Shireen Khamis
Shireen Khamis
Jerusalem Women Speak Tour 12
Shireen Khamis is a Christian Palestinian from Beit Jala, adjacent to the city of Bethlehem. Ms. Khamis recently graduated from Bethlehem University where she received her Bachelors Degree in Business Administration with a Minor in Marketing. She now works as a Project Coordinator for a Palestinian nonprofit organization working with women on media and development projects. In addition to women’s rights advocacy, Ms. Khamis’ activism focuses on nonviolence, education and environmental awareness issues.
In fact, the intersection of occupation policies and environmental degradation has touched her deeply as Israeli bulldozers clearing land for building the Separation Wall around Beit Jala recently uprooted olive groves that had been in her family’s possession for generations.
