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“Gaza, you are not alone”: Students protest, call for divestment outside University System of Maryland dinner on October 7
Chants of “Gaza you are not alone, this campus is a freedom zone” and rhythmic protest drumming reverberated through the air as around 50 students marched from University United Methodist Church to the College Park Marriott Hotel Wednesday afternoon to protest the 2026 University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents retreat. The retreat is…
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Three years into Israel’s genocide on Gaza, UMD SJP hosts teach-ins, remembrances on McKeldin Mall
Hundreds of white flags covered the lawn surrounding the Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) Fountain on McKeldin Mall as the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) hosted teach-ins the morning of October 7, 2026, marking three years since Israel’s genocide on Gaza begun. “These flags are supposed to represent all the martyrs that have died since…
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“The university’s hands are covered in blood:” Students protest UMD’s career fair, in photos
By Iman Neja On Thursday, Oct. 1, in front of the sleek grey stone entryway of The Hotel at The University of Maryland, students unfurled a white banner reading: “DISCLOSE, DIVEST, WE WILL NOT STOP, WE WILL NOT REST.” Students from UMD’s Anti-Imperialist Movement (AIM), a coalition composed of politically aligned clubs including UMD’s Students…
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The ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ is dead. Has justice been served for victims of the Bosnian Genocide?
By: Iman Neja “The glorification of genocide is not honor; it’s a shame,” stated Mothers of Srebrenica, an organization of victims who lost their loved ones in the Srebrenica genocide, on X. On Aug. 27, 2026, Ratko Mladić, former commander of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS), died in a prison hospital in The Hague,…
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Students commemorate lives lost in massacre in Philippines, call for “end to US imperialism”
As candles flickered in front of framed photos, around two dozen students and community members gathered for a vigil on the evening of Tuesday, May 5, 2026 in McKeldin Mall to commemorate victims of the Toboso massacre in April. “The Negros 19 massacre was not an isolated event nor an accident. It is a product…
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Students gather to commemorate Palestinians displaced during Nakba
A partition decorated in phrases such as “To exist is resist” and “UMD Divest Now” stood tall on McKeldin Mall as students painted olives, Palestinian flags, and resistance slogans on kites and banners. More than 50 students gathered for the Nakba remembrance event organized by the University of Maryland’s (UMD) Students for Justice in Palestine…
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Students rally outside Smith school event, call for an end to “normalizing genocide”
A Palestinian flag caught the wind, waving in the air as protestors chanted, “No normalization, we demand liberation” outside the Robert H. Smith School of Business on the evening of Tuesday, April 21 in opposition to a panel event held by the school featuring various speakers to discuss how to promote dialogue, with a secondary…
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USM students charge Board of Regents with complicity in genocide at People’s Tribunal, call for divestment
By: Sumaya Abdel-Motagaly As the last student finished testifying during the public comments period of the University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents meeting, students in attendance collectively stood up and began chanting “disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest.” Holding up signs reading “USM you have blood on your hands”…
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‘When Sudan bleeds, we all bleed’: UMD students mark three-year anniversary of war, genocide in Sudan
By: Rumaysa Drissi and Sumaya Abdel-Motagaly Content warning: this article contains mention of sexual violence. Sudanese flags stood upright, lining the grass across the borders of Hornbake Plaza. Chalk messages, calling for an end to the war and demanding more attention to the conflict covered the stone ground. To commemorate the third year since the…
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UMD students provide healthcare to rural communities in Uzbekistan
Several Muslim students at the University of Maryland participated in a two-week medical outreach internship and provided healthcare services to rural communities in Uzbekistan from Jan. 6 to Jan. 20, 2026 through a partnership with the program Volunteers Around the World (VAW) Global Health Alliance. The seven students worked alongside healthcare professionals to offer medical…