Sai’da Nusseibeh

Overview

Sai’da Nusseibeh born Jenin, Palestine September 1, 1944. Muslim Palestinian leads effort to create dialog between Jews and Palestinians; founded Jewish Arab Dialogue and Education in Europe (JADE), early 1970s.

Quotations

“What price is peace? How many more must be killed, before the two nations wake up to look at their blood-soaked hands? There is so much anger, hatred and fear, and the wall between the two nations (the Palestinians and the Israelis), is getting higher—both sides are getting away from reality, and closing their ears, eyes and heart to the suffering of the ‘other.’ We should look into ways to bring down the wall of fear, brick by brick, for all the mosques, synagogues and churches in the world—are not worth the blood of one killed child.” (“Women Creating a World Beyond War and Violence”, Aharoni)