Katherine Hawes

Jan 19, 2024 | georgetownvoice.com | Sabrina Shaffer |Katherine Hawes |Romy Abu-Fadel |Aminah Malik

Content warning: This article includes mentions of racism, Islamophobia, and an anti-Palestinian hate crime. Donia, an international Palestinian graduate student who spoke to the Voice on the condition that she be identified only by her first name, sent an email on Nov. 8 to university administrators titled, “My family has been KILLED – University’s Silence on Genocide.” In the email, she wrote that 52 members of her mother’s family, including 17 children, had been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7.

Dec 21, 2023 | georgetownvoice.com | Angelena Bougiamas |Nora Scully |Sarah Watson |Katherine Hawes

Each time attendees applauded for the performances in Georgetown’s annual Christmas tree lighting in Gaston Hall on Dec. 1, a row of signs appeared. “Jesus was a Palestinian,” read one. “Faith without works is dead. James 2:26,” another next to it read.

Nov 9, 2023 | georgetownvoice.com | Katherine Hawes |Sabrina Shaffer |Annette Hasnas |Paul James

This article does not include names for the personal safety of Georgetown students and faculty. A walkout for Gaza organized by Georgetown Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) drew  several dozen Georgetown students and faculty to Red Square on Oct. 26.