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Yusor Abu-Salha

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36 seconds : portrait of a hate crime

Albaba, Tarek · 2023 · Video Project

A documentary film by Tarek Albaba on the 2015 killing of Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu-Salha in Chapel Hill, produced by Video Project in 2023 and issued from San Francisco. It concerns hate crimes against Muslims and Arab Americans in Chapel Hill.

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The story of a hate crime : what led to the murder of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill?

Talbot, Margaret, 1961- · 2015 · Condé Nast

Margaret Talbot's 2015 magazine article on the killing of three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, Deah Barakat and Razan and Yusor Abu-Salha, published in New York by Condé Nast. It reports on what led to the February 2015 murders near the university and on the treatment of the case as a hate crime.

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February 11, 2015 About 2,000 people hold a vigil in UNC's Pit for Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu-Salha The day after the three were killed, an estimated 2,000 people gathered at the Pit on the UNC campus. Speakers included Imam Abdullah Antepli of Duke, Deah's brother Farris Barakat, Chancellors Carol L. Folt and Randy Woodson, and Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt. People: Razan Abu-Salha, Yusor Abu-Salha, Deah Barakat, Carol L. Folt, Mark KleinschmidtUNC-Chapel Hill, University Gazette: A call for unity (February 12, 2015)
June 2015 UNC and the Dental Foundation of North Carolina set up the Deah Barakat and Yusor Abu-Salha Memorial Award The university and the Dental Foundation of North Carolina established a memorial award in the names of Deah Barakat and Yusor Abu-Salha, to be presented for the first time in the 2015-16 academic year. People: Yusor Abu-Salha, Deah Barakat, Carol L. FoltUNC General Alumni Association: Memorial Award Set Up Honoring Slain Students (June 23, 2015)
September 17, 2015 UNC dental students hold the first DEAH DAY of service More than 350 students of the UNC School of Dentistry gave nearly 1,200 hours to 22 local organizations, from Habitat for Humanity in Efland to Table in Carrboro, in memory of Deah Barakat and Yusor Abu-Salha. DEAH DAY stands for Directing Efforts And Honoring Deah And Yusor, and the school was still holding it in 2024. People: Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-SalhaUNC-Chapel Hill: Volunteering to honor a legacy (September 17, 2015)

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