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Harvard University Extended a Fellowship Offer to Ousted Columbia Prof Accused of Anti-Israel ‘Indoctrination’—Then Rescinded It Without Explanation

‘While we cannot comment on the specifics of personnel matters, all fellowship candidates are evaluated on many factors,’ Harvard tells Free Beacon

A. Kayum Ahmed (publichealth.columbia.edu)

Harvard University quietly extended a fellowship offer to a former Columbia University professor who was let go after a Wall Street Journal exposé accused him of “pro-Palestinian indoctrination”—then revoked it without explanation, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.

Kayum Ahmed, a former director at George Soros’s Open Society Foundations, posted a screenshot last week of his April 3 acceptance letter as a fellow with Harvard Kennedy School’s Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights Policy, complete with official letterhead and executive director Maggie Gates’s name and title.

“I’m pleased to share that I’ve been appointed as a Fellow at the Harvard Carr Center for…

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