“Many Palestinians never experience the feeling of peace I have found in Ireland,” Says Al-Quds Bard Alumna Amanie Issa ’18

Reading a novel by a river is a peace Amanie Issa ’18 does not take for granted. After graduating from Al-Quds Bard College, Issa was awarded a scholarship to study international human rights law at the Irish Centre for Human Rights in NUI Galway. After witnessing upheaval and trauma firsthand, her time in Ireland has felt like a reprieve. Now working remotely as a legal consultant focusing on women’s economic and social development for the World Bank, she hopes to stay in Galway to pursue a doctoral degree. Still, even with her newfound sense of comfort, Issa can’t help but keep her fellow Palestinians in mind. “I’ve had that feeling of peace that others are yearning for while their school is demolished or they’re kicked out of their house,” Issa says. “Every person in the world deserves to have that feeling.”

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Post Date: 11-30-2021