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Paralegal, writer, Palestinian. Known for camping @Columbia.

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Election wins prove pro-Palestine US campus protests didn't fail: Activists

Election wins prove pro-Palestine US campus protests didn't fail: Activists

With Columbia University set to be represented in Congress by former protester, advocates see 'new wave of ho…

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Columbia University Students Rally on Second Anniversary of "Hind's Hall" Protests

Columbia University Students Rally on Second Anniversary of "Hind's Hall" Protests

Here in New York, students and alumni of Columbia University held a demonstration honoring the second anniver…

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Dozens commemorate Palestinian academics killed in Gaza on anniversary of Hamilton Hall occupatio...

Dozens commemorate Palestinian academics killed in Gaza on anniversary of Hamilton Hall occupatio...

Around 60 Columbia affiliates gathered on Low Steps on Thursday-the second anniversary of the April 2024 occu…

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In Columbia's varying responses to student detainments, the question of a 'Palestine exception' l...

In Columbia's varying responses to student detainments, the question of a 'Palestine exception' l...

When Palestinian activist Maryam Alwan, GS '25, first heard on Thursday that the Department of Homeland Secur…

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Activists say Mamdani must counter Trump, starting with how he leads NYPD

Activists say Mamdani must counter Trump, starting with how he leads NYPD

Mamdani sending right messages but must deliver when 'rubber hits the road', longtime city organizers say.

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Inside the inconclusive, 17-month-long investigation into former Business School professor Shai D...

Inside the inconclusive, 17-month-long investigation into former Business School professor Shai D...

Inside the inconclusive, 17-month-long investigation into former Business School professor Shai Davidai Insid…

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When memory becomes a threat

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By Maryam Alwan
| Palestine in America
On April 17, 2024, I went camping for the first time. It was an unconventional introduction to the outdoors, one that included 10 days under the sky, a parade of international news cameras, and an eight-hour stint in NYPD custody. But it was no ordinary camping trip; it was an act of Ivy League insurgency. I was among the 108 students arrested for the Columbia University Gaza Solidarity Encampment in April 2024.
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Mahmoud Khalil is my friend. Columbia targeted him, then the U.S. government abducted him.

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By Maryam Alwan
| Columbia Daily Spectator Verified
At around the one-year anniversary of the onset of the genocide , I wrote a personal piece about the visceral reaction I had to listening to the names and ages of Palestinians in Gaza killed by Israel. The vigil was held for nearly a whole month. As time passed, the group of students sitting under the sun all day often dwindled down to almost exclusively us: Palestinian students.
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President Shafik already persecutes pro-Palestinian students. Will that be enough for Congress?

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By Atish Saha, Maryam Alwan
| Columbia Daily Spectator Verified
At a Listening Forum session I attended on April 8, I remember a student asking University President Minouche Shafik about the disciplinary measures taken against the chemical sprayers who targeted pro-Palestinian protesters on January 19. With a pen in my hand, I quickly scribbled annotations from what I heard in the ornate Low Library room. I wrote how she said that we should put ourselves in the shoes of the assailants because we wouldn’t want people to know if it was us.
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