Georgetown students march during an on-campus protest in support of Palestine at Georgetown University on Sept. 4, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Credit: AFP)
WASHINGTON — “There are no guarantees that this is not going to become a routine,” Palestinian-American Samar Saeed said with conviction. “He could be any one of us.”The PhD candidate assisted in the rapid organization of a protest by Georgetown University’s Faculty for Justice in Palestine and the graduate student organization Zeytoun just three days after Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest. On March 8, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested lawful U.S. resident Mahmoud Khalil, 30, in his university-owned apartment on Columbia University’s campus in New York City. Read also: Lebanese in Germany fear their 'future is in danger' amid rise of far right Khalil, who completed his master’s degree at Columbia University in December, is a green card holder and married to a U.S. citizen. He was one of the most visible activists in...
WASHINGTON — “There are no guarantees that this is not going to become a routine,” Palestinian-American Samar Saeed said with conviction. “He could be any one of us.”The PhD candidate assisted in the rapid organization of a protest by Georgetown University’s Faculty for Justice in Palestine and the graduate student organization Zeytoun just three days after Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest. On March 8, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested lawful U.S. resident Mahmoud Khalil, 30, in his university-owned apartment on Columbia University’s campus in New York City. Read also: Lebanese in Germany fear their 'future is in danger' amid rise of far right Khalil, who completed his master’s degree at Columbia University in December, is a green card holder and married to a U.S. citizen. He was one of the most...
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