Maya Wind

Sep 25, 2024 | kboo.org | Maya Wind

Maya Wind on her book Towers of Ivory and SteelIsraeli universities have long enjoyed a reputation as bastions of liberal democracy even as Israel continues to bomb schools in Gaza in its genocidal war. Jan Haaken talks with Maya Wind about her new book, "Towers of Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom."  In the book, Wind documents how Israeli universities are directly complicit in the violation of Palestinian rights. Wind is a President’s and Andrew W.

Jul 31, 2024 | rs21.org.uk | Maya Wind

Israel’s genocidal war is both massacring Palestinians and destroying their physical and social infrastructure. In particular, Israel has targeted Palestinian educational institutions.

May 29, 2024 | africasacountry.com | Maya Wind |Jane Duncan |Michael Bueckert

The spectacular flight of capital is one of the most constant phenomena of decolonization. On June 23, 1987, the University of Houston (UH) became the first university in the American South to pass a divestment resolution to withdraw $6.4 million out of companies that profited from the economy of apartheid South Africa. To the general public, it must have seemed surprising that they took a stand against the apartheid regime.

May 16, 2024 | israelbehindthenews.com | Maya Wind

Young people have a great capacity to initiate processes of change. Yet in observing my society during and after the last operation in Gaza, I felt that this capacity was not employed at all. Despite our vast potential to create change, with our energy level and tendency to question the previous generation’s values, opinions among Israeli youth regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict remain sadly static.

Apr 29, 2024 | mg.co.za | Maya Wind

This is part three of three excerpts from Maya Wind’s book Towers of Ivory and Steel. Based on research, the book is a gamechanger in the conversation about Israeli academic institutionsOn June 28, 1967—just two weeks after Israel invaded East Jerusalem and brought the entire city under its rule — Hebrew University held a ceremony at its Mt. Scopus amphitheatre, overlooking the newly occupied Palestinian neighbourhoods below.