President’s Address
On behalf of the Organization of Arab Students and the Muslim Student Association, we would like to thank you for taking the time to support our event, and most importantly, showing support for Gaza. We have put together a program that will not only provide an opportunity to donate, but also to enlighten you about the realities of Palestine. It is amazing to see all the hardships the Palestinian’s have endured and the strength they have within them to overcome these hardships. With the help of everyone in this room we can help them to prevail in a situation that deems them helpless. While many of us go about our daily lives, the Palestinian people are suffering; just trying to survive to see tomorrow. No one should have to experience such a harsh environment, especially innocent children. We have come together today to provide a means to help those in any way we can. It is not only about aid financially, but also promoting awareness. People need to see through the eyes of every Palestinian in Gaza. Our Guest speaker, Laila El-Haddad has come to share her experiences not only a mother, a journalist, and a Muslim, but also as an occupied Palestianan. Doctor Ismail Mehr is also going to share what he encountered during the American Medical Mission to Gaza. All of tonights proceeds will be donated to the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund (P.C.R.F.). Their main objective is to locate, in the U.S., free medical care for children who cannot be adequately treated in the Middle East. Since 1991, over 450 children have been or currently are being treated through the aid of the P.C.R.F. Please enjoy the event and remember that we need to help in order to create a change. Thank you, Tamera Akarah
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Laila El-Haddad is a
Palestinian journalist and writer based between Gaza and the United States, who writes principally for the al-Jazeera English website and the Guardian Unlimited. She was educated in Bahrain and the United States. She earned her B.A. from Duke University and her Master in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. A running theme in El-Haddad’s writing is the personalization of the situation of Gazans and Palestinians by writing with humor and introspective humanity about her domestic life and those of other Gazans. By revealing Palestinians neither as terrorists nor as currency in a worldwide market of political opposition to western dominance, but as sympathetic people capable of wit and humor amid violence and the occupation of their territory. El-Haddad is married with one son, Yousuf, and one daughter, Noor. Her husband is a physician with Palestinian refugee status. Laila speaks about her experiences in dealing with the current situation in Palestine and how it has affected her and her family.
Dr. Ismail Mehr
Head of Anesthesiology at St. James Mercy Hospital Hornell NY The American Medical Mission to Gaza was the only group of American doctors to enter Gaza after the recent fighting to provide medical assistance and to witness the humanitarian crisis first-hand. The tripwas sponsored by IMANA (Islamic Medical Association of North America). Dr. Mehr, led the group of doctors to the Gaza strip in January 2009 and now will be in Buffalo to share his personal experiences.
PROGRAM 6:00 PM
Slide Show
6:45 PM
Opening by Tamera Akarah
7:00 PM
Dinner
8:15 PM
Short Presentation by OAS
8:30 PM
Presentation by
Dr. Ismail Mehr
“I.M.A.N.A. Relief/American Medical Mission to GAZA“ 9:05 PM 9:35 PM 11:00 PM
Guest Speaker:
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Laila El-Haddad
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