Michel Shehadeh

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Michel Shehadeh
Born
NationalityPalestinian-American
EducationCalifornia State University, Long Beach
Occupation(s)Director, community leader

Michel Shehadeh born in 1956, in Amman, Jordan, to a Palestinian Christians family, is the Palestinian-American executive director of the Arab Film Festival and the former Western Regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (1996-2003).

The Palestinian-raised Shehadeh relocated to the United States for college in 1975. In 1987, he was the subject of investigation by the US Government as a suspected abettor of terrorists, one of the media-dubbed "Los Angeles Eight", but Shehadeh and the other seven individuals were cleared of charges in 2007.

Shehadeh holds a BA in Journalism and a Master's in Public Administration from California State University, Long Beach.[1]

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  1. ^ "The Case of the LA8: U.S. Drops Twenty-Year Effort to Deport Arab Americans for Supporting Palestinian National Rights". Democracy Now. 2008-11-02. Retrieved 2009-04-09.

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