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An Evening with Hind Khoury, General Secretary for KAIROS Palestine

September 24, 2015 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Free

Hind Khoury, the General Secretary for KAIROS Palestine, will share about the reality of life in Palestine, the urgency of the situation there, and how people of faith might engage as advocates.

This will be an excellent opportunity for those who have traveled as pilgrims to Israel and Palestine, for General Conference delegates, for lovers of the Biblical land, and for peacemakers.

This event is a part of the World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel (WWPPI) as designated by the World Council of Churches, and is being co-sponsored by the North Carolina Council of Churches.

Questions about the event? Contact Laura Fine Ledford at lledford@nccumc.org.

Hind Khoury is a Palestinian Christian, an economist, a former ambassador, and the newly appointed General Secretary of Kairos Palestine* located in Bethlehem. She is also the president of the Bethlehem Rotary Club and an executive board member of Bethlehem Bible College. She is president of the Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem (ARIJ), which is highly respected around the world for its meticulous research and mapping of the region. She is vice-president of the Arab Thought Forum, and has served as vice president of Sabeel Ecumenical Palestinian Liberation Theology Center. She has spoken at many conferences and seminars locally and internationally, and she serves as a consultant to MASARAT, a research center on Palestinian strategic directives.

An interview with Ms. Khoury can be found here.

Details

Date:
September 24, 2015
Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Event Categories:
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Website:
http://nccumc.org/news/2015/09/an-evening-with-hind-khoury-general-secretary-for-kairos-palestine/

Venue

Apex United Methodist Church
100 South Hughes Street
Apex, NC United States
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