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Exclusive: Mother of 6-year-old Muslim boy stabbed to death in alleged hate crime speaks out

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Wadea Al-Fayoume, a 6-year-old Palestinian boy who was stabbed to death at his Illinois home, loved all people and "loved to share his love," his mother told ABC News. Wadea Al-Fayoume, a 6-year-old Palestinian boy who was stabbed to death at his Illinois home in what authorities say was a hate crime, loved all people and "loved to share his love," his mother told ABC News in an exclusive interview. Wadea and his mother, 32-year-old Hanan Shaheen, were stabbed repeatedly in their suburban Chicago home earlier this month during a confrontation with their landlord, who allege dly targeted them because they were Muslim, according to the Will County Sheriff's Office. Wadea was stabbed 26 times and succumbed to his injuries at a hospital, the sheriff's office said. Shaheen was stabbed a dozen times, authorities said. Dressed all in black, and with bandages still on her face from the attack, Shaheen told ABC News correspondent Alex Perez on Wednesday that she ...

NYU student, criticized and lost job offer for Israel-Hamas remarks, speaks out

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The law student said they were speaking up for Palestinian human rights. A New York University Law School student whose job offer from an international law firm was rescinded for remarks seen as insensitive to victims of the Hamas attack on Israel said they would continue to speak out. Ryna Workman, who uses the pronouns they/them, told ABC News that speak ing out was a matter of human rights. "I will continue to speak up for Palestinian human rights and use whatever platform I have available to me to call for a ceasefire and end this occupation that's harming the Palestinians," Workman told ABC News Live Prime anchor Linsey Davis Tuesday in an exclusive interview. NYU student Ryna Workman had their job offer from a law firm rescinded after their statement on the Israel-Gaza conflict. ABC News Workman sent an email to their classmates on Oct. 10 supporting the Palestinian people and condemning Israel. "This week, I want to express, first and foremost, my unwavering a...