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Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu-Salha, 2015

Three students killed at their Chapel Hill home on February 10, 2015, and how the university and town remembered them.

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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. Headings for hate crimes and f…

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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 201…

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  1. Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu-Salha are killed in Chapel Hill On February 10, 2015, neighbor Craig Hicks shot and killed Deah Barakat, 23, his wife Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, and her sister Razan Abu-Salha, 19, in the couple's …WUNC: North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty To Killing 3 Muslim Students (June 12, 2019)
  2. 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 b…UNC-Chapel Hill, University Gazette: A call for unity (February 12, 2015)
  3. 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 t…UNC General Alumni Association: Memorial Award Set Up Honoring Slain Students (June 23, 2015)
  4. 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 Carrbo…UNC-Chapel Hill: Volunteering to honor a legacy (September 17, 2015)

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