Leigh-Ann Naidoo

Overview

Leigh-Ann Naidoo born Durban, Natal, South Africa July 12, 1975. Olympic beach volleyball player. Illegally seized aboard the Zaytouna-Oliva, the Women’s Boat to Gaza, in nonviolent effort to aid Gaza; detained two days, 2016.

Quotations

[W]e have been intercepted and kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces.” (All4Women, Oct. 6, 2016)

[W]hy take the risk to struggle for Palestine? Because apartheid is something we experienced in South Africa and I feel there are so many similarities with the way Israel operates and treats the Palestinians.” (Palestine Chronicle, Oct. 10, 2016; photo mg.co.za)