Omar Barghouti

Omar Barghouti is a Palestinian human rights defender, co-founder of the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, and recipient of the 2017 Gandhi Peace Award. He holds a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, NY, and is pursuing a PhD in Philosophy (ethics) at the University of Amsterdam. He is the author of, BDS: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights (Haymarket: 2011). His commentaries and views have appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, among others. 

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Palestine Teach Outs (once you have arrived at our PTO page, we recommend you to scroll to PALESTINE TEACH OUT#4 for the video recording of 'Boycott is Long-Term: A Conversation with PACBI'.