Recent NYU Grad Rips School's 'Human Rights Abuses' In Abu Dhabi
A New York University graduate accused the school on Thursday of doing too little to address human rights abuses at its Abu Dhabi campus. The charges add fuel to ongoing doubts about NYU’s ability to reconcile its liberal mission with its financial ties to the United Arab Emirates.
Writing in Quartz, NYU alumna Kristina Bogos attacked the school for "human rights abuses," based on her firsthand encounter with the migrant workers building the new NYU Abu Dhabi campus in 2014. Bogos took the time to visit Al Dar, a camp housing many of the migrant workers building the new premises, while spending a semester abroad at NYU Abu Dhabi. At the time, the satellite campus was still under construction.
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