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Detained: The Last Columbia Protester

Radio Diaries by Radio Diaries & Radiotopia

Nov 3, 202511:42Society & Culture

In April 2024, over 100 students were arrested during protests outside Columbia University, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Leqaa Kordia, a young Palestinian woman living in Paterson, New Jersey, was one of them. Kordia...

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Detained: The Last Columbia Protester is an episode from Radio Diaries by Radio Diaries & Radiotopia. In April 2024, over 100 students were arrested during protests outside Columbia University, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Leqaa Kordia,...

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