Participants

Je m’appelle Ibtissem KHABET, citoyenne française et algérienne et je suis training manager en ONG, notamment dans le domaine de la formation en sécurité humanitaire. La palestine est une boussole et le monde a perdu le nord, seules les initiatives citoyennes peuvent faire bouger l’aiguille là où nos gouvernements ont échoué.

Lykke is 33 years old, grew up on a disused farm near Horsens and now lives in Nørrebro in Copenhagen. She has a master’s degree in Strategic Design and Entrepreneurship and is a trained yacht skipper, diving and first aid instructor. She says about sailing to break the illegal siege on Gaza: “I participate to

Mohammed is 57 years old and lives in Langeskov on Funen. Mohammed is a mechanic, and has also worked as a contact person for children and young people in Odense for a number of years.  He has been active in Palestine for many years. He says: “I have felt a need to do more than just

Helena is a 32 year old social worker and master in sexology.  She works with battered women at a shelter and as an activist in Christiania. She lives in a large collective in Hellerup. Helena says about the reason for leaving on the flotilla: “I’m leaving because our governments have failed and been cowards.  A

Filosofo di formazione, ha fondato la prima agenzia di comunicazione a Gaza, poi è diventato chef per amore Gaza e co-fondatore di Jasmine House ad Amman. Da bambino ha giurato sul libro di Anne Frank che, se l’ingiustizia si fosse ripetuta, non sarebbe rimasto in silenzio. Ha lottato contro la mafia in Italia, oggi lotta

Edward Digilio is a boat-builder and peace activist from the United States who works in the areas of global health, nuclear weapons abolition and Palestinian human rights. He has been a member of the Ground Zero Center for Non-Violent Action in Poulsbo, WA, for the past 11 years and served as a participant in the

Veronica O’Keane, 66 years old , is a retired psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry (Trinity College Dublin). In the past decade she has advocated for marriage equality and reproductive rights in Ireland. As part of her public-facing activities she has organised national and international mental health and neuroscience events that have raised awareness of mood

Thomas Becker is an international human rights attorney. He has spent most of the past two decades working on human rights issues in Bolivia. He was the catalyst behind and a lead attorney in Mamani v. Sánchez de Lozada, the first successful human rights lawsuit in the United States against a living former head of

Syafik Shukri bin Abdul Jalil is a broadcast journalist and news anchor with Astro AWANI, Malaysia’s leading and most trusted news channel. Born on 8 November 1990, Syafik is the youngest of six siblings and was raised by his mother following the passing of his father at an early age. His upbringing instilled in him