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Hamze Awawde

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Hamze Awawde
حمزة عواودة
Born1970 (age 55–56)
Dura, Hebron
Education
OccupationPeace activist
Organizations

Hamze Awawde (Arabic: حمزة عواودة; born 1990)[1] is a Palestinian peace activist.

Early life and education

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Awawde grew up in the West Bank city of Dura.[2] His family is a prominent one in the Hebron area; his grandfather was a Fatah official.[2][3] During the Second Intifada, part of Awawde's home was destroyed by IDF soldiers, who thought a terrorist was hiding in the building.[3]

Awawde earned a bachelor's degree in business from Birzeit University, and a master's degree in global community development from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[4][5]

Activism

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In 2011, Awawde joined the Facebook group YaLa Young Leaders, a project organized by the Peres Center for Peace, which was meant to be a space for Israelis and Palestinians to connect on an individual basis.[6] Awawde remained with the group as they expanded,[7] and later became a part of their leadership and organized some programs for them.[8][9]

In 2014, through a program called New Story Leadership, Awawde traveled to the United States, where he lived in Washington D.C. with an Israeli program participant.[2][3] At the time, he was an intern at Americans for Peace Now.[2][3][10] Awawde and his housemate developed a close friendship that the two aimed to continue when they returned home.[2]

Awade works for Hands of Peace as Regional Manager of the Palestinian Delegation.[8]

In November 2023, Awawde co-organized Building Bridges, Together for Humanity, a joint Israeli-Palestinian anti-hate event in London.[11]

Personal life

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As of 2023, Awawde lives in Ramallah.[11][12] He is Muslim.[13]

References

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  1. ↑ Awawde, Hamze (2012-06-27). "The new Palestinian". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Ober, Lauren (2014-07-25). "In a Washington home, an Israeli man and a Palestinian man are learning to live side-by-side". The World. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Guttman, Nathan (2014-07-10). "Israeli and Palestinian Roommates Find Common Ground — Far From Home". The Forward. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  4. ↑ "Massada Seminar: 'Talking Peace'". Worcester College. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
  5. ↑ Yerman, Marcia G. (2024-10-17). "Hamze Awawde: Palestinian Peacemaker Speaks in New York". OpEdNews. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
  6. ↑ Bronner, Ethan (2011-07-09). "Virtual Bridge Allows Strangers in Mideast to Seem Less Strange". The New York Times.
  7. ↑ Greenberg, Joel (2012-01-23). "Israel-Arab youth take peace talks to Facebook". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2012-01-26. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  8. 1 2 "Our Team Bios". Hands of Peace. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  9. ↑ McGlynn, Clara (October 2014). "Palestinians and Israelis Tell a New Story Despite the Conflict". Washington Report on Middle East Affairs: 36–38. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  10. ↑ "WATCH: APN former intern Hamze Awawde with YaLa and the Aileen Getty School of Citizen Journalism". peacenow.org. 2015-11-20. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  11. 1 2 Lough, Catherine (2023-11-28). "Bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families to march together in anti-hate vigil". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  12. ↑ Shehadi, Lemma (2023-11-28). "Brendan Cox takes new peace movement onto London's streets". The National. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  13. ↑ Awawde, Hamze (2014-07-09). "Far from family in West Bank: A very different Ramadan". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
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