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Speaker:
Sa'ed Atshan is a Joint PhD candidate in Anthropology and Middle Eastern studies at Harvard University where he is a Soros Fellow and National Science Foundation Fellow. He received an MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in 2008. Sa'ed received his BA from Swarthmore College in 2006 and he completed high school at the Ramallah Friends School, a Quaker institution which has been in Palestine for over a century. He has worked for the American Civil Liberties Union, the UN High Commission on Refugees, Human Rights Watch, Seeds of Peace, the Palestinian Negotiations Affairs Department, and the Government of Dubai. He is also a lecturer in peace and justice studies at Tufts University. Sa'ed was born to a Palestinian refugee family and was raised in the Occupied Territories.
Sa'ed is a member of Al-Qaws, a national, community-based and grassroots organization that works with LGBTQ Palestinians throughout Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Description:
This lecture will examine the discourse surrounding LGBTQ rights and how it is employed by various Israeli and Palestinian constituents. We will also discuss the past, present, and future of queer engagement in promoting social justice and human rights in Israel-Palestine. |
