Hind Rajab was a 6-year-old girl whose world was destroyed when Israeli tanks murdered her 14-year-old cousin and fellow travelers as they were trying to reach safety. “I'm so scared, please come,” were some of the last words six-year-old Hind Rajab said in a telephone call to rescuers after her family's car came under fire in Gaza City. Trapped in the vehicle and surrounded by her dead relatives, for three hours she pleaded with the Red Crescent to save her. When no one heard from her we assumed she was safe. Instead, her body was discovered close to an ambulance with red crescent workers.
If you have been watching the student protests and I have been you would have seen the students and protestors who occupied Hamilton Hall unfurl a banner renaming it ‘Hinds Hall’.
Macklemore released a similarly titled song Hind’s Hall.
We will always remember you Hind and one day Columbia University will rename Hamilton Hall to Hind Hall.