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Apr 2024
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Inside the Gaza solidarity encampment at...

Al Jazeera
About this episode

University encampments have spread across the US since New York police first came onto Columbia University’s campus last week. In the second of a two-part series, The Take takes a look inside the Columbia encampment and the impact it’s having on campus.

In this episode: 

  • Ashish Malhotra, @amalhotra2 Producer, The Take
  • Fadi Shuman, Columbia University Student
  • Talia Jane, @taliaotg, Freelance Journalist
  • Jonathan Ben-Menachem, @jbenmenachem, Columbia University Student

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra, Fahrinisa Campana, Tabish Talib, Negin Owliaei, and Khaled Soltan with our host Malika Bilal. Chloe K. Li fact-checked this episode.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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