Students for Justice in Palestine Founder Hatem Bazian Attended SF State

JEWISH PRESS -- In 2001, Hatem Bazian founded Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of Berkeley. Bazian was born in Nablus, went to high school in Amman, Jordan and came to the U.S. to attend San Francisco State University. He finished a double major in International Relations and Speech/Communication at San Francisco State University, where he also completed an M.A. in International Relations. He then went on to receive his Ph.D. in philosophy and Islamic studies from UC Berkeley in 2002.