In this video, Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh is interviewed by Dr. Atif Kubursi.
Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh is an author, scientist, and activist who previously served on the faculties of Yale, Duke, and the University of Tennessee. In 2008, he returned to Palestine to co-found several impactful community institutions, including a medical genetics laboratory and the volunteer-run Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability (PIBS) at Bethlehem University. He has published over 160 scientific papers, hundreds of articles, and several books spanning human rights, biodiversity, and popular resistance. Despite facing harassment and arrests for his activism, his global lectures and community programs have empowered thousands of youth and earned him numerous prestigious international awards for social courage and non-violent resistance.
Author:
- Popular Resistance in Palestine: A history of Hope and Empowerment
- Sharing the Land of Canaan: Human Rights and the Israeli-Palestinian Struggle
Link: www.qumsiyeh.org
Dr. Atif Kubursi is Professor Emeritus of Economics at McMaster University.
Taped: May 22,2026
This Interview Was Co-Sponsored By
The Trans-Arab Research Institute
TARI
