Saed Bannoura is a journalist, educator, and activist born in Beit Sahour, Palestine. He is a skilled facilitator and speaker in the areas of disability justice, human rights, conflict resolution and the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
He co-founded the International Middle East Media Center and has been Editor in Chief since 2005, reporting daily on the impacts of the Israeli occupation on the Palestinian people. As editor and researcher for “If Americans Knew” he carries the responsibility of documenting the deaths of Israeli and Palestinian people killed in conflict in the region. He has spoken at national conferences across the world, including the United Nations for Youth Summit in 2000, where he participated in extensive multicultural conflict resolution training along with youth from Lebanon, the Ivory Coast, Palestine, and various regions of conflict. He has dedicated his life to bringing awareness to what life is like under occupation in the hopes that his community can find peace and healing in justice. Living with a disability has led Saed into disability rights activism, both in Palestine and in the United States.
He co-founded the International Middle East Media Center and has been Editor in Chief since 2005, reporting daily on the impacts of the Israeli occupation on the Palestinian people. As editor and researcher for “If Americans Knew” he carries the responsibility of documenting the deaths of Israeli and Palestinian people killed in conflict in the region. He has spoken at national conferences across the world, including the United Nations for Youth Summit in 2000, where he participated in extensive multicultural conflict resolution training along with youth from Lebanon, the Ivory Coast, Palestine, and various regions of conflict. He has dedicated his life to bringing awareness to what life is like under occupation in the hopes that his community can find peace and healing in justice. Living with a disability has led Saed into disability rights activism, both in Palestine and in the United States.