NYU Professor Banned from UAE
A professor at New York University has been banned from the United Arab Emirates, home to the college’s new Abu Dhabi campus. Andrew Ross, who specializes in labor issues, has been openly critical of the working conditions on UAE construction sites, including art museums like the Louvre, which are largely staffed by migrant labor (see What’s Really Going On at Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island?).
On Monday, Ross was preparing to board a flight at Kennedy International Airport when he was told that the computer had flagged his passport, and that the UAE authorities were not allowing him to enter the country, reports the New York Times. Ross’s spring break trip was to be spent furthering his investigations into construction site conditions in the UAE. He was told that he was barred from travelling to the country due to unspecified security concerns.
Source: news.artnet.com