The protests sweeping US universities have brought intense division, but some students have treasured hope, unity, solidarity and love
killing roughly 1,200 people and taking more than 200 hostage, Eleanora Ginsborg and Samar Omer had never met., San Diego, forged a new friendship – and a new sense of activism-fueled purpose. A third student who already knew Omer “like a sister”, and requested to go by the pseudonym Hala Abdallah out of safety concerns, completed the group., the three women’s separate worlds came crashing together.
The three students, despite their distinct cultural heritages, shared similar beliefs on the war and human rights concerns in Gaza. Still, for Ginsborg, the newfound friendship is a sign that, amid the division, there are still moments of unity to be found. The students recently held a “threads of resistance” event on campus, spotlighting Omer’s mother, who taught attendees how to do tatreez, a traditional Palestinian embroidery. Preserving her family’s culture and heritage, Omer said, “is one of the most important forms of Palestinian resistance”. “Your mom is so great,” Ginsborg gushed to Omer afterwards.
“Yale Jews for Ceasefire exists because of – not in spite of – our Jewish values,” wrote fourth-year Yale student Ian Berlin in an opinion piece for CNN.
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