He finally earned a bachelor’s degree in May 2025 from one of the top five American universities after 17 years as an undergraduate and was accepted to a master’s program at Columbia

Mohsen Mahdawi is 34 years old.

He first enrolled at Birzeit University in the West Bank in 2008 and studied there for six years. In 2018 he enrolled as an undergraduate at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. He stayed there until 2021, and never earned a credential despite… https://t.co/phM8R5p8TT

— Daniel Friedman (@DanFriedman81) June 10, 2026