Ayah Koujane
Overview
Ayah Koujane has demonized Israel and spread 9/11 conspiracy theories on social media.On September 20, 2015, Koujane tweeted: “When I want to get Thursday off for Eid but my lab coordinator is yahoodi [Jewish] af [as f**k] and got his PhD from Tel Aviv University
As of January 2018, Koujane was listed as the committee chair for Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Wayne State University (WSU), serving in the position since October 2017. She indicated on Facebook that she went to SJP WSU events as early as March 2016.
Koujane is also a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement and a member of two Facebook groups for the Muslim Students Association (MSA) at WSU.
On December 15, 2014, Koujane tweeted that she finished her first semester at WSU.
Demonizing Israel
On October 26, 2017, Koujane posted on the WSU MSA Facebook page about an SJP event where she called Israel’s security barrier the “Israeli apartheid wall.”On April 16, 2015, Koujane retweeted a tweet from disgraced anti-Israel Professor Steven Salaita that said: “Things found in Sabra ‘hummus’: -preservatives -soybean (not olive) oil -deadly bacteria -colonization -ethnic cleansing #BDS.”
On October 2, 2014, Koujane retweeted a tweet alleging that Israel was committing a “genocide against innocent Children in #Gaza.”
On August 13, 2014, during Israel’s Operation Protective Edge (OPE) against Hamas, Koujane tweeted “I BOYCOTT ISRAEL” and linked to an anti-Israel Youtube video. The video accused [00:01:30] Israel of “genocide” and [00:00:40] of the “systematic and racist ethnic cleansing of an entire population.”
Israel commenced Operation Protective Edge (OPE) in July 2014, to stop rocket fire targeting Israeli civilians and to destroy Hamas attack tunnels.
On July 12, 2014, Koujane tweeted a photo of an Israeli soldier applying makeup toa comrade prior for a traumatic injury drill and claimed: “‘@Za1d: Female Israel soldiers faking injuries for TV News!!! The entire world must see this. #FreePalestine ’ cute.”
On July 9, 2014, Koujane retweeted a tweet that said: “If you're pro-Israel/Zionism you're against human rights and freedom. It's as simple as that.”
On the same day, Koujane retweeted a tweet that said: “If only more of the world was aware about the killings in Gaza, then people would actually wake up and realize who the real terrorists are.”
9/11 Conspiracy Theories
On September 10, 2015, Koujane tweeted: “#BushDid911.”On September 4, 2015, Koujane tweeted a photo of a mural that said “America will not Forget SEPT. 11, 2011,” with her comment: “And neither will the 1.5 billion Muslims y'all wrongly blame #BushDid911.”
On January 4, 2015, Koujane retweeted a tweet suggesting that the United States government knew of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks five years before they occurred.
The tweet said: “US dollar bills issued in 1996, 5 years before 9/11.” The tweet featured a montage of U.S. paper currency folded to show different stages of the 9/11 attacks. The same images are popular [00:01:34] among 9/11 conspiracy theorists.
SJP WSU - Anti-Semitic Tweets
SJP WSU founder and 2015-2017 president Summer Baraka and 2017-2018 president Mayssa Masri have both expressed forms of anti-Semitism on social media.On June 24, 2015, Masri tweeted: “We need to open our eyes to who controls the media. We need to open our eyes to #WhiteSupremacy and #Zionism.”
On August 21, 2013, Baraka tweeted: “Allah yin3an al yahood ou bas [May Allah curse the Jews, and that's all.]" Masri liked the tweet.
SJP WSU - Leadership Idolizing Terrorists
On March 29, 2016, Baraka referred to terrorist Ghassan Kanafani, tweeting: “Just tryna marry a modern day Kanafani.”Kanafani was a leading member and spokesperson for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) during the terrorist organization’s early years. Kanafani announced the PFLP’s responsibility for the Lod Airport Massacre of May 1972 and was linked to the airport attackers. The attack killed 26 people and wounded 80 others.
On October 4, 2015, Rafeef Hamad — the 2016-2017 SJP WSU vice president — tweeted: “يارب تكتبهم عندك من الشهداء
#فلسطين_تنتفض [Please O god inscribe them as martyrs #Palestine_Revolting]”October 2015 saw an upsurge in violence across Israel incited by Palestinian political and religious leaders. The wave of stabbings — known as the “Knife Intifada” — saw young Palestinians throughout the country stabbing and attempting to stab Israeli civilians.
SJP WSU - Supporting Terrorists
On November 11, 2016 and 2017, SJP WSU posted photos to Facebook memorializing terrorist Yasser Arafat on the anniversary of his death.The 2017 post included an Arafat quote, reading: “The victory march will continue until the Palestinian flag flies in Jerusalem and in all of Palestine.”
Yasser Arafat was the leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and is known by some as the "father of modern terrorism." Arafat called for children to “martyr” themselves during the second intifada. In 1996, he told Arab diplomats: "We will make life unbearable for Jews by psychological warfare and population explosion. Jews will not want to live among Arabs. I have no use for Jews. They are and remain Jews."
On April 8, 2017, SJP WSU posted a photo to Facebook of a painting honoring terrorist Leila Khaled, displayed at an SJP Palestinian cultural event.
Khaled was a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and participated in the hijacking of TWA Flight 840 in 1969 and El Al Flight 219 in 1970. In a 2014 interview, Khaled opined that the Palestinian second intifada failed because it was not violent enough.
On November 25, 2016, SJP WSU tweeted and posted on Facebook in support of terrorist Rasmea Odeh.
Odeh was a key military operative with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization. In 1969, she masterminded a PFLP supermarket bombing that killed two college students. She also attempted to bomb the British consulate in Jerusalem. Odeh later moved to the United States but was deported to Jordan in 2017 for immigration fraud.
SJP WSU - Denying Jerusalem’s Jewish History
On December 8, 2017, SJP WSU shared a Facebook video of Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas stating [00:00:15]: “Jerusalem is a city that is Palestinian, Arab, Christian, Islamic and the eternal capital of Palestine.“Abbas was protesting U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and to relocate the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
On October 19, 2016, SJP WSU tweeted a picture taken at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, stating: “Victory of Palestine against Israel: Jerusalem Holy Site Declared Muslim, Not Jewish, in United Nations Resolution.”
SJP WSU - Nazi Propaganda Methods
The “separation wall” bore a quote often attributed to Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels: “If you repeat a lie enough times, it becomes the truth.”
SJP WSU revised the quote, by replacing the word “truth” with the word “politics” and then crossed out “politics” and substituted the word “Israel,” written with blood dripping from the letters. Below the quote appeared the hashtag: “#BOYCOTTISRAEL.”
The quote embodied an anti-Semitic idea known as the “Big Lie,” which was used by Nazi Germany to demonize Jews and to promote the boycott of Jewish businesses."
SJP WSU used the wall as early as March 2016.
SJP
SJP is a student organization engaged in anti-Israel activity on North American college and university campuses.
The first chapter of SJP was founded in 2001 at the University of California at Berkeley by Professor Hatem Bazian. Bazian has spread classic anti-Semitism, reportedly promoted religious anti-Semitism and defended the Hamas terror group. In 2004, Bazian called for “intifada” in America.
SJP organizes anti-Israel campaigns, including running annual Israel Apartheid Weeks, often in collaboration with Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) and Muslim Students Association (MSA) campus chapters.
SJP has been a major force in pushing the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement on campuses. Chapters have initiated dozens of BDS resolutions in student governments, which have been proposed on or around Jewish holidays, a time when many Jewish students are off-campus.
SJP activists have reportedly physically assaulted, intimidated and harassed Jewish students, disrupted pro-Israel campus events and demonized pro-Israel campus organizations.
Chapters have often endorsed and campaigned for numerous terrorists and whitewashed terrorism.
MSA
The MSA was established by members of the Muslim Brotherhood in January 1963 at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, with the goal of "spreading Islam as students in North America." A 2004 FBI investigation uncovered an internal Muslim Brotherhood document in which a brotherhood leader identified the MSA as "one of our organizations."
The MSA reportedly has “nearly 600 chapters” located in the United States and Canada, and is “the most visible and influential Islamic student organization in North America,” boasting conferences, special events, publications, websites and other activities.
The organization includes a number of previous chapter presidents with explicit links to terrorist groups. Included are al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki (Colorado State University), Somali al-Shabaab militant leader Omar Shafik Hammami (University of South Alabama) and Pakistani Taliban recruiter Ramy Zamzam of the MSA's Washington, D.C. council.
Social Media and Weblinks
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/100000005732340/ [Deleted]Twitter:https://twitter.com/ayahkoujane [Deleted]
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/ayahkoujane/ [Deleted]
Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Gqr32qxzzbE1Ad1_ucs-g
- Status:
- Student
- University:
- WSU
- Organizations:
- BDS,
- MSA,
- more...
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- Last Modified:
- 05/04/2026
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