Word: ghaida
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...return to Harvard, Abu-Ghaida joined the Progressive Jewish Alliance (PJA) and sponsored meetings for concerned Arabs and Jews. The alliance was borne out of campus Arab-Jewish dialogue and continued because members of both groups were interested in bringing an end to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank...
...GHAIDA'S PLANS for a normal senior year came to a halt in August, 1990 when, serving as a summer school proctor, she learned of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. The invasion and subsequent Gulf War disrupted and traumatized the lives of many Palestinians. For Abu-Ghaida, the war brought immense amounts of tension...
During the build-up and subsequent war, Abu-Ghaida constantly had to argue and defend her positions on the war. Students, knowing of her Palestinian background, sought out her opinions. Even when weary or reluctant to talk, Abu-Ghaida says she felt she felt obligated to provide an alternative opinion...
...Ghaida plans to return to the West Bank this summer to work with a human rights groups on an Isabella Briggs Travelling Fellowship. She hopes both to play an active role in the movement to end the occupation and to come closer to everyday Palestinians...
With her Viennese background, Harvard education and strong views on women's rights, Abu-Ghaida does not fit the profile of the average Palestinian. But just as being the best speaker of German among the Palestinians in Vienna helped her to get to Harvard, her Harvard ties may help her reach positions where she can best help her people...