Social movements like Black Lives Matter have drawn controversy after making public declarations in solidarity with the Palestinian Rights movement. Dr. Mohammed Omer is an independent journalist, ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Mohammed Omer is a Correspondent for Gaza in the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs with one video in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2006 Speech.

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Mohammed Omer is a young journalist from Rafah, a town in Gaza. Just a few weeks ago, at the age of 24, Omer was awarded the prestigious Martha Gellhorn Award for outstanding journalism for his ...

The Palestinian death toll has topped 1,100 after one of the deadliest 24-hour periods since the Israeli assault on Gaza began 22 days ago. Most of the dead have been civilians. More than 180,000 ...

It's easy for those of us in the newspaper business to get jaded and cynical about the world. Then someone like Mohammed Omer walks through the front door. Omer, a 22-year-old freelance journalist and ...

Jerusalem — What exactly happened to Mohammed Omer? The Gaza-based journalist walked into the Allenby Bridge border crossing between Jordan and the Israeli-controlled West Bank one day early this ...

Professor Mohammed Omer walks among students at Ohio State University, but his stride is different now than when he was their age. At 20, he was escaping a violent civil war in Somalia, so the trip ...

Israelis and Palestinians have agreed to an indefinite ceasefire, ending Israel’s 50-day assault on the Gaza Strip. Palestinian health officials say 2,139 people, most of them civilians — including ...