Service: Prof Mazin Qumsiyeh from Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (PIBS)

Name: Service: Prof Mazin Qumsiyeh from Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (PIBS)
Start: 2024-09-22T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-09-22T12:15:00-04:00
Location: Unitarian Universalist Church of Brevard - West Melbourne, FL

Schedule

Sun Sep 22 2024 at 11:00 am to 12:15 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Unitarian Universalist Church of Brevard - West Melbourne, FL | West Melbourne, FL

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Service: Prof Mazin Qumsiyeh from Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (PIBS) at Bethlehem University
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Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh was born and raised under Israeli occupation in Beit Sahour, the biblical Shepherds' Field just on the outskirts of Bethlehem. That is where he now lives.
He has been on faculties at the University of Tennessee, Duke, and Yale University. In 2008, he and his wife Jessie returned to Palestine, starting a number of institutions and projects such as a clinical genetics laboratory that serves cancer and other patients. In 2014, they founded and now run the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (PIBS) at Bethlehem University.
Professor Qumsiyeh has published over 160 scientific papers, over 30 book chapters, and several books on topics ranging from cultural heritage to human rights to biodiversity conservation to cancer. Notably, his books include Sharing the Land of Canaan: Human rights and the Israeli/Palestinian Struggle and Popular Resistance in Palestine: A History of Hope and Empowerment.
He has given hundreds of talks in 45 countries around the world and has been interviewed regularly on TV and radio. Appearances in US media have included the Washington Post, New York Times, Boston Globe, CNBC, C-Span, and ABC, among others.