{"id":16142,"date":"2025-04-18T18:50:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T18:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=16142"},"modified":"2025-04-18T18:50:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T18:50:47","slug":"jordanian-professor-fired-for-gaza-solidarity-academic-freedom-under-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/18\/jordanian-professor-fired-for-gaza-solidarity-academic-freedom-under-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordanian Professor Fired for Gaza Solidarity: Academic Freedom Under Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-In what has been described as a \u201cretaliatory\u201d and controversial move, Zarqa University in Jordan has dismissed lecturer Nujma Al-Zaytawi for participating in a solidarity strike for Gaza organized by the Jordanian Teachers&#8217; Syndicate. The decision, widely seen as unjustified, sparked widespread outrage across Jordanian and Arab platforms, raising serious concerns about academic freedom in the Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1207\" data-end=\"1587\">Al-Zaytawi, known for her principled national and humanitarian stances, lectures in the Arabic Language Department and has a long history of supporting the Palestinian cause and participating in pro-Gaza events. She committed no crime and did not incite violence\u2014she simply took a human stance in a time when entire populations are being exterminated before the eyes of the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1589\" data-end=\"2002\">According to activists, the university\u2019s decision was made under \u201chigh-level orders,\u201d casting heavy doubts on the neutrality of educational institutions and placing the university administration under intense scrutiny. Activists, lawyers, and students described the incident as \u201cpolitically motivated arbitrary dismissal,\u201d warning of the chilling message it sends to anyone daring to defy \u201cofficial instructions.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16102\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16102\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16102 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/8997777777.jpg\" alt=\"Jordanian solidarity with Gaza\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/8997777777.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/8997777777-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/8997777777-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More than 20 Palestinians, including minors, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-54\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[70rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(12)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"487e7873-442b-4102-98c7-16da951bfd6f\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<h3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"80\"><strong data-start=\"19\" data-end=\"80\" data-is-last-node=\"\">Dismissed for Solidarity: Al-Zaytawi\u2019s Case Sparks Uproar<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex justify-start\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"absolute\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-center\">Solidarity hashtags in support of Al-Zaytawi trended on Jordanian Twitter, including:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2004\" data-end=\"2173\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2004\" data-end=\"2173\"><strong data-start=\"2092\" data-end=\"2119\">#WeAreAllNujmaAlZaytawi<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"2121\" data-end=\"2147\">#SolidarityIsNotACrime<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"2153\" data-end=\"2172\">#JordanWithGaza<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2175\" data-end=\"2200\">One Twitter user wrote:\u201cTo be fired for rejecting genocide\u2014this is not a state of law, but a plantation that serves the American narrative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2322\" data-end=\"2564\">Observers are now asking: Is the Jordanian government attempting to silence every voice standing with Gaza? Have gestures of solidarity become a punishable offense for educators\u2014especially while Gaza faces one of the most horrific atrocities?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2566\" data-end=\"2756\">Al-Zaytawi\u2019s dismissal is not just an attack on her\u2014it\u2019s a form of intimidation aimed at silencing anyone who dares to speak out against the death and destruction in the besieged Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2758\" data-end=\"2925\">No official justification or legal explanation has been given for the decision, which legal experts describe as a clear violation of justice and freedom of expression.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2927\" data-end=\"3097\">Will the university reconsider its decision? Or is this the beginning of wider repression targeting anyone who dares to raise their voice in this era of quiet oppression?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-In what has been described as a \u201cretaliatory\u201d and controversial move, Zarqa University in Jordan has dismissed lecturer Nujma Al-Zaytawi for participating in a solidarity strike for Gaza organized by the Jordanian Teachers&#8217; Syndicate. The decision, widely seen as unjustified, sparked widespread outrage across Jordanian and Arab platforms, raising serious concerns about academic freedom in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[188,4927,2570,4926],"class_list":["post-16142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-jordan","tag-nujma-al-zaytawi","tag-the-palestinian-cause","tag-zarqa-university"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jordanian Professor Fired for Gaza Solidarity: Academic Freedom Under Fire - Watan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Zarqa University\u2019s dismissal of professor Nujma Al-Zaytawi over her solidarity with 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