2700 Evergreen Parkway NW, Olympia, WA 98505
Lecture Hall 5
Join us to hear Israeli Palestine Solidarity Activist Bekah Wolf speak about her family's experience in the
occupied West Bank, and about the ongoing struggle to free Palestinian
political prisoners!
Bekah Wolf is a Jewish-American originally from Santa Fe, NM who was
an active member of her local synagogue growing up and first visited
Palestine as part of a Zionist youth trip in 1998. She became active
around Arab, Muslim, and South Asian immigrant rights in New York City
particularly in the direct aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. As part of a
delegation of Jews Against the Occupation, Bekah returned to
Palestine as an volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement from
2003-2004.
In the summer of 2006 she and her now-husband, former political prisoner Mousa Abu Maria, began the Palestine Solidarity Project. Bekah has been arrested over a dozen times in Palestine, lived
through the administrative detention of her fiance (whom she married
while he was in jail), and has witnessed much of the ongoing military
and settler activity throughout the southern West Bank for the last 5
years.
In 2010 Bekah gave birth to her daughter, Rafeef Abu Maria, who
travels with her on most speaking events. Although Bekah has Israeli
citizenship, because of Israel's laws against Family Reunification
Bekah's husband is not allowed to live with his family inside Israel.
Since the birth of Rafeef, Bekah splits her time between the United
States and Palestine.
This event will be held in Lecture Hall 5, at 12pm on Tuesday, May 15th. It is sponsored by the Mideast Solidarity Project, TESC Divest!, the Reinterpreting Liberation program, and the Resistance and Social Change program.
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