About The Author
Roqayah Chamseddine is a US based Lebanese-American journalist, commentator and international human rights 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: The Electronic Intifada, 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 the field of Political Science/Pre-Law with emphasis in International Criminal Law; she will be seeking an MA in Journalism in the coming fall.
She is currently working on her first book, ’We Refuse To Perish’; a compelling account of events in Lebanon, specifically in relation to her native Southern Lebanon, prior to and after the 2006 July War.
You can get in touch with her through Twitter or by email: roq.chams [at] gmail.com
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