In online world, a new generation of protesters chooses anonymity

Over the last week, Fabiola, a sophomore at Columbia, joined an encampment on her university's quad, risked suspension and disrupted campus life, all in an effort to draw attention to the Palestinian cause.

-  NICHOLAS FANDOS

Over the last week, Fabiola, a sophomore at Columbia, joined an encampment on her university's quad, risked suspension and disrupted campus life, all in an effort to draw attention to the Palestinian cause.

She describes stopping Israel's deadly siege of Gaza as a moral duty- an urgent imperative around which she has reoriented her life.

But as she participated in one of the most visible protests on the planet last week, Fabiola decided to hold one very important thing back: her identity.