Free Speech in Palestinian Universities

Free Speech in Palestinian Universities (FSPU) is a pilot project that compares free speech debates within Palestinian academic and para-academic spaces in a broadly global context. Phase one comprises two case studies: Gaza and the West Bank. The second phase integrates materials from phase one into global debates around free speech. The project team consists of a student-teacher based in Gaza City with an interest in free speech, a mid-career academic based in Nablus in Palestine’s West Bank who has written on free speech issues, and a professor based in the United Kingdom with experience in the study of Palestinian rights and social scientific approaches to free speech and academic freedom.