Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights is proud to announce that Haneen Abu Eisha and Nida' Ahmaru, two graduates of Badil's Youth Training Project have been awarded the /Deir Yassin Remembered Scholarships/.

We wish the best of luck to the recipients as they continue their studies with the help of this well deserved scholarship, and our deepest gratitude to the Karkar family and the Deir Yassin Remembered initiative for investing in the education of refugee youth. It is these young refugee women who will undoubtedly play leading roles in building the strength and capacities of Palestinian refugee communities as they work to implement their inalienable rights to return to their homes and lands.

For more information, please contact Badil at: mediaenglish@badil.org
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Press Release of the /Deir Yassin Remembered Scholarship Committee

*Deir Yassin Remembered Scholarships in Honor of John Karkar*

The Deir Yassin Remembered Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce a $2,500 award to be divided equally between two Palestinian women.

With the kind assistance of Badil, the committee has selected Haneen Abu Eisha and Nida' Ahmaru. Haneen is a graduate of Young Women's Muslim Secondary School and Nida' is a graduate of Jericho Girl's School.

Haneen is enrolled at Al Quds University where she is studying English Literature. Nida' is enrolled at Hebron University studying Islamic Studies and Social work.

This particular award was funded by John Karkar and his wife Sonja. John is Palestinian by birth but lives in Australia with his family. Sonja is on the Board of Deir Yassin Remembered, but is best known for her activism and leading Australians For Palestine.

Deir Yassin Remembered is a charitable and educational not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Its scholarship committee makes modest awards for post-secondary study in Israel/Palestine and champions the cause of "peace through education."

The current members of the DYR Scholarship Committee include

Steven Beikirch (Chair)
Henry Herskovitz
Susan Abulhawa
Israel Shamir

All contributions are tax-deductible and may be sent by check or by PayPal through http://www.dyr-scholarship.org

For More Information Contact
Daniel McGowan
315 781-3418
mcgowan@hws.edu ; http://www.deiryassin.org ; http://www.dyr-scholarship.org