Draped in a keffiyeh, Mahdawi, 34, paused to listen to the swell of cheers from his fellow graduates. Then he joined a vigil ...

Mr. Mahdawi, who led pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University, was released from detention late last month and allowed to travel from Vermont to get his diploma.

Mohsen Mahdawi said he has "conflicted feelings" about his return to Columbia University, after he was detained at what he believed to be a U.S. citizenship interview.

The 34-year-old received his bachelor's degree in philosophy from Columbia's School of General Studies, less than three weeks ...

There was a standing ovation. AMY GOODMAN: Mohsen Mahdawi’s path to graduation was not an easy one. In mid-April, he was arrested in Vermont when he appeared for what he had been told was his ...

Freed Columbia University protester Mohsen Mahdawi was allowed to stride across the graduation stage Monday — just three weeks after being cut loose from an immigration jail. The 34-year-old, who was ...

Mohsen Mahdawi graduated with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Columbia’s School of General Studies on Monday.

(AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura) Protesters gather outside federal court ahead of a hearing for Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian man arrested at a Vermont immigration office during an interview about ...

Less than three weeks after his release from immigration detention, Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi graduated from ... April 14 citizenship interview in Vermont, part of the widening federal ...

Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian man arrested by federal immigration agents in Vermont, is celebrating his graduation from ...

He walked out of a Vermont courthouse Wednesday and led ... state of Vermont and attend graduation next month in New York Mohsen Mahdawi is among the first of those students to win his freedom ...