2 years after Columbia protests, 'Hinds Hall' opens as Palestinian restaurant near campus ^44.1%

Gothamist - By Walter Wuthmann - 3/20/2026, 3:01 PM

Two years ago, dozens of Columbia University students and demonstrators protesting Israel’s war in Gaza entered the school’s Hamilton Hall, barricaded its doors and chained them shut. They draped a banner out a front window that read “Hind’s Hall,” in reference to Hind Rajab, a 5-year-old Palestinian girl killed in Gaza in 2024. The NYPD... more