Palestinian restaurant Ayat names location ‘Hind’s Hall’ to honor pro-Palestinian campus protestors

In an Instagram post, the restaurant Ayat NYC announced that its new storefront in Morningside Heights would be renamed in solidarity with pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia.

A pro-Palestinian student protester leans out a window of Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University, April 30, 2024, in New York.

A pro-Palestinian student protester leans out a window of Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University, April 30, 2024, in New York.

(photo credit: Mary Altaffer / POOL / AFP)

ByGRACE GILSON/JTA

NOVEMBER 29, 2025 01:47