Khaled A. Beydoun
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{{Short description|American law professor}}
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Khaled A. Beydoun is an Arab American and Muslim associate professor of law at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law{{Cite web|url=https://search.asu.edu/profile/4881592|title=Khaled Beydoun | ASU Search|website=search.asu.edu}} and is a Scholar-in-Residence at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University.{{Cite web|url=https://cyber.harvard.edu/|title=home | Berkman Klein Center|website=cyber.harvard.edu}} Beydoun focuses on issues such as on Islamophobia, particularly its relationship to the War on Terror and U.S. national security issues. His books include American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spZGDwAAQBAJ|isbn=978-0-520-29779-1|title=American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear|date=3 April 2018|publisher=Univ of California Press }} and The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jk_qEAAAQBAJ|isbn=978-0-520-40269-0|title=The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims|date=27 February 2024|publisher=Univ of California Press }} He is also the co-editor of Islamophobia and the Law, published by Cambridge University Press.{{Cite book|url=https://repository.law.asu.edu/Repository/Khaled-A-Beydoun-207979/Book/Islamophobia-and-the-Law-10381.html|title=Islamophobia and the Law|first=Khaled A.|last=Beydoun|date=2020|via=repository.law.asu.edu|publisher=Cambridge University Press}}
Early life and education
Khaled Beydoun was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan.{{Cite web|url=https://isna.net/khaled-beydoun/|title=Khaled Beydoun|date=July 23, 2018}} He holds degrees from the University of Michigan, the University of Toronto, and UCLA.{{Cite web|url=https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/legal-scholar-alum-khaled-beydoun-discusses-work-and-heritage|title=UCLA Law alumnus and legal scholar Khaled Beydoun discusses his work and heritage|website=UCLA}} Beydoun is also an Affiliate Faculty at the University of California, Berkeley Islamophobia Research & Documentation Project,{{cite web|title=Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project|website=Center for Race and Gender|date=2023-05-05|url=https://crg.berkeley.edu/research/research-initiatives/islamophobia-research-and-documentation-project|access-date=2024-11-06}} and an Extraordinary Professor at the University of Western Cape's Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice.{{cite web|title=Professor Khaled Beydoun|website=Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice|date=2022-10-27|url=https://desmondtutucentre-rsj.uwc.ac.za/professor-khaled-beydoun/|access-date=2024-11-06}} He formerly served as a Scholar-in-Residence at Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center IfRFA,{{cite web|title=Khaled Beydoun|website=Berkman Klein Center|date=2020-12-16|url=https://cyber.harvard.edu/people/khaled-beydoun|access-date=2024-11-06}} and taught at several law schools, including the University of Arkansas, Wayne State University, and UCLA.{{cite web|last=Adams|first=Annabel|title=UCLA Law alumnus and legal scholar Khaled Beydoun discusses his work and heritage|website=UCLA|date=2023-04-25|url=https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/legal-scholar-alum-khaled-beydoun-discusses-work-and-heritage|access-date=2024-11-06}}
Personal racial profiling experience
In 2019, on a domestic flight, Beydoun says he experienced racial profiling, which the Arkansas Times reported culminated with an assault involving the plane's captain.{{cite web | url=https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2019/02/12/passenger-complains-about-delta-pilot-after-landing-at-xna-sees-racial-profiling | title=Passenger complains about Delta pilot after landing at XNA, sees racial profiling | date=12 February 2019 }} A police report was filed.{{cite web | url=https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:AP:59ae51c4-4163-44a1-be06-74c0404f8cd3 | title=Adobe Acrobat }}
Career
Beydoun's academic interests include constitutional law, civil rights, and the relationship between race and Islam in the United States. His research has been published in academic journals such as the UCLA Law Review,{{Cite web |last1=Beydoun |first1=Khaled A. |last2=Wilson |first2=Erika K. |title=Reverse Passing |url=https://www.uclalawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Beydoun-64-2.pdf |website=www.uclalawreview.org}} Northwestern Law Review,{{Cite journal|url=https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/nulr/vol112/iss5/6/|title=Lone Wolf Terrorism: Types, Stripes, and Double Standards|date=March 1, 2018|journal=Northwestern University Law Review|volume=112|issue=5|pages=1213–1244}} and the Harvard Civil Rights–Civil Liberties Law Review.{{Cite web|url=https://harvardlawreview.org/author/khaled-a-beydoun/|title=Khaled A. Beydoun, Author at Harvard Law Review|website=Harvard Law Review}} His work on issues such as surveillance, terrorism, and anti-Muslim policies have also been mentioned by The New York Times,{{Cite web |last=Beydoun |first=Khaled A. |date=2018-06-13 |title=To Be Poor and Ignored During Ramadan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/opinion/ramadan-muslim-charity-poverty.html |website=The New York Times}} The Washington Post,{{Cite news |date=2022-03-07 |title=Opinion The world of inconsistencies between Ukraine, the Middle East and beyond |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/07/ukraine-palestinians-kashmir-yemen/ |newspaper=Washington Post}} Al Jazeera,{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/author/khaled_a_beydoun_2012227103335595360|title=Khaled A Beydoun | Al Jazeera News | Today's latest from Al Jazeera|website=Al Jazeera}} and CNN.
Beydoun focuses on identity matters tied to Arab, Middle Eastern, and Muslim identities, particularly in the context of the pro-Palestinian movement. His work has addressed events like the October 7 rally in Sydney, the Christchurch mosque shootings{{cite web | url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/111834124/insensitive-and-disturbing-backlash-at-competition-to-visit-grieving-christchurch-families | title=Stuff }} and the Gaza war. He has also spoken extensively about the Gaza conflict and its legal and humanitarian implications.
The Australian government cancelled Beydoun's visa in response to his claim, made in Sydney, that the anniversary of October 7 Hamas-led attacks on Israel represents a day of “considerable celebration”.https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/propalestine-protester-and-academic-who-claimed-oct-7-anniversary-was-a-good-day-has-visa-revoked-by-australian-government/news-story/5f82e1d88636e639b48db3fc4830b132https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/news/american-professor-kicked-out-of-australia-after-telling-propalestine-rally-october-7-was-a-good-day/news-story/ebe988aac031afc04901319d18290158
His work also extends to advising governments and policymaking bodies. Beydoun served on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights for three years and earned an Open Society Foundations Equality Fellowship.{{Cite web|url=https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/soros-equality-fellowship?fellow=khaled-beydoun&filter_year=2023¤t=1|title=Soros Equality Fellowship|website=www.opensocietyfoundations.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/newsroom/open-society-foundations-announce-2018-soros-equality-fellows|title=Open Society Foundations Announce 2018 Soros Equality Fellows|website=www.opensocietyfoundations.org}}
In 2021, Beydoun joined the Desmond Tutu Centre for Religion and Social Justice as an honorary faculty member.{{Cite web|url=https://desmondtutucentre-rsj.uwc.ac.za/professor-khaled-beydoun/|title=Professor Khaled Beydoun}}
Beydoun has received awards such as the Frederick Douglass Educator Award.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sos.ky.gov/civic-initiatives/Pages/Frederick-Douglass-Award.aspx|title=Frederick Douglass Award - Secretary of State|website=www.sos.ky.gov}} In 2021, Beydoun was named an "Extraordinary Professor" by the University of Western Cape in South Africa.
In his book, The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims,{{cite book | isbn=978-0520356306 | title=The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims | last1=Beydoun | first1=Khaled A. | date=21 March 2023 | publisher=Univ of California Press }} he wrote that the association of the phrase "Allah Akbar" with terrorism has been exacerbated by mass media and television pundits. He adds that films and shows also utilize it as a cinematic trope.{{cite news|title=The perils of saying 'Allahu Akbar' in public|author=Khaled Beydoun|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/08/25/the-perils-of-saying-allahu-akbar-in-public/|newspaper=Washington Post}}
Selected publications
- {{cite book | last=Beydoun | first=Khaled A. | title=American Islamophobia | publisher=Univ of California Press | publication-place=Oakland, California | date=2018 | isbn=978-0-520-97000-7}}
- Beydoun, Khaled, [https://ssrn.com/abstract=3145300 Lone Wolf Terrorism: Types, Stripes and Double Standards] (March 21, 2018). 112 Northwestern Law Review (2018).
- {{cite journal | last=Beydoun | first=Khaled A. | title=Electing Islamophobia | journal=SSRN Electronic Journal | publisher=Elsevier BV | year=2016 | issn=1556-5068 | doi=10.2139/ssrn.2742857}}
- Beydoun, Khaled and Wilson, Erika K., [https://ssrn.com/abstract=2735958 Reverse Passing] (February 21, 2016). UCLA Law Review, Vol. 64 (2017).
- Beydoun, Khaled, [https://ssrn.com/abstract=2933156 Islamophobia: Toward a Legal Definition and Framework] (2016). 116 Columbia Law Review Online 108 (2016).
- Beydoun, Khaled and Ayoub, Abed, [https://ssrn.com/abstract=3077384 Executive Disorder: The Muslim Ban, Emergency Advocacy, and the Fires Next Time] (November 25, 2017). 22 Michigan Journal of Race & Law 215 (2017).
- Beydoun, Khaled, [https://ssrn.com/abstract=2529506 Between Muslim and White: The Legal Construction of Arab American Identity] (November 22, 2014). 69 N.Y.U. Ann. Surv. Am. L. 29 (2013).
- Beydoun, Khaled, [https://ssrn.com/abstract=2529246 The Trafficking of Ethiopian Domestic Workers into Lebanon: Navigating Through a Novel Passage of the International Maid Trade] (2006). Berkeley Journal of International Law (BJIL), Vol. 24, p. 1009, 2006.
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