BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:35015@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250823T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250823T170000 DTSTAMP:20250820T031353Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/book-launch-for-shukri-abu-baker-pa lestinian-prisoner/ SUMMARY:Book Launch for Shukri Abu Baker\, Palestinian Prisoner DESCRIPTION:Shukri Abu Baker is a Palestinian political prisoner\, writer\, artist\, humanitarian\, and beloved father\, husband\, brother\, and frie nd. As CEO of the Holy Land Foundation\, once the largest Muslim charity i n the U.S.\, he was targeted in the post-9/11 crackdown\, arrested alongsi de four colleagues\, and wrongfully convicted of “material support for t errorism” in a politically motivated trial. Along with Ghassan Elashi\, he remains imprisoned 17 years later in the notorious “Bloody Beaumont ” federal penitentiary\, just an hour away from Houston. Their continued imprisonment is a daily crime we cannot ignore.\n\n \;\n\nFeaturing:\ n\n is an activist and the proud daughter of Shukri Abu Baker. She has d edicated her life to fighting for the Holy Land Five and ensuring her fath er’s voice reaches far beyond the prison cell.\n\n “” was wrongfull y convicted and imprisoned for 20 years. Asad spent 7 years of his incarce ration as Shukri Abu Baker’s cellmate and is bonded to him for life. Sin ce his release in 2024\, he has dedicated his life to prison reform and se curing the freedom of Shukri and Ghassan of the Holy Land Five.\n\n \, a n ephew of Shukri Abu Baker has been visiting Shukri in “Bloody Beaumont ” since he was transferred there in 2014. Ahmad has been working to help get Shukri’s book published since early last year and is dedicated to s ecuring the freedom of the remaining imprisoned members of the Holy Land F ive.\n\n \;\n\nProgram highlights:\n\n- Panel discussion with Nida Abu Baker\, Edward “Asad” Martinez and Ahmad Chabkoun\n\n-Poetry reading from Shukri’s work\n\n- Letter writing to Shukri and Ghassan\n\n- Fundra ising for The Sameer Project @thesameerproject\n\n- Book sales of Light Fr om Deep Under ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/08/IMG_0404.jpeg LOCATION:Shape Community Center\, 3903 Almeda Road Houston\, Houston\, Texa s\, 77004\, United States GEO:29.733551;-95.37453 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=3903 Almeda Road Houston\, Houston\, Texas\, 77004\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Shape C ommunity Center:geo:29.733551,-95.37453 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR