The Harvard graduating students denied their degrees over Palestine protest

The decision by Harvard to delay degrees for 13 students for one year has caused outrage at the university and a mass walkout from its graduation ceremony. More than two weeks have passed since the graduates’ commencement ceremony for 2024 at Harvard University, but Asmer Asrar Safi is still waiting to receive the degree for which he spent four years studying. “The situation remains as is, unfortunately,” he tells Al Jazeera from Boston, United States. Besides Safi, who is originally from Lahore, Pakistan, another 12 students find themselves in the...