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| “Searching Jenin” Book Tour to Commence on East Coast - February 5th-10th, 2003 Sunday, February 02 2003 @ 09:04 PM GMT "'Searching Jenin' Editor, Ramzy Baroud will speak in Virginia, Washington DC, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The following events have been confirmed and are open to all .." SEATTLE (PalestineChronicle.com) - Ramzy Baroud, editor-in-chief of the Palestine Chronicle and the editor of “Searching Jenin, Eyewitness Accounts of the Israeli Invasion 2002” will embark on an east coast book tour, February 5-10, 2003. On the five-day tour, Baroud will speak at several universities, events that are all open to the public. “Searching Jenin,” a collective effort of nearly 60 scholars, reporters, and activists, Palestinians, Israelis and Internationals, is edited by Ramzy Baroud and includes a Forward by the highly-renowned scholar, Noam Chomsky. The book is being published by Cune Press in Seattle, and is a part of their Bridge Between Cultures project. Among the many scholars who contributed to this book was Professor Norman Finkelstein, who stated, “Like other readers, I am grateful to the editors of this volume for preserving the truth of Jenin’s martyrdom for future generations – and, in doing so, redeeming some of the small measure of suffering endured there.” Not only does the book include scores of telling accounts of residents who witnessed and survived the invasion, but it includes interviews with people such as the wife and the mother of Mahmud Tawalbe, the leader of the resistance in Jenin. Tawalbe was shot and killed by Israeli forces. The book also includes a detailed interview with the only eyewitness to the extra-judicial execution of Abu Jandal, the second in command of the Palestinian resistance in Jenin. The courageous reporters who combed the streets of Jenin, interviewed medical personnel, resistance fighters, and even children, including an 8 year old girl named Rund, who complained that the army broke her only doll. Rund’s father was later shot and killed by the army. They also interviewed an elderly widow who explained how she implored Israeli forces as they demolished her small home, burying her disabled son alive under the rubble. Her son’s body was never recovered. On his book tour, Baroud will detail the rigors undertaken to compile this volume, as well as recognizing the many scholars, reporters, Israelis and Palestinians, who worked so hard to make this historic account of the Israeli invasion a reality. Baroud will speak in Virginia, Washington DC, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The following events have been confirmed and are open to all. Feb 6th, 12:00 noon- 2:00 pm Lunch and book signing at the Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine, Washington DC Feb 6th, 8:00 pm Evening event at Virginia Commonwealth University, University Student Commons and Activities, 907 Floyd Ave, Richmond, VA 23284 Feb 7th –6:00 pm Evening event at Penn State University, Student Union Center (HUB-Robeson Center) University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 Feb 9th – 6:00 pm Evening event at Rutgers University Women’s Center, Third Floor, Douglass College Center, 100 George St., New Brunswick, NJ 07102. Feb 10th – 7:00 pm Evening event at George Mason University, Johnson Center, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 Baroud is available for speaking events and interviews. For more information or to schedule an interview or event contact Suzanne Russ at russ@palestinechronicle.com or by phone at 206-718-3637 Searching Jenin” can be purchased at www.palestinebooks.com where 50% of royalties go to support relief efforts in Jenin |
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