A vigil was held Wednesday night in honor of a University of Washington graduate who was killed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank while protesting.
For her 26th birthday in July, human rights activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi gathered friends for a bonfire at one of her favorite places, a sandy beach in Seattle where green-and-white ferries cruise across the dark, flat water and osprey fish overhead.On Wednesday night, hundreds of people traveled to the same beach in grief, love and anger to mourn her.
Several described becoming fast friends with her last spring during the occupied "Liberated Zone" protest against the Israel-Hamas war at the University of Washington. Yoseph Ghazal said she introduced herself as "Baklava," a name she sometimes used on messaging apps, reflective of her love of the sweet Mediterranean dessert.
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