07-07-2025
Morocco : A parallel event at the World Sociology Forum dedicated to Palestine
The day after the opening of the Fifth World Forum of Sociology, held from July 6 to 11, 2025, in Rabat under the theme «Understanding Justice in the Age of the Anthropocene», the BDS Morocco movement and the National Federation of Education (FNE) are organizing an academic session dedicated to Palestine. Scheduled for Monday, July 7, at 7:30 PM at the union's headquarters, the event aims to express solidarity with the Palestinian people and to reject all forms of academic normalization with Israel.
Held under the theme «No Justice, No Love: Gaza at the Limits of the Anthropocene», the session will feature contributions from researchers Kawtar Najib (University of Liverpool – UK), Franca Marquardt (École Normale Supérieure, Florence – Italy/Germany), Ajma Hussain (University of Warwick – UK), Lujain Beruwien (University of Edinburgh – UK), and Fahid Qurashi (University of Salford – UK).
This show of solidarity takes place in a context where the Moroccan Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (MACBI) has urged the International Sociological Association (ISA) to reconsider its Forum program, which includes participants directly or indirectly affiliated with Israeli universities.
One session in particular has drawn criticism for referring to the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, as a «terrorist» organization. When questioned by MACBI, the ISA responded by citing «academic freedom» as its rationale.
