Fayyad Sbaihat ( ar, فياض صبيحات) born in

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, is a

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-American writer and blogger.

Life

As a student activist, Fayyad focused on

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, social responsibility in investing, and human rights. In line with a movement modeled after the anti-apartheid corporate divestment campaign directed at

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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 Palestine Solidarity Movement (PSM) 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 ...

, 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 winning 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.

Life

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