Mahmoud Khalil
Algerian-Palestinian activist; Columbia encampment negotiator, held by ICE from March to June 2025.
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- Mahmoud Khalil is an Algerian-Palestinian activist.
- As a graduate student at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, he was a negotiator and spokesperson for the 2024 Gaza Solidarity Encampment and the wider pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia.
- He was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement from 8 March to 20 June 2025 (104 days) without being accused of a crime.
- His memoir, No Land to Stand On: Notes from Detention, was published in September 2026.
Key facts
- Born
- 1995, in a refugee camp in Syria1
- Education
- BS in computer science, Lebanese American University; Master of Public Administration, Columbia SIPA (December 2024)1
- Columbia protests
- Negotiator and spokesperson for the Gaza Solidarity Encampment, April 20241
- Detention
- Held by ICE from 8 March to 20 June 2025 (104 days), without being accused of a crime1
- Book
- No Land to Stand On: Notes from Detention (September 2026)1
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