Talk:Kat Abughazaleh

Edit request 7 January 2026

Description of suggested change:

TLDR: Though it is true that Abugazelah attended the GWU encampment, it took place a few years after she graduated, so the placement of this fact as it stands is misleading/incorrect. tweet confirming her attendance & the date. TLDR OVER.

As far as I have found, her attendance at the encampment was neither controversial and nor played a role in her campaigns... I can't find instances of any news outlet covering the fact that she attended. (If the existing link 18 discusses this topic, I can't see it: it's paywalled, and the quotation in the endnotes is insufficient. So that also needs a fix.) At the moment, the sections of this article about Abugazelah's postgraduation life are all about her political campaigns. This fact doesn't seem to fit into any of those sections. So I'm not sure if mention of her attendance should be moved into a later section, deleted, or kept with changes.

Someone more familiar with WP Palestine-Israel editing nuances/controversy -- and how to write about what people do once they become alumnae of their colleges -- should make the call on which edit is more appropriate. Either way it is incorrect as it stands and should be changed.

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She attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C., aiming to work in journalism or the Foreign Service.[7] At GWU, she wrote and made videos for the student newspaper,[31][32] performed stand-up comedy, attended the university's pro-Palestine protest encampment,[18] and studied international security and journalism.
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She attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C., aiming to work in journalism or the Foreign Service.[7] At GWU, she wrote and made videos for the student newspaper,[31][32] performed stand-up comedy, and studied international security and journalism.

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She attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C., aiming to work in journalism or the Foreign Service.[7] At GWU, she wrote and made videos for the student newspaper,[31][32] performed stand-up comedy, attended the university's pro-Palestine protest encampment,[18] and studied international security and journalism.
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She attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C., aiming to work in journalism or the Foreign Service.[7] At GWU, she wrote and made videos for the student newspaper,[31][32] performed stand-up comedy, and studied international security and journalism. In 2024, she returned to GWU to visit the university's pro-Palestine protest encampment.[cite tweet]

Poioumenon (talk) 01:04, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: according to the page's protection level, you should be able to edit the page yourself. If you seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. veko. (user | talk | contribs) [he/him] 02:07, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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