Screening: "This Palestinian Life" - Philip Rizk

GAZA IN FOCUS
Some people persevere despite the enormous odds stacked against them. This film gives voice to Palestinian villagers—women and men, young and old, West Bankers and Gazans—who recount their experiences of engaging in nonviolent resistance in an ongoing effort to remain steadfast (sumoud). The film also seeks to connect community leaders from the segregated Palestinian areas of Gaza and the West Bank with each other, so that they can build upon each other’s efforts and be inspired by one another’s sumoud.

Philip Rizk is a dual national of Germany and Egypt, who was raised in Egypt, and took a B.A. degree in Philosophy from Wheaton College, Illinois, USA. From 2005 to 2007, he lived in Gaza. He is currently a graduate student in the Middle East Studies M.A. program at the American University in Cairo, and his thesis work is on Palestinian statehood. Philip is a freelance journalist and writes the Tabula Gaza blog at (http://tabulagaza.blogspot.com).