Fayyad Sbaihat
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Fayyad Sbaihat born in Jenin
, Palestine
, is a Palestinian
-American writer and blogger.
in the 1970s and 1980s. Mainly through writing, public speaking, and coordinating with academic unions and organizations.
He became one of the leaders of and the national spokesperson of the Palestine Solidarity Movement
, the umbrella organization that coordinates the divestment campaign across the US colleges.
Fayyad later wrote a divestment handbook titled "Fighting the New Apartheid," which was primarily based on his experience organizing with the University of Wisconsin Divestment From Israel Campaign.
The campaign was among the most successful divestment from Israel efforts to date, with Fayyad and other UW activists successfully lobbying and ultimately wining the endorsement of TAUWP, the university's largest union of instructors and professionals.
While in college, Fayyad contributed a regular column to the student newspaper The Badger Herald, covering a variety of political issues, but focusing on the Middle East.
Jenin
Jenin is the largest town in the Northern West Bank, and the third largest city overall. It serves as the administrative center of the Jenin Governorate and is a major agricultural center for the surrounding towns. In 2007, the city had a population of 120,004 not including the adjacent refugee...
, Palestine
Palestine
Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....
, is a Palestinian
Palestinian people
The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...
-American writer and blogger.
Life
As a student activist, Fayyad focused on corporate ethics, social responsibility in investing, and human rights. In line with a movement modeled after the anti-apartheid corporate divestment campaign directed at Apartheid South AfricaSouth Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
in the 1970s and 1980s. Mainly through writing, public speaking, and coordinating with academic unions and organizations.
He became one of the leaders of and the national spokesperson of the Palestine Solidarity Movement
Palestine Solidarity Movement
The Palestine Solidarity Movement is a student organization in the United States which was established in 2000 after the start of the Al-Aqsa Intifada in Israel. The organization aims to use "divestment as a tactic to non-violently influence a just resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict." ...
, the umbrella organization that coordinates the divestment campaign across the US colleges.
Fayyad later wrote a divestment handbook titled "Fighting the New Apartheid," which was primarily based on his experience organizing with the University of Wisconsin Divestment From Israel Campaign.
The campaign was among the most successful divestment from Israel efforts to date, with Fayyad and other UW activists successfully lobbying and ultimately wining the endorsement of TAUWP, the university's largest union of instructors and professionals.
While in college, Fayyad contributed a regular column to the student newspaper The Badger Herald, covering a variety of political issues, but focusing on the Middle East.
See also
- Economic and political boycotts of IsraelEconomic and political boycotts of IsraelBoycotts of Israel are economic and political cultural campaigns or actions that seek a selective or total cutting of ties with the State of Israel...
- Academic boycotts of IsraelAcademic boycotts of IsraelProposals for an academic boycott of Israel have been inspired by the historic academic boycotts of South Africa which were an attempt to pressure South Africa to end its policies of Apartheid....
- Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of IsraelPalestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of IsraelThe Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel was launched in Ramallah in April 2004 by a group of Palestinian academics and intellectuals,including Lisa Taraki and Omar Barghouti....
- Boycott, Divestment and SanctionsBoycott, Divestment and SanctionsBoycott, Divestment and Sanctions refers to a campaign first initiated on 9 July 2005 by 171 Palestinian non-governmental organizations in support of the Palestinian cause ".....