Mahmoud Khalil

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Mahmoud Khalil (Arabic: محمود خليل, romanized: Maḥmūd Khalīl; born 1995) is an Algerian-Palestinian activist known for his role as a negotiator and spokesperson in the 2024 Gaza Solidarity Encampment and broader protests in solidarity with Palestine at Columbia University during the Gaza war and genocide while he was a graduate student at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs, and for his detention by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from March 8 to June 20, 2025 (104 days), under the second presidency of Donald Trump. Khalil was detained without being accused of a crime. In September 2026, he published his memoir, No Land to Stand On: Notes from Detention.

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