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Northwestern’s Contract With Qatar Forbids School From Criticizing Regime
Collin Anderson
September 5, 2025

Northwestern University’s contract with Hamas-allied Qatar, where the school operates a satellite campus, includes a clause that effectively forbids students and faculty from criticizing the Qatari regime, a House Committee on Education and Workforce interview with soon-to-be-former Northwestern University president Michael Schill revealed. The interview, which includes an extensive discussion of Northwestern’s contract with the regime-controlled Qatar Foundation, reveals the speech limitations to which universities submit when they operate in the Gulf state. READ MORE