Name: Sireen Sawalha on My Brother, My Land, A Story from Palestine.
Start: 2025-09-13T17:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-13T19:00:00-04:00
Location: United Parish in Brookline

Sireen Sawalha on My Brother, My Land, A Story from Palestine.

Let's hear from Sireen on her new book co-authored with Sami Hermez: My Brother, My Land, A Story from Palestine & moderated by Rami Khouri!
About this Event

Sireen Sawalha in conversation with Rami G. Khouri

This is your chance to witness a captivating discussion between Sireen Sawalha and Rami G. Khouri at the United Parish in Brookline. They'll delve into her new book co-authored with Sami Hermez, a personal story of her family's resistance and connection with their homeland in Palestine. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to hear from these two incredible individuals! Sireen Sawalha is a Palestinian-American educator, speaker, and co-author of the memoir My Brother, My Land: A Story from Palestine. She was born in Jenin, Palestine and currently works as a high school social studies teacher in New Jersey. Her work focuses on sharing her family's experiences under Israeli occupation and raising awareness about Palestinian culture and the struggle for freedom. Rami George Khouri is a Palestinian-Jordanian and U.S. citizen and an internationally published journalist and book author with 60 years of experience in the Middle East. He is a Distinguished Fellow at the American University of Beirut's Issam Fares Institute and a nonresident senior fellow at the Arab Center Washington. He has written for leading publications like the Financial Times and the Washington Post and was a co-recipient of the Pax Christi International Peace Award.