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  • UC San Diego Department of Ethnic Studies Appoints First Palestinian Community Leader In Residence

  • Meet Ramah Awad, the anti-Israel activist appointed by UCSD, and her antisemitic staff and associates

  • On May 22, 2024, the Ethnic Studies Department at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) announced that Ramah Awad would be the first Palestinian community leader in residence. In a radio interview, Awad explained that beginning in the fall of 2024, she will act as a liaison between the university and the local Palestinian community and will offer seminars on campus on subjects of her choosing. 

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  • Who is Ramah Awad?

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  • On October 15, 2023, just eight days after Hamas massacred 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped 250 more, Awad helped organize an anti-Israel rally in San Diego, California. In an interview with ABC 10 News, Awad downplayed the terror attacks of October 7, saying, “I don’t think it serves anyone…to be focusing in on the events of this week…I think it’s so important to look at this week within the context of the past 75-plus years.”


    Awad is the executive director of Majdal: Arab Community Center of San Diego. 

  • During her undergraduate education at Stanford University, Awad was a leader in the BDS campaign on campus. She was also involved with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM). Both organizations have known connections to terrorists and have shown their support for the destruction of the State of Israel.


    On November 5, 2020, Awad published an article in Sage Journals titled, “BDS as the baseline of solidarity: toward a model of co-struggling with Palestinians in their movement for justice and liberation.”


    In the article, Awad defended a policy known as the “right of return,” which is understood as a path to the destruction of Israel as a Jewish state.


    On June 2, 2021, in an interview with the Muslim Network TV posted on Facebook, Awad said, “I think the most accurate way to talk about what is happening in Palestine is a settler-colonial project. You can see the ways that the Israeli state is doing everything that it can to ensure that there are minimal Palestinians on minimum land.” 

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