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You are invited to listen to four respected speakers at a Community Forum on Ending the Cycle of Violence in Palestine and Israel, organized by members of Jewish Voice for Peace originally held at the Friends Meeting House in Portland, Oregon and re-recorded for KBOO Community Radio.
Joel Benin will speak from a historical perspective.
Mohammed Nabil will share his perspective as a Gazan.
Wael Elasady will speak about Palestinian rights.
Noa Grayevsky will share her journey to anti-Zionism
About the Speakers:
Joel Beinin is the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History and Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University, where he taught from 1983 to 2019. His research and teaching have focused on the history and political economy of modern Egypt, Palestine, and Israel, and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. He has lived for extended periods in Israel/Palestine and Egypt, including two years as Director of Middle East Studies at the American University in Cairo. In 2002 he served as president of the Middle East Studies Association of North America.
Wael Elasady is a long time advocate for Palestinian Rights in Portland. He is a member of DSA and is an alumni of Portland State University where he was a Co-founder of SUPER (Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights). He was born in Damascus, Syria which is where his family settled after being expelled from their homes in Palestine during the Nakba in 1948.
Noa Grayevsky: Noa is a Palestinian Jew of Mizrahi, Sepharadic, Ashkenazi and Romaniote descent. She was born in Israel and her family on some sides have been in the land of Palestine for upwards of 20 generations. Noa was raised within a liberal Zionist family and was steeped in Zionist education, art, music, recreation, politics and ideology throughout her upbringing. Her extended family lives in Israel, and she has cousins currently serving as reserve soldiers in the IDF. Noa and her family members live with the effects of war trauma. Noa works as a Psychotherapist in Portland, Oregon, and studied the psychological effects of war during her graduate studies.
Hailing from Khan Younis in Gaza, Mohammed holds BAs in School Counseling and Psychology and Middle Eastern Studies, along with an MS in Critical Theory and Creative Research. Now based in Portland, he's a passionate Palestinian rights activist, formerly with SUPER at PSU and SJP at Evergreen State College. Mohammed's journey reflects resilience and commitment, using education and activism to raise awareness for justice and equality in the ongoing Palestinian cause.
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