Iymen Chehade
| Iymen Chehade | |
|---|---|
| Born | Error: Need valid birth date: year, month, day in Chicago Illinois USA |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🏫 Education | B.A., History University of Illinois Chicago (2000), M.A.T., Teaching of History University of Illinois Chicago (2007) |
| 💼 Occupation | History instructor, Political activist |
Iymen Chehade is a Palestinian American instructor of history, public speaker, community organizer, activist, actor, and theatre artist. He was born in Chicago Illinois to Palestinian parents.
Academic Career[edit]
Chehade has been teaching for over ten years. Currently he teaches courses on modern Middle Eastern history at Columbia College Chicago.[1] and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago [2] (SAIC). He also used to teach as an adjunct history professor at Roosevelt University [3]
Activism[edit]
Chehade is an advocate [4] in the area of human rights and public policy regarding the Palestinian Israeli conflict, along with academic freedom. He is one of five committee members on the American Association of University Professors Committee A on Academic Freedom, and is the adviser for the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at both SAIC and Columbia College Chicago. [5]. He is also the advisory for Jewish Voice for Peace chapter at Columbia College Chicago [6]
Class Cancellation[edit]
Chehade teaches a course on the Palestinian-Israeli impasse at both Columbia and SAIC. The course offered at Columbia College Chicago garnered a great deal of national attention when one of the two classes was canceled in 2014 [7]. Professor Chehade was accused of bias after screening the Academy Award Nominated film '5 Broken Cameras' in his class. Over 7,000 people petitioned to get the class reinstated [8]. The co-director of 5 Broken Cameras Guy Davidi [9] wrote an open letter of support of Chehade and urged Columbia not to cancel the second class.
Columbia College Chicago was found guilty of an academic freedom violation and the class was reinstated. In the spring of 2016 Columbia tried to cancel one of the classes again [10] Once again, the class we reinstated after protest.
Public Speaking[edit]
In addition to speaking as a guest lecturer at other universities [11] Chehade has been a key note speaker for the General Delegation of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Land Day event in Washington DC 2015, where he was celebrated among other Palestinians 'who won't be silenced' [12] [13]. He was also a speaker at the National SJP Conference in 2016.
Acting and Theatre[edit]
Iymen Chehade has been seen on screen and stage[14] [15] as an actor. He was a producer of a Chicago production of 'The Gaza Monologues' [16] He also wrote, produced, and directed a well reviewed [17] [18] production about a Palestinian family living under occupation 'Garden of the Three' in 2009 [19]
References[edit]
- ↑ https://mondoweiss.net/2014/03/chicago-schools-cancellation/
- ↑ https://mondoweiss.net/2014/03/chicago-schools-cancellation/
- ↑ https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/columbia-college-iymen-chehade-aaup-academic-freedom/Content?oid=12966857
- ↑ https://www.sxu.edu/news/articles/2016/iymen-chehade-columbia-college.php
- ↑ http://www.saic.edu/profiles/faculty/iymen-chehade
- ↑ https://therealnews.com/bios/iymen-chehade
- ↑ https://mondoweiss.net/2014/03/chicago-schools-cancellation/
- ↑ https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/columbia-college-iymen-chehade-aaup-academic-freedom/Content?oid=12966857
- ↑ http://www.palestinechronicle.com/guy-davidi-in-support-of-professor-iymen-chehade/
- ↑ https://chicagomonitor.com/2015/11/columbia-college-chicago-professor-faces-round-two-in-fight-for-academic-freedom/
- ↑ https://www.sxu.edu/news/articles/2016/iymen-chehade-columbia-college.php
- ↑ https://www.wrmea.org/015-june-july/land-day-commemoration-honors-people-who-wont-be-silenced.html
- ↑ https://www.arabamerica.com/plo-delegation-commemorates-39th-anniversary-of-palestinian-land-day-youm-al-ard/
- ↑ http://chicagotheaterbeat.com/2013/11/15/i-wish-to-apologize-to-illinois-agency-theater-collective/#review
- ↑ http://www.wearetheagency.org/iwishtoapologize/
- ↑ https://www.afsc.org/event/gaza-monologues-dramatic-reading
- ↑ https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/garden-of-the-three/Event?oid=1194417
- ↑ https://chicagocritic.com/garden-of-the-three/
- ↑ https://therealnews.com/bios/iymen-chehade
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