FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 10, 2025
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Anaheim, CA | The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) will host the 2025 Alex Odeh Memorial Banquet on Saturday, October 11, in Anaheim to honor the life and legacy of Alexander Michel Odeh, ADC’s West Coast Regional Director assassinated in 1985. Four decades later, the Alex Odeh Memorial Banquet remains a national gathering to honor advocates who carry forward Alex’s commitment to justice, dignity, and peace.
This year’s program features remarks from former U.S. Representative Cori Bush, Professor Khaled A. Beydoun, and Michigan State Representative Alabas Farhat, alongside ADC leadership, community leaders, and members of the Odeh family.
“Alex embodied the highest ideals of justice, peace, and the fight for truth,” said Abed Ayoub, ADC National Executive Director. “His assassination was part of a broader campaign of terror intended to silence Arab and Palestinian voices in America. We renew our commitment to securing accountability for his murder and to protecting our communities from the hate and intimidation that persist today. Alex’s vision of dignity, equality, and peace remains our mandate.”
The1985 bombing that killed Odeh occurred amid attacks on ADC offices nationwide, including Boston and Washington D.C.. As the community continues to face rising hate and repression, the banquet underscores ADC’s enduring mission: to dismantle structures of bigotry; defend civil rights; and advance a just peace.
2025 Alex Odeh Memorial Banquet Honorees
Dr. Raymond Jallow Lifetime Achievement Award: Ibrahim Al Nashashibi
Artist and community activist Ibrahim Al Nashashibi was born in Jerusalem and has devoted his life to culture, community, and the human spirit. After earning a law degree in Beirut and practicing in the Gulf, he settled in San Diego, where his renowned Fairouz restaurant doubles as a gallery and studio. Al Nashashibi’s award-winning abstract works explore love, humanity, and Jerusalem as a city of compassion. His art has been exhibited globally—including at the United Nations and the IMF in Washington, D.C.—and featured by ABC, Al Jazeera, and others. Designated “The Artist With A World Vision,” his studio-restaurant has long served as a cultural hub and meeting place for leaders and artists from across the Arab world.
Alex Odeh Advocacy Award: Albert Mokhiber
Attorney Albert Mokhiber, ADC’s National President from 1990–1994, is honored for a lifetime of legal advocacy and public service. A partner at Mokhiber & Moretti, PLLC, he has represented individuals and corporations in immigration, administrative, and international law, and served on national boards including AAUG and the American Committee on Jerusalem. As ADC’s Director of Legal Services in the 1980s, he built a nationwide legal referral network and helped secure a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in St. Francis College v. Al-Khazraji, affirming civil-rights protections for Arab Americans. Mokhiber has been a frequent commentator across major U.S. and international media.
Truth in Media Award: The Electronic Intifada (accepted by Nora Barrows-Friedman on behalf of the editorial team.)
The Electronic Intifada is an independent news publication and educational resource covering Palestine since 2001. EI publishes original, rigorously documented reporting and analysis, alongside first-person accounts and reviews, from writers in Palestine and around the globe. Guided by universal principles of human rights, international law, anti-racism, and equal justice, EI provides a forum for perspectives often excluded from mainstream coverage. Articles represent the views of their authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publication or its editors.
Media interested in attending the Alex Odeh Memorial Banquet should email [email protected] to secure credentials.