Draft:Rabea Eghbariah

Rabea Eghbariah
OccupationScholar
Academic background
EducationHarvard Law School (LL.M.)

Tel Aviv University (LL.B.)

University of Haifa (B.Sc.)
Alma materHarvard Law School
Academic work
DisciplineLaw
Sub-disciplineHuman Rights
InstitutionsHarvard Law School

Rabea Eghbariah is a Palestinian human rights lawyer and academic.[1][2][3] He is currently completing his J.S.D. at Harvard Law School, where he focuses on the legal fragmentation arising from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.[1]

Education

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Eghbariah earned his B.Sc. from the University of Haifa in 2012. He then attended Tel Aviv University, where he earned an LL.B. in 2015. He began his doctoral studies for his J.S.D. at Harvard Law School in 2019 and has since completed the requirements for his LL.M.

Censorship

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On October 15, 2023, online editors working on behalf of the Harvard Law Review contacted Eghbariah, asking him to write a piece for the online blog.[4][5] The essay, titled "The Ongoing Nakba: Towards a Legal Framework for Palestine," would have been the first piece by a Palestinian author published by the Harvard Law Review.[5] After writing and submitting the essay in early November 2023, the Harvard Law Review met and voted to stop publication of the article.[6][7] While no explanation was given, the Harvard Law Review posted a statement:

"Like every academic journal, the Harvard Law Review has rigorous editorial processes governing how it solicits, evaluates, and determines when and whether to publish a piece.  An intrinsic feature of these internal processes is the confidentiality of our 104 editors’ perspectives and deliberations.  Last week, the full body met and deliberated over whether to publish a particular Blog piece that had been solicited by two editors.  A substantial majority voted not to proceed with publication."[8]

The essay was subsequently published in The Nation.[9][10]

Multiple editors of the Harvard Law Review signed a statement dissenting from the decision not to publish the article.[11]

Several law professors signed an open letter expressing concern over the potential impact to academic freedom.[12]

On June 3, 2024, the Columbia Law Review published an expanded version of Eghbariah's original essay, titled "Toward Nakba as a Legal Concept".[13]" Within hours, the Columbia Law Review website went offline.[14]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Rabea Eghbariah". Harvard Law School. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  2. ^ "Jumana Manna and Rabea Eghbariah in Conversation". MoMA PS1. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  3. ^ Eghbariah, Rabea (2023-11-03). "Opinion | An Unarmed Teen Was Shot During a Cease-Fire. Israel Was Never Held to Account". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  4. ^ "Harvard Law Review Faces Internal Turmoil After Vote to Block Piece by Palestinian Scholar | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  5. ^ a b Lennard, Natasha (2023-11-22). "Harvard Law Review Editors Vote to Kill Article About Genocide in Gaza". The Intercept. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  6. ^ "The Nation Publishes Gaza Genocide Article Killed by Harvard Law Review | Common Dreams". www.commondreams.org. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  7. ^ Tait, Robert (2023-11-22). "Harvard journal accused of censoring article alleging genocide in Gaza". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  8. ^ "A Note". Harvard Law Review. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  9. ^ Eghbariah, Rabea (2023-11-22). "The "Harvard Law Review" Refused to Run This Piece About Genocide in Gaza". ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  10. ^ "Legal Uprising: Over 1700 Legal Minds Urge American Bar Association to Shield Palestine Advocates from Blackballing and Harassment". CODEPINK - Women for Peace. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  11. ^ "Harvard Law Review Dissenting Editors' Statement". docs.google.com. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  12. ^ "Open Statement by University Law Teachers on Academic Freedom". Opinio Juris. 2023-12-08. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  13. ^ "May-2024-1-Eghbariah.pdf". Google Docs. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  14. ^ Thakker, Natasha Lennard, Prem (2024-06-04). "Columbia Law Review Refused to Take Down Article on Palestine, So Its Board of Directors Nuked the Whole Website". The Intercept. Retrieved 2024-06-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)