Karim Mattar is Associate Professor of English at the University of Colorado at Boulder. A descendant of survivors of the Palestinian Nakba of 1948, he works at the intersection of Palestine studies, the humanities, and higher education. He is currently writing two books: “The Ethics of Affiliation: Palestine and the Future of Humanism” and “Reflections on Palestine: Exile, Privilege, Responsibility.” Also a dedicated community organizer, Karim works at the local, state, and national levels to enhance public awareness of Palestine and to advocate for free speech / academic freedom. Karim received his D.Phil. at the University of Oxford in 2013.