Naomi Chazan

Overview

Naomi Chazan (née Harman) born Jerusalem November 18, 1946. Israeli politician. Expert on African politics. Member of Knesset, 1992-2003. Professor emerita of Political Science and African Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; former chair of Truman Research Institute, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Delegate to UN women’s conferences in Nairobi and Beijing. President, New Israel Fund, 2008-12.

Quotations

“The majority on both sides favors a just and durable negotiated peace.” (Times of Israel, July 29, 2013; photo Wheeler Centre)

Andree Chedid

Overview

Andrée Chedid born Cairo, Egypt March 20, 1920. Lebanese-Egyptian poet and writer. Condemned the futility of war in her novel House without Roots.

Quotations

In the spiral of ages
In the black winds of hatred
love is too light.

(“Ceremonial of Violence” 1976; photo colby.edu)