Today we feature a presentation by Shaina Low, just back from working the summer as a legal intern with the non-government organization BADIL in Bethlehem. Badil is the Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights.
Bred and raised Jewish, and now in law school, Shaina is not new to advocacy for Palestinian rights. She has traveled to the West Bank ten times, staying for as long as a year working with the Freedom Theater in Jenin. Shaina grew up in Lincoln, Massachusetts and attended the Lincoln public schools. She graduated from Columbia University, and is now beginning her second year at the SUNY school of law in New York.
This presentation was given to a packed house at the Lincoln Public Library.
She describes the vast obstacles facing Palestinians in the West Bank, for example in simply commuting to nearby towns in order to earn a living.
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This Week In Palestine 8-28-2016
Shaina Low reports on her work as a legal intern with BADIL in Bethlehem