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Workshop on the American Media
Prof. Qumsiyeh speaks on the
Palestinian Media Efforts in the USA
The Palestine Media Unit of Zajel orga nized
a workshop for the visiting professor Mazin Qumsiyeh who made
a presentation on the biased American media and the efforts of
the organizations that are working in the USA in order to
change the image of the Palestine Question in the Americans
mind. He spoke about the importance of passing the message
from Palestine in its social and humanitarian sphere. A
discussion followed the workshop where students and faculty
members of An-Najah discussed with Prof. Qumsiyeh the current
image of Palestinians in the American media and especially
after the events of September eleventh 2001.
Zajel organizes such workshops in order to encourage the local
students to pay more attention to the image of their struggle
in the westerns minds; this it is hoped will help them to
promote their struggle better and to improve their skills in
addressing the American audience.
Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh served on the Faculty of both Duke and
Yale Universities in the USA. He is founder and president of
the Holy Land Conservation Foundation and ex-President of the
Middle East Genetics Association. He is a cofounder of a
number of groups including Al-Awda and the Palestine Right to
Return Coalition; He is an editor of the Palestine Remembered
website. His third and latest book is titled "Sharing the Land
of Canaan: a vision based on human rights for Israelis and
Palestinians". He also has an activism book published
electronically. His main interest is media activism and public
education.
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