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American killed in #WestBank was longtime #activist ‘bearing witness to oppression’, friends say

Ayşenur Eygi ‘was not a naive traveler – This experience was the culmination of all her years of activism’, says professor

Sam Levin in Los Angeles
Fri 6 Sep 2024 19.48 EDT

"#AyşenuEygi, a 26-year-old American activist killed while protesting in the occupied #WestBank, was remembered by friends and former professors as a dedicated organizer who felt a strong moral obligation to bring attention to the plight of #Palestinians.

"'I begged her not to go, but she had this deep conviction that she wanted to participate in the tradition of bearing witness to the oppression of people and their dignified resilience,' said Aria Fani, a professor of Middle Eastern languages and cultures at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle, which Eygi attended. 'She fought #injustice truly wherever it was.'

"Fani, who had become close with Eygi over the last year, spoke to the Guardian on Friday afternoon, hours after news of her death sparked international outrage. Eygi was volunteering with the #antioccupation International Solidarity Movement when Israeli soldiers fatally shot her, according to Palestinian officials and two witnesses who spoke to the Associated Press. Two doctors told the AP she was shot in the head. The Israel Defense Forces (#IDF) has said it was investigating a report that troops had killed a foreign national while firing at an 'instigator of violent activity', and the White House has said it was 'deeply disturbed' by the killing and called for an inquiry.

"Eygi, who is also a Turkish citizen and leaves behind her husband, graduated from UW earlier this year with a major in psychology and minor in Middle Eastern languages and culture, Fani said. She walked the stage with a large '#FreePalestine' flag during the ceremony, Fani said."

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