Hisham Awartani and his household on the Brown College campus.
Suzanne Gaber
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Suzanne Gaber
Hisham Awartani and his household on the Brown College campus.
Suzanne Gaber
Hisham Awartani is a school pupil who was visiting household in Vermont over Thanksgiving break in 2023 when he and two of his associates had been shot. All three younger males are of Palestinian descent and all three had been sporting keffiyehs when the assault occurred. All of them survived, however Awartani was left paralyzed from the waist down. Over the previous 12 months, he is been recovering and adjusting to a brand new life that entails utilizing a wheelchair.
Producer Suzanne Gaber has been following Awartani’s story because the taking pictures — from his bodily restoration to the emotional hurdles he is grappled with at Brown College, the place he grew to become a poster little one of the divestment motion.
As Awartani prepares to return house to the West Financial institution for the primary time since his damage, Gaber takes us by means of his 12 months in restoration and what he hopes for because the conflict in his homeland continues to escalate.
This episode was reported for Notes From America with Kai Wright, a present from WNYC Studios concerning the unfinished enterprise of our historical past, and learn how to break its grip on our future.
Companion Listening:
A Palestinian-American Sufferer of American Gun Violence Turns into A Reluctant Poster Youngster (February 19, 2024)
Nonetheless In Restoration From Being Shot, Hisham Awartani Commits To a Summer time of Activism (June 6, 2024)
Our engineer was Josephine Nyonai.
