Special Event: A Conversation with Fadi Abushammalah
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February 11, 2025 at 6:30PM ET
Location: Riggs Library
Join us for a conversation with Fadi Abushammalah, executive director of the General Union of Cultural Centers – the only cultural union in Palestine. Moderated by Jen Marlowe, documentary filmmaker, writer, and the founder of Donkeysaddle Projects.
Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made by February 4th to Patricia Guzman, 202-687-6294, pg654@georgetown.edu. A good faith effort will be made to fulfill requests made after Februrary 4th.
From “What More Must the Children of Gaza Suffer?” by Fadi Abushammalah
The bomb exploded a few hundred feet from where I was sitting with my wife, Safa, and my three children, Ali, Karam and Adam. Ali, 13, screamed; Karam, 10, buried his face in my chest; and Adam, 5, burst into tears.
We were in the outdoor area at the Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt on Tuesday morning. I had been lucky enough to obtain permits for my wife and kids to cross into Egypt so they could wait out the terrifying violence raining down on Gaza in safety. But before their names were called, Israel bombed the crossing, at that point the only way in or out of the strip.
We quickly ushered the kids into the crossing’s hall, but a policeman started shouting for everyone to evacuate immediately; the crossing was being closed.
Thronged by dozens of others, we jumped in my car and sped back to my family home in the Khan Yunis refugee camp, where Ali and Adam continued to cry while Karam sat silently shaking.
Continue reading “What More Must the Children of Gaza Suffer?” in the New York Times.
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