Salma Shawa

Salma Shawa participated in at least two anti-Israel events in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in May 2024.

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.

As of May 2025, Salma Shawa’s Instagram bio said she was a "Palestinian content creator from Gaza" and her TikTok page said she was located in Boston, Massachusetts.

Pro-Hamas MIT Encampment - Day 10

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Date: Apr. 30, 2024

Organizers: MIT CAA, MIT C4P, MIT G4P

Location: Kresge Oval, MIT, Cambridge, MA

Event Flyer: Instagram

Nearly 200 anti-Israel college encampments were set up in North America in spring 2024. Activists harassed Jews with antisemitic slurs, expressed [slide 5] support [00:02:45] for Hamas terrorism and called [00:04:45] for Israel's destruction. They blocked Jews from campus facilities and limited access to those with special wristbands or who said they weren't a Zionist.

Salma shawa
Source: Instagram, salma.shawa_, 5/9/2024, https://www.instagram.com/p/C6wE88gr5Kb/

Boston-Wide Rally For The People's Graduation: Long Live The Student Intifada

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Date: May 28, 2024

Organizers: MIT CAA, SJP, Boston PSL, PYM Boston, BCFP

Location: MIT, Cambridge, MA

Event Flyer: Instagram

The term “intifada” translates from Arabic as “uprising” or “insurrection” and carries the connotation of terrorist violence, including suicide bombings, hijackings, shootings and stabbings.

Salma shawa
Source: Instagram, umlsjp, 6/5/2024, https://www.instagram.com/p/C72DjTlpW1j/?hl=en&img_index=5
Salma Shawa
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