Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD - Palestine speaker
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 (six and five years respectively). 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”. He also has an activism book published electronically on his web site http://qumsiyeh.org. His main interest is media activism and public education. He published over 200 letters to the editor and 100 op-ed pieces and interviewed in TV and radio extensively (local, national and international). He won the Jallow activism award from the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee in 1998. Appearances in national media included the Washington Post, New York Times, Boston Globe, CNBC, C-Span, and ABC, among others. He also regularly lectures on issues of human rights and international law.
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