Community Corner
Untold Stories at EPL: Life in the West Bank and Gaza
Sunday, March 9, 2 pm, Community Meeting Room, Main Library
The Untold Stories project promotes the telling of personal stories by people who have lived in regions of conflict, currently focusing on people who have lived in the West Bank, Gaza or Israel since1967. We will be Skyping with Ayman Qwaider, a Palestinian community educator and peace activist in Gaza City. Ayman, 26, received his degree from the Islamic University of Gaza in 2008, after which he worked for two years as an international humanitarian aid worker. In 2010, he was granted a scholarship to travel to Spain, where he received his master’s degree in Peace, Conflict and Development Studies. He currently works for an NGO in Gaza.