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layla, lmsw

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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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Joined August 2014

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layla, lmsw
@itslaylas
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.
layla, lmsw
@itslaylas
Feb 24, 2020
girls after breakups: - piercings!!!! - applying for grad school - bangs! changing your hair color! hair cut! guys after breakups: - redownloading tinder - pretending they don’t need therapy - relying on their emotional support coworker
layla, lmsw
@itslaylas
Mar 25, 2025
If I am hurt or killed, I hold @Columbia University liable. A faculty member has repeatedly posted about me, targeted me, & even emailed me about the passing of my grandmother while on paid leave. I have a no contact order with the school that has been repeatedly violated.
layla, lmsw
@itslaylas
Dec 26, 2024
thinking about this tweet
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Jul 30, 2014
Obama should work on a ceasefire in Chicago as well as Gaza.
layla, lmsw
@itslaylas
Apr 15, 2025
President Claire Shipman of Columbia University just sent out an email advertising an "International Student Relief Hardship Fund". When you click on the link for "Special Student Relief", you're taken to the ICE website to report people. Sent this after a student was detained.
layla, lmsw
@itslaylas
May 13, 2025
if I am hurt or killed in the near future, I hold columbia university & their leadership 100% liable. I have repeatedly warned them about death threats and stalking from my peers, no action has been taken. they are completely aware and do nothing.
layla, lmsw
@itslaylas
Oct 15, 2024
the columbia business professor who has: targeted me for months, retweeted inappropriate comments about my body, and claimed I was part of Hamas as we evacuated my family from Gaza (we’re Palestinian Christians) is now banned from Columbia’s campus for harassment.
layla, lmsw
@itslaylas
Sep 22, 2025
when the job market is so bad that you're going to follow your dreams instead
layla, lmsw
@itslaylas
Mar 26, 2025
this is terrifying. she was detained for writing an op ed about BDS. an op ed. students are being kidnapped over this. this started at columbia and it will keep happening if we don’t stop it.
Daniel Boguslaw
@DRBoguslaw
Mar 26, 2025
NEW: I’ve obtained new footage of the abduction of Tufts student Runeysa Ozturk which includes audio of her kidnappers.
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layla, lmsw
@itslaylas
Oct 25, 2023
this feels so dystopian
layla, lmsw
@itslaylas
Nov 4, 2024
begging more leftists to learn basic conflict resolution and social skills. if you really want to mobilize large groups of people, you need to learn how to work with people. political theory is important but so is how you treat people.
layla, lmsw
@itslaylas
Oct 10, 2024
what a great school to be palestinian!! thanks columbia university!! I feel really safe and welcome on campus 😍
layla, lmsw
@itslaylas
Apr 4, 2024
it has been a horrible day. we talked about palestine in my social work class & zionists started laughing when people spoke about the death toll. I started tearing up in class bc I lost family in Gaza & the zionists told me I was “being disruptive” for being upset.
layla, lmsw
@itslaylas
Oct 17, 2025
i love new york city