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Students United For Palestinian Equal Rights
2nd Annual Conference :
Palestine, Imperialism and the New Middle East:
The Arab Spring Two Years On

Sampling of last day of Conference Sunday April 27th 2013
A few short videos now on YouTube by Dan Shea of Veterans For Peace

Emily Schick
Volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement in 2010. She lived with evicted Palestinian families in East Jerusalem and documented unarmed protests in the West Bank. Upon her return Emily authored "Missing Headlines-Stories of Life in Palestine"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAWgjnzfl-E

Maya Rotem
Born and raised in Jerusalem, Maya has been involved with ICHAD (Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions), The Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity Movement and the EU-US BDS Pressure Group, She worked closely with East Jerusalem Palestinian Activists focusing on documenting Israeli attacks on settlers and Army in the neighborhood of Silwan, Ras El-Amoud, Isawwiye and Sheikh Jarrah. Maya has been attending West Bank protests with Anarchists Against The Wall for the past five years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AartNKTjKvU

Kelly Lynn
Activist and Photographer: Activist with Students United for Palestinian Human Rights (SUPER) and The Portland BDS Coalition. She spent much of 2012 in the West Bank of Palestine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzH01q2SfDA


Erin Deramus
Acupuncturist and Activist working with OCOM and The Native American Rehabilitation Association. Deramus was a member of the Us-Boat To Gaza-Freedom Flotilla II (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDk4EIkudF8

Jackie Husary part 1 & 2
A Palestinian and Former member and chair of the General Union of Palestinian Students (GUPS) at San Francisco State. Jackie serves as the General Coordinator for the Palestinian Youth Movement and working on a masters in SF State's Ethnic Studies Program
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSccs8S1rtY
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A0VJvSQh1k

Ziad Abbas Part 1 & 2
Ziad Abbas is a Palestinian refugee from Dheisheh Refugee camp in the West Bank. He is the cofounder of the Ibdaa Cultural Center in Dheisheh where he served as Co-Director from 1994 to 2008. Ziad is also a journalist who has worked with
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D77XD7NYjo8
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjCc6sxQkIA

Nada Elia
Nada is a diaspora Palestinian, born in Baghdad, Iraq, and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, where she grew up and worked as a journalist during the (un)Civil War, before coming to the US for her PhD. Nada currently teaches Global and Gender Studies at Antioch University- Seattle, where she coordinates the Global Studies area of concentration. Nada is a member of the Organizing Committee of the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, and has spoken around the country about academic boycott as a means to achieve the currently non-existent academic freedom in the US, Israel, and Palestine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmUXPRpoQEg

Remi Kanazi
Poet, writer and activist based in New York City. His the author of Poetic Injustice: Writings on resistance and Palestine (ROR Publishing, 2011) and the editor of Poets For Palestine (Al Jisser Group, 2008)
Part 1: Intro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpl9dOu2dAY
Part 2: "The Poem Will Not End Apartheid" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEDinYhGOOI
Part 3: “Nakba” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfU_hz2L6dY
Part 4: Into to another but I unable to video poem still Remi’s intro is worth listening to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRxD5uHkHCA
Part 5: here is the Poem from Electronic Intifada http://electronicintifada.net/tags/remi-kanazi

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