'Blatant racism': Barnard faces backlash after deleting post of student holding ArabLit Quartlerly

Barnard College is facing heat online for deleting a post on their Instagram account featuring a Barnard student who is seen holding up the latest issue of ArabLit Quarterly. The issue's front cover shows a flower-filled map of occupied Palestine, with flowers blooming out of Gaza. 

The post was intended to praise Faraj for her internship at ArabLit Quarterly this past summer. The quarterly issue in her hands is a collection of "poems, testimonies, articles and reflections on the ongoing state of war inside Gaza", according to an introduction of the spring 2024 issue. 

A pro-Israel user commented on the post, stating that the college should “be ashamed” for allowing the Middle East “to infiltrate our schools and student ideology”. 

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