About

Roqayah Chamseddine is a US based Lebanese-American journalist, commentator and international activist; she was a member of the first Gaza Freedom March which took place in December of 2009 in Cairo, Egypt.

During the winter of 2010-2011 she independently documented the lives of men, women and children living in the Palestinian Refugee Camps of Lebanon including the camps of Sabra and Shatila and Burj el Barajneh.

Her work has been featured in foreign and domestic news agencies such as: Al Manar, Mondoweiss, All Voices, Ikhras, Global Voices and a plethora of independent news sources where she is highlighted as a guest writer or frequent contributing author.

She is a 2011 University graduate, holding a Bachelors degree in both Political Science/Pre-Law and Journalism with emphasis in International Criminal Law; she will be seeking an MA in Journalism in 2012 in Australia.

She is currently working on her first book, We Refuse To Perish, meant to document historical background and personal accounts of events in Lebanon, specifically Southern Lebanon, prior to and after the 2006 July War.

You can get in touch with her through Twitter or shoot her an email: roq.chams [at] gmail.com

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