Host Per Fagereng speaks with Palestinian scholar and social entrepreneur Dr. Nasser Abufarha, author of The Making of a Human Bomb: An Ethnography of Palestinian Resistance (The Cultures and Practice of Violence).
Abufarha earned his PhD in Cultural Anthropology and International Development from the University of Wisconsin in 2006. His first book, which focuses on landscapes, the environment and violence, was published by Duke University Press in 2009.
Abufarha is the founder of the Palestine Fair Trade Association and Canaan Fair Trade, which is bringing Palestinian olive oil and other traditional foods to mainstream American and European markets, while also improving economic conditions for more than 1,700 farmers in the West Bank. Canaan Fair Trade today is the largest exporter of certified fair trade and organic Palestinian olive oil to America and Europe.
Nasser Abufarha will present a free public talk called "Insisting on Life" in the Equal Exchange office at 1033 SE Main, Portland, OR 97214 on Thursday, January 20, 2011.
There is a reception prior to the presentation starting at 5:00 pm in Banyan Tree Portland
at 18 SW 1st Avenue, Portland 97204 (in the Mercy Corps building), with an informal talk at 5:30pm.
There will be fair trade olive oil tasting and sales at both locations on Thursday. Equal Exchange will provide fair trade coffee, tea and chocolate for the evening presentation.
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