The North America Nakba Tour literally brought Washington DC to tears a few days ago. Mariam and Amena had meetings with staffers of several members of Congress, and distributed letters (published in Dissident Voice) to signers of the Leahy letter. Their testimony brought tears to the eyes of one of the staffers as it has to…
For the last week everyone has been talking about the unfortunate events at Stanford. An important subject, and we’re happy that everyone hosting the Tour has been so supportive, but it’s also possible to lose perspective and forget that there is so much more to the Tour. It’s partly about the perspective that Umm Akram…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11 April 2016 In an interview, Amena El-Ashkar, a Palestinian refugee from Lebanon, states that she refused to speak at Stanford University after students told her she could not express her views about Israel. I’m coming here to say that Israel has no right to exist. [The students] said we could discuss…
April 7, 2016Berkeley, California Last night, Mariam Fathalla and Amena Elashkar were scheduled to speak at Stanford University, sponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine. The previous day, I had asked Alison Weir, who has been giving talks on Palestine for 15 years all over the country, to meet with Amena and give her advice…