About Omar Baddar:
Omar Baddar is a political scientist, human rights activist, and New Media professional based in Washington, DC. He earned his M.A. in International Relations and Comparative Politics from the University of Memphis, where he wrote his Master's thesis on US policy towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
He also holds an undegraduate degree in Graphic Design (multimedia concentration). He is the former Executive Director of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee of Massachusetts, and the former
Director of the Palestine Cultural Center for Peace in Boston, MA. Omar travels to the Middle East on a biennial basis, and has participated in dozens of panels, lectures, and debates on college and university campuses throughout the US on conflicts in the Middle East and on US policy towards the region. He writes for the Huffington Post, and has made several media appearances, including BBC World Service, Al-Jazeera English, Russia Today, and several other TV and radio programs. He is also a free lance translator (English-to-Arabic and Arabic-to-English), and currently works as a New Media Coordinator at the Arab American Institute (AAI).
Omar Baddar can currently be reached at: omar[underscore]baddar[at]yahoo[dot]com
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