Palestine for Beginners
Linda Bevis and Edward
Mast
Palestine Information Project presents their popular PALESTINE FOR BEGINNERS, a fast-moving guide to the roots of conflict, the key historical and current events, and the characters and motivations behind the ongoing crisis.
Filmed before a live audience and professionally edited, PALESTINE FOR BEGINNERS is a 60 minute presentation with an additional 10 minutes of Q&A, all divided into chapters (see margin on the right) for reference and classroom use.
Linda Bevis and Edward Mast have developed and presented PALESTINE FOR BEGINNERS for several years, updating constantly as the situation changes. Linda Bevis is an attorney who lived for several years in the West Bank working with a human rights organization. She currently teaches World History at the high school level. Edward Mast is a playwright and performer whose play SAHMATAH, co-written with Hanna Eady, has been playing in the Middle East and Europe since 1998. Linda and Edward have done human rights work, together and separately, in Northern Ireland, Central America and the former Soviet Union, and in 2002 they jointly received the annual human rights award of the United Nations Association of Seattle.
Linda and Edward are among the co-founders of Palestine Information Project, a Seattle organization which creates educational materials and presentations about human rights issues in Israel/Palestine and about the US role in the conflict.
Reviews
“I actually fought
off tears more than once during the presentation. I
am determined to carry this message forward and will
do my best to give my heart to the spirit behind this
effort."
-- Mark B. Wilson
“The longer I
have reflected on your presentation, the more I am convinced
that it was the single most useful, concise, interesting
and complete discussion of the topic I have encountered
in several years of paying close attention to Palestine/Israel
issues.”
-- Bruce Bowden
Related Links
Palestine
Solidarity Committee and Palestine Information Project