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SUMMARY:11- incontro con Mazin Qumsiyeh DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:\n\n\nLunedi 11 alle ore 18 si terrà nei locali della Comunità ; di san paolo via ostiense 152/B l'incontro  con il prof Mazin Q umsiyeh del'univ. di Betlhemme. Introdurrà il prof. Wasim Dahma sh dell'univ. di Cagliari \nlunedi 11 gennaio 2010\n\nalle 18 \n\ninco ntro con \nil prof.  Mazin Qumsiyeh   \n\n\n\n(presentazione della Prof.ssa Biancamaria Scarcia)\n\n\n\n \n\n\nINFO\n\n\n  h ttp://www.qumsiyeh.org/aboutqumsiyeh/ \n \nI was born and raised in Beit Sahour, the biblical Shepherds' Field just on the outskirts of Beth lehem.  My first hand experiences as a Palestinian Christian and my educational background in universities both in the Middle East and the US helped shape my evolving world views.  I was raised under Israeli occupation and my large family still resides in the area.   My memories include vivid recollections of pastoral farm life, urban ed ucation, cultural events, and an overall mosaic of people of varied reli gions and backgrounds.   They include a rich International cot erie of friends and relatives visiting from Europe, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the US.  As for Israelis, my interactions included not only Isra eli soldiers and settlers/colonists but also average Israelis from all w alks of life and all stripes.   My bachelor degree in Jorda n included the close interaction with Palestinian refugee community in J ordan (Jordan has over 2 million Palestinian refugees).  I got my M asters degree at the University of Connecticut, a Ph.D. at Texas Tech Un iversity and postdoctoral training at St. Jude Children Research Hospita l and the University of Tennessee (included Clinical Fellowship).  I was extremely lucky that my research and career turns necessitated ext ensive travels in Jordan, Israel/Palestine, North Africa, East Africa, E urope, and America.  The advantage of the scientific work was accom panied with the advantage of meeting people of all walks of life.  Thus visiting universities for their scientific collections or to get educa ted provided quite a different experience than trapping animals near rur al isolated communities in the Middle of the Sahara desert or in the Afr ican savanna.   This allowed me an understanding of societies not available to tourists. I became active more directly in social an d political causes about 15 years ago but never belonged to one of the m any Palestinian liberation movements.  My interests continued to ev olve as I read more and had a chance to learn from my interactions with the thousands of people I met during my frequent travels. The educationa l resources available at the Universities I affiliated with allowed me t o pursue activism in new directions.  This included our abilities t o quickly use the internet and web and email as tools for activism.  ;  I was co-founder of a number of organizations and groups: The Tr iangle Middle East Dialogue, the Carolina Middle East Association, the H oly Land Conservation Foundation, the Middle East Genetics Association, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition (http://al-awda.org), Academics For Justice ( http://AcademicsForJustice.org), among others.  I published over 120 scientific papers in areas ranging from Zoology to Ge netics.  My later training was in genetics and I served as Associate Professor of Genetics and director of cytogenetic services both at Duke University and Yale University.  I also published two books: Mammals of the Holy Land and Bats of Egypt.  This book is the first I writ e on the Palestine question.  However, I have published extensively on these issues including over 100 letters to the editor and over 30 op -ed pieces.  I am also interviewed regularly on TV and radio (local , national and international). Appearances in national media included th e Washington Post, New York Times, Boston Globe, CNBC, C-Span, and ABC, among others. I share this rather complex background so that you the rea der understand more about how I came to understand the importance and th e centrality of a pluralistic solution to the simmering conflict in the Land of Canaan.  \n\n\n \n DTSTAMP:20260416T105627Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20100111T000100 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20100112T000100 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR