{"id":3109,"date":"2011-11-04T17:41:05","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T17:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/?p=3109"},"modified":"2024-04-22T14:39:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T18:39:10","slug":"mubarak-awad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/2011\/11\/04\/mubarak-awad\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Mubarak Awad, renowned expert on nonviolent resistance to speak on Nov 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/11\/MubarakAwad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3111\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"MubarakAwad\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/11\/MubarakAwad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a>A talk and discussion by <strong>Professor Mubarak Awad<\/strong>, School of International Service at American University.<\/p>\n<p>Monday, November 7, 2011<\/p>\n<p>4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Science Center 101<\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.swarthmore.edu\/visitordash\/dash_visitors.php\">maps and directions<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Mubarak Awad is the founder and national president of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youthadvocateprogram.org\/\">Youth Advocate Program<\/a>, which provides alternative foster care and counseling to &#8220;at risk&#8221; youth and their families.\u00a0 He is also the founder of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Palestinian_Centre_for_the_Study_of_Nonviolence\">Palestinian Center for the Study of Nonviolence<\/a> in Jerusalem.\u00a0 Dr. Awad was deported by the Israeli Supreme court in 1988 after being jailed for organizing activities involving nonviolent civil disobedience.\u00a0 Dr. Awad has since formed <a href=\"http:\/\/nonviolenceinternational.net\/\">Nonviolence International<\/a>, which works with various movements and organizations across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsors: Students for Peace and Justice in Palestine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A talk and discussion by Professor Mubarak Awad, School of International Service at American University. Monday, November 7, 2011 4:30 p.m. Science Center 101 (maps and directions) Mubarak Awad is the founder and national president of the Youth Advocate Program, which provides alternative foster care and counseling to &#8220;at risk&#8221; youth and their families.\u00a0 He &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/2011\/11\/04\/mubarak-awad\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Prof. Mubarak Awad, renowned expert on nonviolent resistance to speak on Nov 7<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[22,52],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3109"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175424986,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3109\/revisions\/175424986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}