Global Revolutions: The U.S., Middle East and North African Uprisings

Global Revolutions: The U.S., Middle East and North African Uprisings

Sunday, November 6th, 5pm
Zuccotti Park – under the red sculpture
(directly after the multi-faith service.)

We are honored that three Middle Eastern and North African activists Esraa Abdel Fattah – Egypt, Jamel Bettaieb – Tunisia, Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh – Iran will be with us at OWS.

Esraa Abdel Fattah – Cyber activist and creator of the April 6th Facebook page which called for the first successful Egyptian general strike in 2008. Jailed for her efforts, she quickly became one of the most recognizable and prominent spokespersons for the Egyptian opposition. She was short listed for the 2011 Nobel Peace prize.

Jamel Bettaieb – Tunisian activist and labor leader from the birth city of the Arab Spring – Sidi Bouzid. He recently won the 2011 NED Democracy award.

Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh – Iranian women’s rights activist, journalist, and filmmaker – one of the founders of the Iranian Green Movement, the Stop Stoning Forever campaign, the Iranian Women’s Charter Movement, and the coordinator for Meydan Zanan Network, Former Director of the women’s NGO Training Centre (NGOTC), and editor-in-chief of Farzaneh Women’s Studies Journal.

For further information please contact:
Kobi Skolnick, kskolnick@gmail.com