Who We Are
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Voices Beyond Walls (VBW) is organized by a collective of independent Palestinian and international media technologists, filmmakers, photographers, educators, and activists. Most organizers and contributors volunteer their time for the project. Youth center staff and volunteers from individual workshops are listed in the community section of the website.

Organizers: Project Team (click to see biographies)

Julie M. Norman, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

Anne Paq, Freelance Photographer and Educational Coordinator, Les Enfants, le Jeu et l'Education (EJE), Bethlehem, West Bank

Nitin Sawhney, Ph.D., Lecturer and Research Fellow, MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology, Cambridge, USA

Katherine Toukhy, Arts Educator and Media Dissemination, New Jersey, USA

Raed Yacoub, M.S. Student, Program in Society, Science and Technology, Lund University, Sweden

International Project Contributors

2009
Kate B. Rouhana, Grants Development, Belmont, USA

2008
Ziad Khalaf, Al Qattan Foundation, Ramallah, West Bank
Buthina Khoury, Media Dissemination and Support, Taybeh, West Bank
Karma Nabulsi, Hoping Foundation, London, U.K.
Ahmad Manasraha, Shu’fat Workshop Facilitator, Ramallah, West Bank
Maha Shihada, Publicity and City Liaison, Ramallah, West Bank
Mayar Shishada, Shu’fat Workshop Facilitator, Ramallah, West Bank
Amy Spelz, Jerusalem 2050 Program, MIT, Cambridge, MA

2007
Lori Allen, Grants Development and Support, Cambridge, USA
Petra Bargouthi, Jenin Workshop Facilitator, Ramallah, West Bank
Zehra Hirji, Balata and Ramallah Workshop Facilitator, Cambridge, USA
Rosanna Lopez, Aida and Ramallah Workshop Facilitator, New York, USA
Karma Nabulsi, Hoping Foundation, London, U.K.
Lisa Nieves, Balata and Ramallah Workshop Facilitator, Boston, USA
Omar Odeh, Balata and Jenin Workshop Facilitator, Toronto, Canada
Rima Reed, Video Translation and Subtitling, Watertown, USA
Ben Scribner, Aida and Ramallah Workshop Facilitator, Boston, USA
Esperanza Spaulding, Jazz Performer (fundraiser), New York, USA

2006
Salma Abu Ayyash, Jordan Workshop Organizer, Cambridge, USA
Bilgen Kurt, Jenin Workshop Facilitator, Istanbul, Turkey
Ahmad Adam Shokr, Balata Workshop Facilitator, Toronto, Canada
Lama Abu Sumayyah, Project Coordinator, Ramallah, West Bank
Nebal Thawabteh, Birzeit Media Institute, Ramallah, West Bank