Omar Khalidi (1953 – 29 November 2010), born in Hyderabad, India, was a Muslim scholar, a staff member of MIT in the US, and an author.
His articles were published regularly in the MetroWest Daily News and he was an active columnist for various other journals, writing for the Economic and Political Weekly, The Outlook, India Abroad, Two Circles and other print and internet media.
[3] His books include:[4][5][6] Khalidi died on 29 November 2010, in a train accident at Kendall Square, MBTA station in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
[7][8] His family published a statement in the Arab News on 30 November 2010: Khalidi drove in his car to the MIT campus and was probably trying to catch a train to buy medicine at the next station.
He was diabetic, and it seems his sugar level had reached abnormal levels and he was hit by a train[8] in Boston, United States[2] His funeral prayers were held at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center in Roxbury.