Mahmoud Khalil in Conversation with Karen Attiah
Busboys and Poets
Streamed live on September 18, 2025
NOTE: Program begins @ 10 minute mark
A special conversation between prominent Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil and Karen Attiah, journalist and Founder of the Resistance Study Series.
FROM THE PANOPTICON REVIEW ARCHIVES
(Originally posted on March 13, 2025):
(Originally posted on March 13, 2025):
A federal judge has blocked the deportation of recent Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent legal resident of the U.S. who was arrested by immigration authorities for helping organize campus solidarity protests with Gaza. He had been receiving daily threats stemming from an online smear campaign launched by pro-Israel activists before his arrest and repeatedly appealed to university administrators for protection. Khalil, who is a Palestinian green card holder, is married to a U.S. citizen. Upon his arrest, he was separated from his pregnant wife and transported to a detention facility in Louisiana, where legal experts say he is more likely to appear before Trump-friendly judges if his case moves forward. “Her husband was abducted before her very eyes [and] disappeared,” says Ramzi Kassem.
