From sentto-7256555-891-1052867376-s.a.blackwell=bham.ac.uk@returns.groups.yahoo.com Wed May 14 00:11:11 2003 Envelope-to: blackwsa@sun7.bham.ac.uk Delivery-date: Wed, 14 May 2003 00:11:11 +0100 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-7256555-891-1052867376-s.a.blackwell=bham.ac.uk@returns.groups.yahoo.com X-eGroups-Return: qumsi001@yahoo.com X-Sender: qumsi001@yahoo.com X-Apparently-To: academicsforjustice@yahoogroups.com To: mazin@al-awda.0rg From: Mazin Qumsiyeh X-Yahoo-Profile: qumsi001 X-eGroups-Approved-By: qumsi001 via web; 13 May 2003 23:09:35 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list AcademicsforJustice@yahoogroups.com; contact AcademicsforJustice-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list AcademicsforJustice@yahoogroups.com List-Unsubscribe: Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 16:01:43 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [AcademicsforJustice] Faris Odeh award to honor Dr. Salman Abu Sitta X-bham-spamfiltered: yes X-scanned-bham: ok (please forward to your lists) Dr. Salman Abu Sitta to receive the Faris Odeh award June 21, 2003 from the Palestine Right to Return Coalition About Faris Odeh: Muhammed Al-Durra was the first child killed in the current Palestinian Intifada (30 Sept. 2000). On November 9, 2000, the 50th Child killed by Israeli forces was Faris Fa'iq Odeh, a few days shy of his 15th birthday, near the Muntar/Karni checkpoint in Occupied Gaza. He was shot in the neck and left to bleed to death. Ten days earlier he was photographed throwing stones at an Israeli tank (photo attached). About the same time that this famous photo was taken, his cousin Shadi Awad Nimr Odeh, a 17 y.o. was the 37th minor killed by Israeli forces (November 1, 2000). Faris is survived by his parents: Fa'eq and Ina'am Odeh and eight brothers and sisters. Odeh in Arabic means the return and Faris refers to a noble horseman. About The Palestine Right to Return Coalition (PRRC): PRRC (http://Al-Awda.org, Al-Awda is Arabic for "THE RETURN") is a broad-based non-partisan global democratic association of thousands of grassroots activists and organizational representatives concerned for the Palestinian Refugees Right of Return. The purposes for which PRRC is formed are educational and charitable and relate to human rights of Palestinian Refugees. With active chapters and committees in over 20 countries and 30 states in the US, PRRC is the largest grass-root network for Palestinian rights. About this award and its first recipient: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition instituted the Faris Odeh award to honor Palestinians who demonstrated exceptional dedication to the cause of Palestinian rights especially the rights of refugees. It will be awarded yearly at our annual convention. The Coordinating Committee unanimously selected Dr. Salman Abu Sitta for the 2003 and inaugural Faris Odeh award. The award will be given to Dr. Abu Sitta at a banquet in his honor at our International Convention in Toronto, Canada (more on the convention program and registration at http://Al-Awda.org). Dr. Salman Husein Abu Sitta is one of 800,000 refugees ethnically cleansed between 1947-1949. He worked hard and graduated with a bachelor degree from Cairo University and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of London. He was a member of the Palestine National Congress and Chairman of UNRWA/ WELFARE joint committee, Welfare Association, Geneva. He is an advisory Board Member of a number of NGOs on refugees: Badil (Ramallah), PRC (London), CEPAL (Ottawa), etc. Dr. Abu Sitta is author of 4 books and over 100 papers/articles on the refugees and speaks regularly at Palestinian refugee camps and refugee communities throughout the world. He is best known for his research showing the feasibility and legality of the return of Palestinian refugees. Registration form and convention information are at: http://www.al-awda.org/index.php?page=Al-Awda%20INTERNATIONAL%20CONVENTION Al-Awda, Palestine Right to Return Coalition P.O. 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