Don’t miss this important discussion on the targeting of Palestinian rights advocates hosted by Front Line Defenders! Palestinian American activist, lawyer and International Solidarity Movement (ISM) co-founder Huwaida Arraf will moderate a conversation with Palestine Legal founder Dima Khalidi, BDS National Committee (BNC) coordinator Mahmoud Nawajaa, We Are Not Numbers Director Majed Abusalama and Independent Senator and human rights advocate Frances Black.

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Moderator

Huwaida Arraf is a Palestinian American activist, lawyer and co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), a Palestinian-led organization focused on assisting the Palestinian side of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict using non-violent protests.

Speakers

Dima Khalidi is the founder and director of Palestine Legal, overseeing the organization’s array of legal and advocacy work to protect people speaking out for Palestinian freedom from attacks on their civil and constitutional rights. Dima has advocated on Palestinian rights issues in media forums such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Hill, LA Times, Democracy Now!, The Nation, NPR, and more.  @pal_legal

Mahmoud Nawajaa is a human rights defender and youth organiser from Hebron. He is General Coordinator of the BDS National Committee (BNC), Co-Founder of the Palestinian Youth Forum (Almuntada), and board member of the Stop the Wall campaign.

Majed Abusalama is a PhD candidate in Critical Human Geography and Regional Studies at Tampere University (Finland) and a contributing writer to Jadaliyya, Aljazeera English, MiddleEastEye and others. He grew up in Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza and is now based in Berlin. His research focuses particularly on complex vulnerabilities, and communal/individual ways of dealing and living with constant violence, death, and war. He serves as an international director of We Are Not Numbers organisation in Gaza.

Frances Black is an Independent Senator, singer and founder of the RISE Foundation, a charitable organisation working with people with a loved one in addiction. A strong advocate for social justice and equality, she was elected to the 25th Seanad in 2016, the first female Independent from the Seanad’s panel system in the history of the state. Senator Black is passionate about being a voice for the vulnerable, and continues to work with organisations in the voluntary and charitable sectors alongside her work in Seanad Éireann.

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