Anti-tribe comments cost professor her job

A Saudi university sacked an Arab female professor after students complained that she made hostile comments against one of the leading tribes in the oil-rich Gulf kingdom, a newspaper reported on Monday.

The teacher at the faculty of education at Hael university in northwestern Saudi Arabia was told to stop working with immediate effect, Aleqt Arabic language daily said, quoting Maad Al Amer, the university’s spokesman.

“We investigated the issue and found that the teacher went out of her way in class and made indecent comments against a famous tribe,” he said.

“After verifying those comments, the university’s administration decided to suspend her and end her contract immediately,” he added without naming that tribe.
 

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