Bahia Munem

Bahia Munem [Bahia M. Munem] participated in the pro-Hamas encampment at Columbia in April 2024. Munem also justified Hamas terrorism in October 2023, the same month Hamas terrorists executed an attack murdering approximately 1,200 Israelis.

On April 20, 2024, Munem was featured in an Instagram photo participating in the Columbia encampment. The post was captioned: “A group of Columbia Barnard University teachers fearlessly standing in solidarity with Columbia Encampment.” Munem can be seen in the photo holding a sign that reads: “HANDS OFF OUR STUDENTS.”

On April 22, 2024, Bahia Munem, along with other Columbia faculty members, participated [00:01:06] in the “‘Faculty Walkout’ rally…to support Palestine and Liberated Zone Encampment.” The event was held in support of the students arrested by the New York Police Department (NYPD) and suspended by the university. Munem can be seen in the video holding a sign that reads: “END STUDENT SUSPENSIONS NOW.”

Faculty members carrying signs that said [00:00:35]: “END STUDENT SUSPENSIONS NOW” and HANDS OFF OUR STUDENTS,” walked out of their classrooms and made their way to the steps of the library facing the encampment. A crowd gathered and chanted: “Disclose! Divest! We will not stop, we will not rest!” A few walkout participants addressed [00:00:14] the crowd, expressing faculty support for their students and the encampment.

Munem also participated in the encampment, according to a tip submitted to Canary Mission in April 2024. Munem can be seen in the photo wearing an orange faculty vest and holding a sign that said: “COPS OFF CAMPUS.”

Numerous Columbia faculty and staff members participated in the encampment wearing bright orange vests with yellow and gray stripes. Taped to each vest was a label that said either “FACULTY” or “STAFF.” They had organized to support the student protestors in various ways. Some made up a “human barricade” to prevent Jewish students from entering [00:03:16] the campus, and some held signs saying: “HANDS OFF OUR STUDENTS" and [00:00:31] “No cops on campus.” Other faculty and staff “lined up in front of the encampment in a show of solidarity with the student body."

There was also a group of Columbia faculty and staff members who wore [00:01:00, 00:02:12] yellow vests with gray stripes during the encampment. On one occasion, they prevented [00:03:06] those they deemed “provocateurs” [00:01:09, 00:01:26] from entering Columbia as well.

The encampment was also in support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.

Columbia is located in New York, New York.