Freed from #ICE custody, Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi graduates from Columbia to cheers
Freed from #ICE custody, Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi graduates from Columbia to cheers
Freed from ICE custody, Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi graduates from Columbia to cheers
Student activist Mohsen Mahdawi has attended his graduation from Columbia University, weeks after his release from federal custody.
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from #AssociatedPress #APNews By JAKE OFFENHARTZUpdated 5:46 PM EDT, May 19, 2025
"NEW YORK (#AP) — Less than three weeks after his release from an immigration jail, the #Palestinian activist #MohsenMahdawi strode across the graduation stage at #ColumbiaUniversity on Monday morning, savoring a moment the #Trump administration had fought to make impossible.
Draped in a keffiyeh, Mahdawi, 34, paused to listen to the swell of cheers from his fellow graduates. Then he joined a vigil just outside #Columbia’s gates, raising a photograph of his classmate Mahmoud Khalil, who remains in federal custody."-