Dr. Anan Ameri

Anan is a survivor of the 1948 Nakba. She was only three years old then. She grew up seeing her father cry, grieving the loss of Palestine. That never left her. Nor did the flood of refugees who arrived in Jordan after the 1967 Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza Strip.

These events, coupled with a deep feeling of injustice, is what shaped her. They drive her, not only to fight for Palestinian rights, freedom, and justice, but also to fight for the rights of all oppressed people around the globe.

Anan is a sociologist, writer, and activist. She is the founder of the Arab American National Museum and Palestine Aid Society of America. She immigrated to the USA in 1974 and is currently retired, living with her husband in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She strives to live to see Palestine free from occupation, oppression, and apartheid.