Syllabus (Abbreviated) Instructor: AHMED SOUAIAIA Website: https://ahmed.souaiaia.com About the Course: Approaches to Human Rights is a seminar for graduate students. Students will engage with historical events, philosophical narratives, legal cases, institutional reports, lived experiences, and theoretical works to study the origins, functions, and history of the discourse on human rights. Students will be guided […]
Essays & Updates
by Ahmed E. Souaiaia* Most reasonable and informed people would have anticipated an economic and human cost to this pandemic. Those with means will not only escape paying those costs, but they will use the crisis as an opportunity to get even richer. The examples are numerous. In academia, the learned ones talk about dislocation, […]
Islamic Law & Government is a graduate seminar designed for professional and graduate students with interest in the study of Islamic law. Societies, and institutions. Students must be prepared to read the assigned materials in time, lead class discussions, and write a substantive research paper about a relevant topic. All students must read the assigned […]
By Ahmed E Souaiaia* August 1, 2019 While launching his political 2020 presidential campaign, Donald Trump, clarified beyond doubt what he means by his slogan, “Make America Great Again.” He called on four congresswomen to go back to their countries of origin. The four congresswomen are, Ilhan Omar (MN), Ayanna Pressley (MA), Rashida Tlaib (MI), […]
David Frum’s cover story, callously titled, How Much Immigration Is Too Much, is an illustrative example of crude opinions rooted in alternative facts David Frum’s basic argument is this: The Global South is a shithole, from where all people, especially the “strivers” want to escape to the developed world. The developed world cannot accommodate them […]