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Link: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/when-malcolm-x-visited-gaza-september-1964
Civil rights icon spent time in Khan Younis refugee camp and listened to Palestinian poetry, inspiring him to write an essay about the Israeli occupation | The human rights activist and Muslim preacher Malcolm X was killed 59 years ago today, on 21 February 1965. Though mainly known for his advocacy for the civil rights of Black communities in the United States, he also spent much of his life speaking on the struggles of peoples worldwide. ● Particularly during the latter years of his life - after breaking away from the Black nationalist and separatist Nation of Islam - Malcolm began to interact with leaders and organisers across the globe. During extensive travels in Africa and the Middle East in 1964, he met several postcolonial pan-African and pan-Arab leaders, including then-Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, Ghanian Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah, and Guinea President Ahmed Sekou Toure.