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URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/cmenas-mlk-day-lecture/
SUMMARY:CMENAS MLK Day Lecture
DESCRIPTION:ANN ARBOR\, MI\n\n\nFree Lecture / Discussion\n\nPresented By:
   Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies\nAsk a Question Ab
 out This Event\n&nbsp\;\nCMENAS MLK Day Lecture\nHuwaida Arraf\, Human Rig
 hts Attorney &amp\; Activist\, ISM Co-founder\, and Freedom Flotilla Organ
 izer\n\n\n\n\nHuwaida Arraf is a Palestinian American civil and human righ
 ts attorney\, activist\, and organizer whose work for more than two decade
 s has focused on legal advocacy\, political education\, and grassroots mob
 ilization for Palestinian freedom. In 2001\, she co-founded the Internatio
 nal Solidarity Movement (ISM)\, a Palestinian-led movement for nonviolent 
 resistance that has twice been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. She la
 ter helped establish one of the first accredited clinical legal education 
 programs in the Arab world at Al-Quds University.\n\nHuwaida has long been
  a central figure in direct-action efforts to break Israel’s blockade on
  Gaza. As former chair of the Free Gaza Movement\, she led multiple sea mi
 ssions to Gaza and helped organize the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla\, surviv
 ing Israel’s lethal attack on the flotilla in international waters. She 
 currently serves as an organizer with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition\, coo
 rdinating ongoing civilian missions challenging the siege.\n\nBased in Det
 roit\, Huwaida practices civil rights law\, representing communities targe
 ted by state violence and systemic discrimination. She sits on several org
 anizational boards and continues to educate\, advocate\, and organize for 
 Palestinian liberation and for greater Arab\, Muslim\, and youth engagemen
 t in U.S. political life.\n\nRSVP: https://myumi.ch/A1ENe\n\n*Accommodati
 on: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, 
 please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as som
 e accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.\nEma
 il: -- warsansa@umich.edu\n\n\n
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