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‘Traitor to Palestinian struggle’: Egyptian academic Saad Eddin Ibrahim causes uproar after Tel Aviv visit
by Roger Hercz
January 3, 2018

Egyptian academic Saad Eddin Ibrahim caused controversy after giving a lecture in Israel. The 79-year old sociologist was received on Tuesday as a rock star in the packed auditorium at Tel Aviv University. Around 600 people turned up to hear him, but soon it transpired – not everyone was happy. Ibrahim was in Israel to participate in a two-day academic conference about Egyptian society, with his topic of discussion titled: “Lesson from 100 years of changes in Egypt”. A long list of Israeli and other foreign academics participated in what was described as an international conference. READ MORE