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layla, lmsw

@itslaylas
James 2:14-17 | social worker, writer, & creator of “A Different World” | LMSW, MSW @columbiassw, @ncstate alum | palestinian american |
NYC // NC
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    layla, lmsw
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    Dec 15, 2025
    if you’ve been fired, doxxed, or reprimanded by an employer for opposing the ongoing genocide in gaza, you’re not alone. but you don’t have to compromise to find a job. i write a newsletter called A Different World w/ jobs, gigs, & internships where you don’t have to sacrifice.
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    @itslaylas
    4h
    I did an interview for Bloomberg News about divestment and they told me that I couldn't wear a keffiyeh & asked me to remove it because it was "a political statement". I told them I was Palestinian and that the keffiyeh represented my cultural heritage. They refused to air it.
    @PDeepDive
    Palestine Deep Dive
    @PDeepDive
    21h
    Speaking to Palestine Deep Dive’s Karishma Patel, former CNN journalist Ana Maria Monjardino describes the pressure involved in booking Palestinian voices onto mainstream news programmes, saying Palestinian guests were scrutinised in ways Israeli and Zionist guests were not.
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  • @itslaylas
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    @itslaylas
    15h
    Since you asked, here is Adi Karni, blowing up a mosque in Gaza on video. He was wearing a keffiyeh and pretending to be Palestinian on @Columbia University’s campus. Meanwhile, Palestinian alumni like Mahmoud Khalil are barred from campus.
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    Social media influencer “Jewish Jess,” a member of Frontline Advocates, said in an Instagram video Thursday that two members of the group dressed as pro-Palestinian protesters to “befriend” the pro-Palestinian individuals who passed their table, describing it as a “trap.”

Adi Karni, one of the Israeli soldiers dressed as a pro-Palestinian protester, said in an Instagram video, “When I’m wearing a keffiyah, people listen to me more as a Palestinian, as a Hamas terrorist, instead of listening to the IDF.”

Karni did not respond to an interview request.
    @SamAntar
    Sam E. Antar
    @SamAntar
    Aug 27
    Mahmoud Khalil calls Israeli soldiers standing outside Columbia “war criminals.” Which ones, Mahmoud? Name them. What war crimes did each commit? What court convicted them? What charges were filed? You don’t get to turn “served in the IDF” into “war criminal” because you hate
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  • @itslaylas
    layla, lmsw
    @itslaylas
    Aug 28
    the pigeon refuses to leave but is well liked by the security guards, they said it was the smartest bird in nyc
    at bellevue for work and there is a pigeon that lives inside the hospital and has been staying there for over a year
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  • @itslaylas
    layla, lmsw
    @itslaylas
    Aug 25
    BREAKING: IDF soldiers are outside of Columbia University gates, despite a lawsuit filed by Palestinian students stating that Columbia created a racist, hostile environment. The soldiers are part of “Front Line Advocates”, a new @IsraelMFA program.
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