Mazin Qumsiyeh Blog

Mazin Qumsiyeh Blog

Dr. Mazin Butros Qumsiyeh is a Palestinian scientist and author who teaches at Bethlehem University. He founded the University’s Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability, and he is the founder and director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History....

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Open Bethlehem

Open Bethlehem

Film director Leila Sansour returns to Bethlehem to make a film about her home town, soon to be encircled by a wall. She left the city as a teenager thinking that Bethlehem was too small and provincial. She never wanted to return but this time she is making an...

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Bethlehem to Brooklyn: Breaking the Surface

Bethlehem to Brooklyn: Breaking the Surface

Bethlehem to Brooklyn: Breaking the Surface is a documentary about the shared experiences of Palestinian teens living in Israel-Palestine and African American teens living in the United States. Both communities of teenagers practice forms of expression that help them...

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Pardo: Ashamed to Be Jewish

Pardo: Ashamed to Be Jewish

“What I saw today made me feel ashamed to be Jewish” – Don Pardo, former Director of Mossad Tamir Pardo, the former Director of Mossad from 2011–2016, recently toured the West Bank, after which he delivered a sobering assessment of the mistreatment of Palestinian...

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David Sheen: Investigative Journalist

David Sheen: Investigative Journalist

David Sheen is a Toronto-born, Haifa-based investigative journalist, who has worked for dozens of local, regional, and international news outlets, from Haaretz to Electronic Intifada, since 2010. He has focused extensively on the Israeli far-right, including the...

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David Sheen: Investigative Journalist

Israeli Politics Decoded: a talk by David Sheen

In the Knesset, who is left-wing? Who is right-wing? Are these terms even useful? Investigative journalist, David Sheen, gave a series of lectures for an international audience; he threw out the traditional breakdown of Israeli politics in favor of a new alignment...

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