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Anushka Maqbool
Anushka Maqbool participated in an anti-Israel event at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2024, during Israel's war against Hamas terrorists.
As of July 2025, Anushka Maqbool’s LinkedIn profile said she was pursuing a master's degree in city planning at MIT, slated to graduate in 2026.
As of December 2024, Anushka Maqbool was listed as a student research affiliate at MIT's Community Innovators Lab (MIT Colab).
As of the same date, the MIT website listed Anushka Maqbool's hometown as Karachi, Pakistan.
The profilee's activism occurred during Israel’s war against Hamas, which Israel launched after the October 7, 2023, terror attacks when Hamas murdered nearly 1,200 Israelis, injured thousands and kidnapped hundreds.
MIT, Hands Off The West Bank!
View EventDate: Sept. 13, 2024
Organizers: MIT CAA, MIT Graduates for Palestine, BDS Boston, PYM Boston, MITAlumni4Palestine
Location: MIT, Cambridge, MA
One speaker at the rally led [00:07:39] the chant: "Free free Palestine! Long live Palestine! Long live the intifada! Intifada, intifada!"
The term “intifada,” which translates from Arabic as “uprising” or “insurrection,” carries the connotation of violence. Palestinian intifadas waged against Israel have been marked since 1987 by hundreds of hijackings, shootings, stabbings, bombings and suicide missions.
“Free Palestine” is a chant that has been described as a "battle cry for the death of Jews.” In May 2025, two Israeli diplomats in Washington, D.C., were murdered by a gunman shouting “Free Palestine!” In June 2025, one pro-Israel activist was killed and over 25 were injured in Boulder, Colorado, when a man yelling “Free Palestine” firebombed them.
Another speaker at the rally led [00:07:06] the chant: "MIT you can't hide! You're supporting genocide!"
The event was in support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement. The outcome of the movement's goals would result in Israel's destruction. Within hours of the October 7, 2023, terror attacks, the BDS movement renewed its call for an anti-Israel boycott.
