Word: ashrawi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations invited Ashrawi to speak on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel. In her talk, she explained the meaning of this anniversary for Palestinians in the context of an analysis of the Middle East peace process...
Representatives of Arab student associations from Harvard and nearby schools joined members of Jewish campus organizations, graduate school students and interested residents in attending Ashrawi's address...
Referring to the anniversary of "Al-Nakbeh," which translates as "the Palestinian catastrophe," Ashrawi told the audience, "We are no longer the faceless, nameless Palestinians...
Audience member Sam L. Sternin '01 attributed the turnout, which far exceeded the Harvard Foundation's estimate of 150 people, to Ashrawi's prominence within the Palestinian Authority...
...speech, Ashrawi focused on the legacy of Palestinian displacement and the prospects for peace in the region...