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Rosa Parks

How Ahed Tamimi became an icon to Palestinians

January 16, 2018 by Samirah Alkassim

Much like American civil rights icon Rosa Parks – who was arrested six decades ago by breaking the law for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus to a white man – Tamimi has become the face of a nonviolent movement against injustice.

Categories Palestine Center Tags Ahed Tamimi, Child Detainees, Human Rights Violations, Israeli occupation, Palestine, Rosa Parks
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