Philly Remembers Al-Nakba... 60 Days for 60 Years

Speaker: Mazin Qumsiyeh

Palestine/Israel conflict at 60 and the Zionist influence on US foreign and domestic policy

Thursday, APRIL 17 TH, 7:00 PM
HOUSTON Hall (Penn University) . 3417 Spruce Street
Golkin Room, 2nd Floor
6:30 -7:00 p.m. Refreshment

Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD was born to a Palestinian Christian family in the Shepherds' Field and splits his time between the USA and Palestine. He served on the faculty of both Duke and Yale Universities in Medical Genetics. He served on the Steering/Executive Committees of a number of groups including Peace Action, the US Camaign to End the Occupation, the Palestinian American Congress, Association for One Democratic State in Israel/Palestine, AcademicsForJustice.org, and BoycottIsraeliGoods.org. He advised many other groups including Sommerville Divestment Project, Olympia-Rafah Sister City Project, Palestine Freedom Project, Sabeel North America, and National Council of Churches of Christ USA. He is a member of a number of human rights groups (Amnesty, Peace action, Human Rights Watch, ACLU etc.). His third and latest book is titled "Sharing the Land of Canaan: human rights and the Israeli/Palestinian Struggle.