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Palestinian Strengths


Amira Hass

A talk by Amira Hass, Haaretz correspondent

Wednesday April 9, 2014, 7:00 PM

Room 607B, Pulitzer Hall (Journalism School)

Columbia University

Amira Hass is the Haaretz correspondent for the Palestinian Occupied Territories. Born in Jerusalem, Hass joined Haaretz in 1989, and has been in her current position since 1993. As the correspondent for the territories, she spent three years living in Gaza, which served as the basis for her widely acclaimed book,Drinking the Sea at Gaza. She has lived in the West Bank city of Ramallah since 1997. Hass is also the author of two other books, both of which are compilations of her articles.

Introduction by Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies.

 

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