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McCormick junior Omar Shanti takes down posters depicting slain Palestinians and activists off the wall in the lobby of Norris University Center after NUDivest's demonstration was shut down by Norris staff members. The demonstration was held while parents and students checked in for this year's Family Weekend.

NUDivest demonstration at Norris shut down

November 6, 2015

Students and visiting families walking into Norris University Center on Friday afternoon were met with pictures of slain Palestinians and activists taped over the posters of Northwestern's Campus Life...

Students raise their hands in “silent applause” as an NUDivest member speaks in favor of the collective’s resolution at The Senate’s Feb. 18 meeting. The body would go on to pass the resolution at the end of the meeting.

NUDivest continues push for investment reform, dialogue

September 23, 2015

Up to Date Catch up on the biggest ongoing news stories affecting Northwestern and Evanston with The Daily’s new explainer series: Up to Date. Omar Shanti framed the article and put it up on...

University of Wisconsin-Parkside sociology professor Seif Da’na discusses colonialism and Zionism in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Thursday night in Swift Hall. The event was sponsored by Northwestern’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine as part of their Israeli Apartheid Week.

University of Wisconsin-Parkside professor discusses Israeli colonialism, Zionism on eve of Nakba Day

May 15, 2015

On the eve of Nakba Day, the annual day commemorating Palestinian displacement that followed Israeli independence in 1948, University of Wisconsin-Parkside sociology professor Seif Da’na said Israel...

Melisa Stephen (Weinberg ’14) speaks about “pinkwashing” in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. At Northwestern Divest’s event Thursday, Stephen said Israel tries to promote its inclusive LGBT policies to hide its record of human rights abuses.

NUDivest says its resolution focuses on divestment only

April 30, 2015

Northwestern Divest held an event Thursday to remind students that its resolution only concerns divestment and to place its on-campus efforts in the context of an international effort to advocate for Palestinian...

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