– Edward Said
The late Palestinian scholar, Edward Said, remarked that Palestinians had been denied permission to narrate their history and speak of the day-to-day experiences of life in the margins. Here, we reclaim that permission to narrate our own stories.
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The Jerusalem Fund commemorated International Women’s Day, which the world celebrates annually on March 8th in order to shed light on issues relating to gender and women’s rights, with a virtual discussion with Asmaa AbuMezied, an expert in gender and economic justice, on the current realities facing Palestinian women. Watch or read the transcript below … Read more
On February 21, 2023, we held a discussion with Ramsey Hanhan regarding his new book chronicling his childhood in the occupied West Bank and during the First Intifada. Fugitive Dreams is a fictionalized personal documentary depicting the last half-century of the Palestinian experience through the life of Sameer, who finds his way to America from … Read more
What the issue is… The Palestinian Authority (PA) had a total budget deficit of $1.26 billion in 2021 according to a report issued by the World Bank. There is a combination of internal and external factors that have led to this deficit, such as the considerable decrease of international aid supply in recent years, Israel’s … Read more
Introduction With the release of season 4 of Netflix’s Fauda this month, the treatment and portrayal of Palestinians by the Western media and Israel is immediately brought back into the forefront. It’s not just Fauda, which is an Israeli TV show, that fails to portray the Palestinian struggle in a fair way; there’s also a … Read more
On February 14, 2023, we held an in-person discussion on the state of mental health services in the Gaza Strip, and the psychological impact of over 15 years of siege and multiple wars on Gaza. – Yasser Abu-Jamei MD, MSc, a psychiatrist, is Director General of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme. He was born … Read more
The Jerusalem Fund would like to give a special thanks to our Gala sponsors for their generous contributions! Dr. Mohayya Khilfeh – $20,000 (Chicago) Drs. Subhi & Maysoon Ali Foundation, Inc – $15,000 (Dallas) Dr. & Mrs. Eid & Saba Mustafa – $15,000 (Dallas) Dr. & Mrs. Tawfik & Siham Ramadan – $15,000 (Dallas) Mr. … Read more
On January 27, 2023, we held a virtual conversation with Dr. Christos Giannou on his experience serving in Palestinian refugee camps during the Lebanese Civil War. – Dr. Christos Giannou was born in Toronto, Canada, 1949, the son of Greek immigrant parents. From 1980-90, Giannou was a surgeon with the Palestine Red Crescent Society during … Read more
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— Mosab Abu Toha is a Palestinian poet, short story writer, and essayist from Gaza. Abu Toha is the author of Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza (2022, City Lights), which won the 2022 Palestine Book Award. Abu Toha is the founder of the Edward Said Library, and from 2019 to 2020, he … Read more
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