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1. 1. Waging Peace: Jerusalem Women Speak on 12th National Tour

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   Published on: 1/1/2007   Last Visited: 2/25/2007

   (L-r) Shireen Khamis, Ghada Ageel, and Rela Mazali take time out from their tour at Grotten Long Point, Connecticut (Photo Courtesy Partners for Peace).
   
   AS PART OF their nationwide tour, three inspiring women,Ghada Ageel of Khan Younis, Palestine, Shireen Khamis of Beit Jala, Palestine and Rela Mazali of Herzlia, Israel,stopped in at Washington, DC's Busboys and Poets Restaurant on Oct. 7 and on Capitol Hill on Oct. 24.
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   Ghada Ageel, a Muslim Palestinian, was born and raised in the Khan Younis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. Her family was expelled in 1948 from their homes and lands in the village of Beit Daras in what was then mandatory Palestine and is now part of Israel. Although Ageel's family had lived in Beit Daras for more than 10 generations, family members have never received any compensation for their homes or the 75 acres of land that they owned.
   
   Ageel currently lives with her family in Gaza, where she works as an academic counselor for the Academy for Educational Development (a USAID organization) while pursuing her doctorate in Middle East politics from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom.
   
   Shireen Khamis is a Christian Palestinian whose life has been shaped by occupation and two Palestinian intifadas. Born in Beit Jala, adjacent to Bethlehem, where her family has lived for centuries, she grew up during the first intifada and is now living as a Palestinian youth during the second uprising. During this time she has witnessed the siege and shelling of her city and its ancient neighborhoods.
   
   Israel recently confiscated much of the Khamis family's land in order to build illegal settlements or for undefined "security reasons." In 2003, Khamis recalled, she watched as Israeli bulldozers uprooted her family's olive groves in order to build its annexation wall on their land.

2. 2. onlinejournal.com

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   Published on: 12/5/2007   Last Visited: 12/5/2007

   By Ghada Ageel Online Journal Guest Writer
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   Ghada Ageel is a third-generation Palestinian refugee. She grew up in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in Gaza and teaches Middle Eastern politics at the University of Exeter in Britain.

3. 3. Partners for Peace - Library - Documents

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   Published on: 10/12/2006   Last Visited: 12/28/2007

   Ghada Ageel
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   Ghada Ageel is a Muslim Palestinian refugee who grew up in the Khan Yunis Refugee Camp and lives in the Gaza Strip. She is a teacher and writer and has held positions with the Academy for Educational Development, a USAID organization, and the Guardian Newspaper. Mrs. Ageel has also worked as an elementary school teacher in Gaza and, more recently, as the Deputy Director of the Palestinian Abraham Center for Languages and Dialogue. She obtained her BA in Education from the Islamic University of Gaza and is currently a Doctorate Candidate in Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom.