Voices of Nonviolent Palestinians

Feryal Abu Haikal and Mohammed Khatib live in communities that are immediately threatened with destruction and expulsion by the Israeli military and settlers. They will speak of their personal experiences mobilizing their communities to nonviolently resist these measures.

MOHAMMED KHATIB is a leading member of the Bil’in Village Popular Committee Against the Wall and the Secretary of the Bil’in Village Council in the West Bank. He has been a principle organizer of the two-year, creative nonviolent struggle in Bil’in to prevent the construction of Israel’s Wall on Bil’in land and to block the expansion of neighboring Israeli settlements.

FERYAL ABU HAIKAL recently retired after 11 years as the headmistress at Kortuba School in the ancient heart of the West Bank city of Hebron. Despite settler attacks on students and staff, the Kortuba School continues to function, serving as a model of nonviolent resistance to Israeli occupation. A lifelong resident of Tel Rumeida, Feryal remains in her home with her family despite settler efforts to expel them and armed incursions onto her property.

Suggested donation: $5-$7

Contact: 415-721-0703

Sponsored: by the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael, Peaceworkers, the Peace and Social Concerns Committee of Marin Quakers, and the Social Concerns Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin.

Directions: Exit 101 at Freitas Parkway. Go to the east side of the freeway (opposite Northgate) and turn left (north) onto the frontage road. At the first traffic light, turn right onto Professional Center Parkway. At the top of the hill, turn right onto Channing Way and go on up until it end, where you turn left throught the gate and to the church parking lot. The church is wheelchair accessible.