Center for Security, Race and Rights

Check out one of CSRR’s lectures, “Academic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment Right,” featuring David Rabban. Link to Full Video: tinyurl.com/3uyt4yvy

Check out this infographic: “U.S. Department of Education Cuts Will Hurt New Jersey.” The Trump administration cut nearly half of the workforce at the Department of Education as part of a stated goal to eliminate the department entirely. Source: tinyurl.com/mstdpu2h

Explore CSRR’s new resource, Palestine Films and Documentaries Educator Guide, featuring works like Occupation 101. Link to Guide: tinyurl.com/mvs7d98x

Check out “Selective Outrage and the Palestine Exception” by Mireille Rebeiz, published in Project Censored. Link to Full Article: tinyurl.com/4zcekuda @ProjectCensored

Check out this article by CSRR Faculty Affiliate Mohammad Fadel, “How Civil-Rights Law Was Turned Against Civil Rights.” Link to Full Article: tinyurl.com/bde72tmd

Check out an upcoming conversation with Marwa Shalaby titled “Varieties of Power: Women’s Political Representation in Arab Parliaments.” The event will take place on March 23, 2026, in Ackerson Hall 101. RVSP by March 17: go.rutgers.edu/a9dbkhdv

Check out CSRR’s upcoming event, “Critical Perspectives on Relations Between Iran, Israel, and the United States,” featuring leading scholars Juan Cole, Mojtaba Mahdavi, and Reza Zia-Ebrahimi. The event will take place on March 17 at 12 PM EST. Register: go.rutgers.edu/iran2026

Celebrate Palestinian Heritage Day with us! 🇵🇸 Join us for an afternoon of Dabke, Tatreez, Spoken Word, and delicious food! 📅 Tuesday, March 31 ⏰ 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM 📍 Rutgers Law School Register Now: go.rutgers.edu/palestinianher…

Check out the latest episode of the Race & Rights Podcast: “Law and Politics of Israel and the United States’ Attacks on Iran.” Link to Full Episode: tinyurl.com/2bx6dzw6 @MsJamshidi

Check out CSRR’s content to learn more about the United States’ imperial war on Iran. CSRR has hosted leading scholars like Aziz Rana, Asli Bali, and Natsu Saito Taylor, whose work on U.S. colonial logic provides important context for understanding the latest U.S. aggression.

Check out this upcoming event with Elizabeth Rauh titled “An Epic of Martyrs: Revolutionary Images & Muslim Mythologies in 1960s Iraq.” 📅 Thursday, March 12 ⏰ 10:00 AM 📍 Room 312, 110 Warren

Check out CSRR’s content to learn more about the United States’ imperial war on Iran. CSRR has hosted leading scholars like Joseph Massad and Abdullahi An-Naim, whose work on U.S. colonial logic and islamophobia provides context for understanding the latest U.S. aggression.

Join the Center for Security, Race and Rights and the Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University on campus for a special Iftar as we come together to break our fast in community. 🗓 March 12, 2026 ⏰ 7:00–9:00 PM 📍 Rutgers University

Join the Center for Middle Eastern Studies for a talk by Jehad Abusalim: “Beyond Reaction: Arab and Palestinian Thought on Zionism and the Politics of Exclusion.” 📅 March 10 ⏰ 6–8 PM 📍 Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building RVSP Link: go.rutgers.edu/beyond-reaction

This year marks the two-year anniversary of the Race and Rights Podcast. Over the past two years, we’ve delivered critical coverage on the Middle East and South Asia. Link to Podcast: tinyurl.com/msjcy5we

Join us for a conversation with Amir Moosavi on his book Dust That Never Settles: Literary Afterlives of the Iran-Iraq War. The event will be held on March 4th from 2:30pm-3:50pm both in person and online. Register for the online livestream: tinyurl.com/3hk3s3r6

Check out the latest article by CSRR Faculty Affiliate Faisal Kutty, “Sharia Law’ Witch Hunts Are Un-American.” @faisalkutty Link to Full Article: tinyurl.com/49946udt

Check out the latest research report, “The Violence of Liberal Racism,” published by Psychoanalysis and Social Justice. The report argues that British mental health care is political, racist, and unsafe. @Tarek_Younis_ Link to Full Report: tinyurl.com/3pzksd4h

Check out one of CSRR’s many lectures, titled “The Last Plantation: Racism and Resistance in the Halls of Congress,” featuring James Jones. Link to Full Video: tinyurl.com/52bpy9fz

Check out “Dangerously Underreported” by Nieman Reports. Sudan’s war is drastically undercovered, even as Sudanese journalists risk their lives to report amid repression, propaganda, and global indifference. Full Article: tinyurl.com/5h9ptuet @NiemanReports