Pro-Palestine student suspended by King’s College London returns to campus
College lifts suspension amid criticism from student groups over crackdown on pro-Palestine sentiments.
London, United Kingdom – A 22-year-old Egyptian student suspended from King’s College London (KCL) last year after his involvement in pro-Palestine campus activism is returning to university.
KCL lifted Usama Ghanem’s suspension late last month, allowing him to return and complete the third and final year of his international studies degree.
“We won,” Ghanem said. “I was suspended because of my activism for Palestine … The injustices and the process that I’ve gone through have felt extremely bitter, but it also needed to be fought.”
A university spokesperson told Al Jazeera that KCL had “upheld the original reasons” for Ghanem’s suspension but had determined that he “had met the conditions agreed for suspension and that re-enrolment was therefore the appropriate outcome”.