Homa Hoodfar.
Concordia in the news
Posted on August 12, 2016
University affairs
Various issues concerning Concordia University are often reported on by news outlets. Here is the most recent coverage pertaining to the institution:
- Media continue to pick up an Amnesty International report about repression of women's rights activists and academics in Iran, with a focus on the case of Homa Hoodfar: The Guardian, Breitbart, News Vine, Yuba Net. In other coverage: Al Arabiya mentions Hoodfar's arrest in a piece about Iran's crackdown on dual citizens; The Canadian Jewish News, offering a critique of the anti-Israel BDS movement, sees in the detention of Homa Hoodfar an opportunity for Muslims and non-Muslims, including Jews, to work together against oppression by joining forces to demand Hoodfar's release.
- Muslim Link publishes an article by writer and poet Rahat Kurd, who recounts her association with Homa Hoodfar during the early 1990's, when she worked with Hoodfar as a research assistant.