Lana Shehadi, thank you so much for being with me.

I'm grateful.

Thank you for having me.

You know, there are obviously so many perspectives.

We hear so many things and nobody can inform us like people who actually live in the area.

You are a Palestinian woman, an America Palestinian woman, and you are living in the West Bank

at this time.

Could you explain your story?

Tell us your story.

It's going to be very interesting for people to know where you come from.

You were born in the United States.

Tell us your journey where you are now, what you're doing, and then of course we'll

get to the part where I, and so many people want to hear your opinion of what's happening

right now.

Yeah, so I am a Palestinian American.

I was born in Rutherford, New Jersey.

I grew up in South Florida, Parkland, Florida, and I went to school there, went to college,

but we did visit Palestine quite often.

My family, my mom and dad are both Palestinians.

I met my husband while I was in Palestine.

We ended up getting married, so I did have a close tie to the Palestinian territories.

But now I decided to return on a research trip.

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