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CNN Short Doc on Harvard Departure

CNN ran a short doc on my departure from Harvard. Two versions of the same documentary are embedded below.

https://youtu.be/TRw-SXhkNZ0

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TjqtUW4ljcA

https://husseinrashid.com/2025/10/cnn-short-doc-on-harvard-departure.html

#MediaAppearances #AntiMuslimBias #Harvard #racism #ReligionAndPublicLife #ReligiousLiteracy

Quoted in New York Times on Harvard Protest

The Harvard ‘Die-in’ That Set Off a Debate Over Protest and Punishment

“This became a good case study because it involved an Arab man and Black man in a way that they could use racist language to pull into these stereotypes,” said Hussein Rashid, a former Harvard Divinity School l

https://husseinrashid.com/2025/10/quoted-in-new-york-times-on-harvard-protest.html

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Harvard Crimson on Harvard’s Racism

‘A Campaign of Anti-Palestinian Racism’: HDS Students, Alumni Decry Program Suspension

In January, RPL Associate Dean Diane L. Moore and Assistant Dean for RPL Hussein Rashid departed unexpectedly. In a blistering resignation letter, Rashid accused Harvard of enabling anti-Muslim bias by failing

https://husseinrashid.com/2025/04/harvard-crimson-on-harvards-racism.html

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Harvard Crimson on My Resignation

Leaders of Harvard Divinity School’s Religion and Public Life Program To Depart Abruptly

Rashid wrote in his resignation letter that Harvard had failed to adequately respond to statements against RPL by Harvard-affiliated groups, which he described as racist and false.“I have no choice but to read th

https://husseinrashid.com/2025/02/harvard-crimson-on-my-resignation.html

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Harvard Crimson on RCPI Suspension

Harvard Divinity School Suspends Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative

The RPL program has already seen significant leadership turnover in recent months. Its director, Diane L. Moore, announced her retirement in January, departing a semester earlier than originally planned.And its assistant dire

https://husseinrashid.com/2025/04/harvard-crimson-on-rcpi-suspension.html

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Harvard Crimson Student Reflection

Harvard Dismantled the Program That Changed My Life

Three weeks ago, HDS announced it would “suspend” RCPI amidst budget cuts and accusations of one-sidedness. HDS also let go of Hilary Rantisi, a dedicated teacher, scholar, and mentor — and the only Palestinian American employed at HDS. In January

https://husseinrashid.com/2025/04/harvard-crimson-student-reflection.html

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Harvard Crimson on Discrimination Complaints

Nearly 200 Harvard Affiliates File Complaints Alleging ‘Hostile Environment’ for Palestinians, Arabs, and Muslims

Both Jay Ulfelder, program director of Harvard Kennedy School’s Nonviolent Action Lab and Hussein Rashid, Assistant Dean of Religion and Public Life at the Harvard D

https://husseinrashid.com/2025/02/harvard-crimson-on-discrimination-complaints.html

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Harvard Crimson on Closure of RPL

A Divinity School Program Became a Political Liability. In One Semester, Harvard Took It Apart.

 The report on combating anti-Arab, anti-Muslim, and anti-Palestinian bias raised concerns about the recent leadership changes within the program, referencing Rashid’s accusations of bias within the Univer

https://husseinrashid.com/2025/08/harvard-crimson-on-closure-of-rpl.html

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NBC News Story

How a Harvard initiative studying the Israeli-Palestinian conflict collapsed

“Nobody came to our defense,” said Hussein Rashid, the program’s former assistant dean, who resigned from his post in January and left at the end of June. “Our students were fantastic — our administrators were cowards.”…The next day, Rashid sent his own scathin

https://husseinrashid.com/2025/07/nbc-news-story.html

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