Sarah Syed

Sarah Syed participated in two anti-Israel events at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in May 2024, during Israel's war against Hamas terrorists.

As of July 2025, Sarah Syed's LinkedIn profile said she was an "Incoming PhD Student @ Harvard-MIT HST [Health Sciences and Technology] MEMP [Medical Engineering and Medical Physics]."

As of the same date, Sarah Syed's LinkedIn also said she studied biological engineering at MIT from 2020 to 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.

MIT Commencement Walkout

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Date: May 30, 2024

Location: MIT, Cambridge, MA

Event Flyer: Instagram

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.

Sarah syed
Source: Instagram, pymboston, 5/30/2024, https://www.instagram.com/p/C7muDYxOsHa/
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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.

Sarah syed
Source: Instagram, micheldegraff, 5/30/2024, https://www.instagram.com/p/C7k5V7EtV8-/?img_index=2
Sarah Syed
Sarah Syed
Student
Washington DC
MIT, Harvard