Complimenting exchange student Nataly Jomaa, 15, following her “Palestine Is My Identity” presentation at Shasta College in Redding, CA.
Palestinian Nataly Jomaa –who is spending a year studying at Shasta High School in Redding, CA — discussed the challenges and delights of growing up in the State of Palestine.
Palestinian exchange student Nataly Jomaa, 15, describes her impressions of Israel, Israeli institutions and Jewish Israelis.
“We are definitely not equal but I am very proud to be a Palestinian,” she said. “It’s nice to be in Redding where there are no walls and military checkpoints.”
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."
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