Our beloved Refaat Alareer (Refaat in Gaza 🇵🇸) wrote these words in October, but they had not been published until now. Electronic Intifada is grateful to have the honor to share them with the world. When I read them, I can hear his voice. electronicintifada.net/content/unpubl…

As the first-year undergraduate students' convocation was taking place on Low Plaza at Columbia University, around 100 student protestors gathered on short notice outside the university's main gate with pots, pans, and a megaphone to call for the University to divest from Israel.

The Walrus published an excerpt of IN EXILE where I'm grappling with my family's mythology – and where I fit into it. And the art they created for it is *so lovely*: thewalrus.ca/how-not-to-ask…

do you believe you are capable of love even though you are a journalist

do you think you are capable of love despite being a former college newspaper editor-in-chief?

As the academic year is now in full swing, protesters set up a table daily outside Columbia’s main gate. Today they were joined by Neturei Karta, a Jewish group that opposes Zionism. The push is on education & recruitment, and it will be interesting to see how this develops…

Update: County official Robert Telles was found guilty by a jury on Aug. 28 of stabbing Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative journalist Jeff German to death. German had published a series of investigations on Telles before his death. pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/…

Inside this week’s issue of The New Yorker: newyorker.com/magazine

The fall semester at Columbia begins today with new protest restrictions and private security guards stationed throughout the campus. Those behind last spring’s pro-Palestinian protests say they’re undeterred. apnews.com/article/columb…

🚨 LIVE: On day 1 of classes starting at Columbia University, Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) has created a picket line outside the main gate of the university. The protesters are demanding divestment in support of Palestine. More to come…

📸 Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) protest on the first day of class by forming a picket line outside the Columbia University gates. Students are voicing their support for Palestine and need for the university to divest from Israel. In photos…

My video footage from the Columbia campus this morning in NBC New York!

Day 1 at Columbia University

📝 Every year, Columbia Journalism School kicks off the semester with a celebration — and a full class picture on the iconic Low Library steps. Welcome to Columbia University, Class of 2025! Learn how to join next year's cohort, no fee required. Apply today at journalism.columbia.edu.

My coverage of the pro Palestine protests at Columbia today in the BBC!

🚨 Students have set up a pro-Palestine sit-in at Columbia School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) protesting Hillary Clinton, as she teaches a class here every fall They are calling for the university to disclose and divest their finances. More to come…

📹 LIVE: Pro-Palestine protesters sit-in at Columbia School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) protesting Hillary Clinton, as she teaches a class here every fall They are calling for an end to the occupation in Palestine and a revolution. There are 2 counter protesters.

My picture & reporting from today’s Columbia University pro-Palestine protest in the New York Times today “A Campus Protest Movement Seeks to Regain Momentum but Faces Hurdles” @SharonNYT nytimes.com/2024/09/04/us/…

My latest: nytimes.com/2024/09/04/us/… via @NYTimes

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