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January 2020
AWAKEN – Bibi Bahrami
We are excited to welcome Bibi Bahrami to Fort Wayne, and to hear her story! In 1980, when she was 14 years old, her family was forced to flee Afghanistan following the Soviet Union's invasion. After six years living and working in a refugee camp in Pakistan, Bibi was able to move to the US and start a new life. In 2002, moved by the struggles of the people living in her home village of Qala-e-Malakh, in the Behsood District,…
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P is for Palestine
Dr. Golbarg Bashi teaches Iranian and Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University, specializing in human rights in the Muslim world and comparative studies of women's rights movements worldwide. Along with her academic achievements, she was nominated for a US toy industry award as Designer/Inventor at Women in Toys “Wonder Woman” Awards in 2016. Zionists have protested her critically acclaimed children’s book, P is for Palestine, published in 2017, wanting it banned from public and school libraries. Following up P is…
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Steve Sosebee – Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund
April 2020 - DATE TO BE DECIDED Steve Sosebee is President/CEO of Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. PCRF provides free, life-saving medical treatment to thousands of children from around the Middle East. They also train local doctors and provide surgeries, medicine, and health-care infrastructure to local hospitals. Steve is married to pediatric oncologist, Dr. Zeena Salman who also works with PCRF.
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Josh Ruebner – Political Advocacy on Palestine
Join us for an evening with Josh Ruebner - American author, political analyst, and activist. He is the author of Shattered Hopes: Obama’s Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace and Israel: Democracy or Apartheid State. He has served as the former National Advocacy Director at the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, where he worked to end United States military aid to Israel and on other policy initiatives. He also is the co-founder and former Executive Director of Jews for Peace in Palestine and Israel, which has since merged…
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