""ANHRI denounces the decision of the President of the University of
Jordan in Amman, of dismissing Dr. Rola Kawas from her post as the dean of the
faculty of Foreign Languages at the university, because of its supervising the
preparation of a video addressing the phenomenon of harassment in the campus, in
the context of the teaching course she deliver.
A group of female students from the English department, faculty of
foreign languages, University of Jordan have made a short movie that address the
phenomenon of harassment experienced by students in the campus of the University
of Jordan, in the framework of the program of study of the feminist theory
supervised by Dr. Rola Kawas, dean of the College at that time. The movie lasts
for 2 minutes, included female students who carry banners in which one of the
common phrases of harassment on campus were written. At the end of the movie the
phrase “your freedom ends where the freedom of others begins .. this is my
privacy .. this is my freedom” appears. The movie carried the name of “this is
my privacy”. The movie was prepared in the fall of 2011, but it raised a lot of
reactions when it was introduced six months after on “YouTube”. According to
statements attributed to Dr. Rola, she was summoned by the head of the
university president who objected the movie, saying it represents a distortion
the university reputation. Despite the confirmation of Dr. Rola that movie falls
within the scope of the freedom of academic research, but I was surprised later
with the news of her dismissal from newspapers and without any consultations
with the university administration. Despite the term of the contract with the
university is two years and only one year pass."" (thanks "Ibn Rushd")
