Faten A. Olwan Abuseed's Bio

My YES! Jams
2003 World Jam

Location: Ramallah

Bio:

Faten has lived through two intifadas and has personally been subjected to the violence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She was shot by a solider while performing journalism duties, microphone in hand, and witnessed the murder of her boyfriend. Faten has worked as an assistant producer for ABC News, a reporter for Nile News Satellite Channel, was an award-winning reporter for Tunis, and is currently correspondent for AL-HURRA T.V. and BAHRAIN radio. Faten use to works directly with the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ahmed Qureia, as his media coordinator, and she hopes her work will contribute to the re-establishment of communication and trust between Israeli and Palestinian peoples.

"The YES! Jam and the angels there helped to save my spirit, taught me how to love again, inspired me and gave me faith during a week I spent in heaven. Thank you YES!, for giving me faith for yesterday, today and that better tomorrow that might yet be. Thank you for giving birth to this new hope in me, for reminding me how to dream again, how to shine again, how to keep working for a world when hopefully one day all these walls around me will break for good."