To follow up on Matt's message, the two Palestinian visitors will be speaking at a brown bag event from 12:15 to 1:30 P.M. on Friday, November 19 at UVM.
Please see the forwarded message below for details.
Best,
Kris
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The Middle East program is sponsoring a brown-bag lunch event on November 19. Two Palestinian students (actually, one student and one recent graduate) will present on recent events in Palestinian community and the occupied territories. The event will be from 12:15 PM to 1:30 PM in the Jost Seminar Room, A-500 of Old Mill. Short biographies of the two students are below.
- Samah Atoot graduated with a Bachelor's in administration from Al Najah
- University in Nablus, Palestine. She has been volunteering in her community
- for over nine years and works on a variety of youth, refugee, and
- educational programs. She co-founded and manages "Project Hope Country,"
- an organization geared toward providing educational, artistic, and emotional
- growth for young children (http://www.palhope.net). Moreover, she has also
- been a leader at the Zajel Youth Exchange Program, a summer camp in Nablus
- that also provides educational and cultural opportunities for Palestinian
- youth. Ms. Atoot was also part of a Palestinian speaking tour which
- visited various locations throughout the United Kingdom, including
- Manchester, Liverpool, and London, in the summer of 2003.
- Ubai Abudi is a student at Birzeit University in Ramallah, Palestine, and is
- studying economics. He founded Birzeit's Debate Society and is currently
- working to organize delegations of Palestinian students to speak about their
- experience abroad. Mr. Abudi also leads and facilitates cross-cultural
- dialogue and discussion among international volunteers in the hope of
- increasing awareness and understanding of different perspectives regarding
- the Israeli Palestinian conflict.
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