Aisha Mershani - Palestine speaker
Aisha Mershani was born in Las Vegas, Nevada to a Jewish American mother and a Muslim Moroccan father. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Anthropology from the University of Redlands in California, and a Master’s degree from the UNESCO program in Peace, Development Studies, and Conflict Transformation at the Universitat Jaume I in Spain. Since 2003, Mershani has photographed military checkpoints, demonstrations, house demolitions, destroyed villages, and the daily lives of Palestinian living under occupation. Mershani’s approach to this conflict is a humanistic one. She does this work not as an Arab, nor a Jew, yet as a human being concerned of another experiencing injustice. Mershani is currently writing her Ph.D dissertation on nonviolence and continues to participate in events that support all struggles for peace, justice and freedom. Her website is www.amershani.com