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Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, November 2008, page 55
Waging Peace
Deir Yassin Remembered Scholarships
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THE DEIR YASSIN Remembered Scholarship, a $2,500 award, will be divided equally between two Palestinian women. With the assistance of Badil, a resource center for Palestinians, the scholarship committee selected Haneen Abu Eisha, a graduate of Young Women’s Muslim Secondary School, and Nida’ Ahmaru, a graduate of Jericho Girls’ School. Haneen is enrolled at Al Quds University, where she is studying English literature. Nida’ is enrolled at Hebron University studying Islamic Studies and social work.
This particular award was funded by Palestinian-Australian John Karkar and his wife, Sonja, who is on the board of Deir Yassin Remembered, but is best known for her activism as well as for leading Australians For Palestine.
Two more inaugural scholarships, in honor of the late Issam Nashashibi, a founder of Deir Yassin Remembered, were given to Reem Khalifa and Aya Bustami in January 2007. Henry Herskovitz and two donors from Texas and Kuwait contributed to their scholarships.
Deir Yassin Remembered is a charitable and educational not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Its scholarship committee makes modest awards for post-secondary study in Israel/Palestine and champions the cause of “peace through education.” For more information visit <www.dyrscholarship.org>.
—Courtesy Deir Yassin Remembered
