Sumaya Farhat-Naser
Sumaya Farhat- Naser (Arabic سمية فرحات ناصر Sumayya Farhat Nasir, DMG Sumaiya Farhat Nasir ); ( Born June 11, 1948 in Bir Zait in Jerusalem ) is a Palestinian peace mediator in the West Bank.
The Palestinian Christian attended the boarding school Talitha Kumi German deaconesses in Bait Dschala ( near Bethlehem ). After high school she studied at the University of Hamburg, Biology, Geography and Education, where she was sponsored by the Evangelical Studies Villigst, and a doctorate in applied botany.
1982-1997 she was a lecturer in botany and ecology at the University of Bir Zait Palestinian. From 1997 to 2001 she was head of the Palestinian Jerusalem Center for Women, which has joined forces with the Israeli group "Bat Shalom " for peace.
Sumaya Farhat- Naser is known for its clear expression of opinion to the media and, in particular, bring about, for their various projects in which they motivated women a solution to the Israeli -Palestinian conflict.
Writings
- Thyme and stones. A Palestinian life story. Lenos, Basel 1995; 7 act. A. 2008, ISBN 978-3-85787-719-3; selected as a book for the city in 2012 in Cologne and the Cologne region.
- Rooted in the land of olive trees. A Palestinian woman in the dispute for peace. Lenos, Basel 2002; in paperback: ibid 2005, ISBN 3-85787-688-3
- Thistles in the vineyard. Diary from Palestine. Lenos, Basel 2007, ISBN 978-3-85787-716-2
- In the shade of the fig tree. Lenos, Basel, 2013, ISBN 978-3-85787-436-9
Press
- "In our existence more and more threatened ." The Palestinian Sumaya Farhat- Naser in conversation with Dolores Bauer. In: The furrow No. 13, 2002.
- Thanks Hermann Kesten Prize speech in 2002. Time No. 5, 2003.