#PalestiniansSpeak: Abed Awad

What is something that has being Palestinian taught you?

Resilience, perseverance, courage. You will find that Palestinians have a courage to air their opinions and to fight back, more so than many other groups or Arabs or Muslims. And because of them being under oppression, we have this sense that you have a right to express yourself and you're going to fight to the death for it. We're not afraid and you see that with the Palestinian movement. You see that even going on in Palestine today with the Palestinian authorities, authoritarian oppressive practices as recent in the past few weeks. There's an uproar in the Palestinian community from all political persuasions. So yes, it's resilience, it's courage, it's perseverance and it's fighting for everybody. As Palestinian student activist at the university of London, I was involved in the Pan-African nationalist movement, I was involved with the Irish groups, I was involved with other ... with Kashmir, any other groups that were out looking for fighting for justice. You would find Palestinians either in a leadership position or active members in those movements. We feel the collective nature of our struggle for freedom and Liberty worldwide.