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For the Hong Kong lawn bowls and field hockey player, see Omar Dallah.

Abdullah Mohamed OmarOLS (26 May 1934 – 13 March 2004), better known as Dullah Omar, was a South African anti-Apartheid activist, lawyer, and a minister in the South African cabinet from 1994 until his death.

Early life and education

Born in Observatory, Cape Town,^[1] to immigrant parents from Gujarat in western India, Omar attended Trafalgar High School in Cape Town.^[2] He was a respected member of the Muslim community.^[3] He attended the University of Cape Town and graduated with a law degree in 1957.^[4]

Anti-apartheid activities

He defended members of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and African National Congress (ANC) and was a member of the Unity Movement throughout the Early 70's and 80's before he joined and became a leading member of the United Democratic Front. He was a human rights activist throughout his life.

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