arrests another professor from the US over charges of allegedly being hostile to the state. Professor Kim Hak Song was...
Ebby Abramson
May 14, 20172 min read


NYU PhD Student Narges Bayani Detained At JFK
Narges Bayani, a PhD student at NYU’s Institute for the Study Of The Ancient World, was among those detained at JFK. According to a...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 30, 20173 min read


Iranian PhD Student Detained at JFK amid Immigration Chaos
A Long Island PhD student from Iran has been detained at JFK for the past 24 hours following President Trump’s executive order...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 30, 20174 min read


“Sanctuary Campuses” Defy President-Elect’s Deportation Plans
Faculty, students, and staff across the country are calling for their universities to become sanctuary campuses following the 2016...
Ebby Abramson
Nov 24, 20161 min read


In Wake of Donald Trump’s Election, Campuses Experience Surge in Hate Acts
On November 16, 2016, Endangered Scholars Worldwide transmitted a letter of protest to US President-elect Donald Trump's office regarding...
Ebby Abramson
Nov 16, 20162 min read


Exile as Haven—New School Dorm Room Doors Vandalized with Swastikas
Those of us at The New School received news on Saturday that dorm room doors had been vandalized with swastikas. The president has acted...
Ebby Abramson
Nov 15, 20163 min read


US Citizen and NASA Scientist Detained in Turkey in the Aftermath of Failed Coup
Serkan Golge, a 36-year-old NASA physicist of Turkish descent, was arrested on August 6 and formally accused of involvement with the...
Ebby Abramson
Aug 16, 20162 min read


Jason Rezaian Reunites with Family
After more than 18 months, Jason Rezaian was released from an Iranian prison as the result of a deal struck between the US and Iran. “I...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 18, 20161 min read


Jason Rezaian Leaves Iran After Prisoner Swap
Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian and two other Americans safely left Iran as part of a prisoner-swap. They landed in Germany...
Ebby Abramson
Jan 17, 20161 min read
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