Baraah Abdo
Overview
Baraah Abdo participated in anti-Israel activism as the social media manager and student advisor of the Palestinian Student Association (PSA) at the University of Central Florida (UCF).Abdo served as the social media manager of UCF-PSA from October 2021 until January 2022. From January 2022 until August 2022, Abdo served as the student advisor for the UCF-PSA.
As of February 2024, Abdo’s LinkedIn page said she was a member of the Muslim Student Association (MSA) at UCF.
Abdo graduated with a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering from the University of Central Florida (UCF) in May 2024.
Anti-Israel Activism
On April 23, 2022, UCF PSA co-organized a rally in Orlando titled: “HANDS OFF PALESTINE.” The flyer for the rally said: “
THIS SATURDAY ORLANDO FOLKS - SHOW OUT. 
#FreePalestine #fromtherivertothesea #palestinerally #palestineprotest #orlando #freepalestineuntilitsbackward.”“From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free” is a chant used [00:02:47] to call for the elimination of the State of Israel. It has also been employed by Hamas leader Khaled Mashal to call for the replacement of Israel with an Islamic state. In April 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning the chant as antisemitic.
The rally took place during a period of violence on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, where the Al Aqsa mosque is located, which was preceded by a period of terrorism in Israel.
At the end of March and beginning of April 2022, Palestinian terrorists killed 14 Israelis in a number of attacks.
On March 2, 2022, UCF-PSA held a rally titled: “ALL EYES ON SHEIKH JARRAH,” with its activists “shedding light on the ongoing displacement & ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah.” The rally was called for one day after Israel’s High Court suspended planned evictions from Sheikh Jarrah.
Incitement surrounding Al-Aqsa and Sheikh Jarrah were leading factors in Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorists firing over 4,300 rockets from Gaza at Israeli population centers from May 10 to 21, 2021. In response to rocket attacks from Gaza, Israel launched “Operation Guardian of the Walls (OGW),” striking military targets in the terrorist-controlled enclave.
At the same March 2, 2022 rally, UCF PSA treasurer Tala Salameh was filmed chanting [00:00:15]: “Be-ruh be-dam nifdik ya Aqsa [With spirit, with blood, we will redeem you, Aqsa]!”
The allegation that Jews “threaten” to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque has been a pretext for Arab attacks on Jews long before the existence of the modern Jewish state. Such propaganda has led to multiple periods of violence against Israeli civilians.
On May 11, 2021, during OGW, violent Arab riots broke out in Israel’s mixed Jewish-Arab city of Lod and in other Israeli cities with large Arab populations. The rioters in Lod reportedly raised Hamas and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) flags and attacked Israeli civilians with slabs and rocks, as well as firebombs and metal rods. Rioters also torched synagogues, cars and businesses, and vandalized hospital medical equipment, schools and government buildings.
On January 26, 2022, UCF-PSA held its first meeting and “Virtual Teach-In” featuring anti-Israel activist Hamzah Raza, titled: Legacies of Apartheid: From South Africa to Palestine.”
CAIR
CAIR describes itself as a “grassroots civil rights and advocacy group” and “America's largest Muslim civil liberties organization, with regional offices nationwide.” Its official mission is “enhance understanding of Islam, protect civil rights, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.”
CAIR reportedly has “significant ties” to the Muslim Brotherhood, as well as Hamas. A number of former CAIR employees have been convicted on fraud and terrorism-related charges that resulted monetary fines, jail terms and, sometimes, deportation.
CAIR was founded in 1994 and opened its first office in Washington, DC, with the help of a $5,000 donation from the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF), a charity founded by Mousa Abu Marzook.
Marzook, who was listed as a "Specially Designated Terrorist" by the U.S. Treasury Department in 1995, is reportedly a senior member of Hamas.
In May 2007, CAIR was listed as an “unindicted co-conspirator” in a U.S.-filed action against the HLF for providing funds to Hamas.
CAIR was also listed as a terrorist entity by the United Arab Emirates, in 2014.
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
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/baraahabdo/ [Private]LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/baraah-abdo
- Status:
- Unknown
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- Organizations:
- MSA,
- PSA
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- Last Modified:
- 05/04/2026
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