Mohsen Mahdawi is a 35-year-old Palestinian man. At Columbia University he cofounded Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) with fellow activist Mahmoud Khalil. Both men were detained by ICE in 2025, have robust legal teams, media connections, and despite deportation orders remain in the United States while exhausting the appeals process. In April 2025 we published two exclusive investigations into Mahdawi that detailed his history of … Continue reading Lost in Translation: What Mohsen Mahdawi is Really Saying