Sami Awad
Sami Awad is the Executive Director of Holy Land Trust (HLT), a
Palestinian nonprofit organization which he founded in 1998 in
Bethlehem. HLT works with the Palestinian community at both the
grassroots and leadership levels in developing nonviolent approaches
that aim to end the Israeli occupation and build a future founded on the
principles of nonviolence, equality, justice, and peaceful coexistence.
In 2006, he ran as an independent candidate in the Palestinian
Legislative Council Elections (the Palestinian Parliament). He also
established the Travel and Encounter Program, which aims to provide
tourists and pilgrims with unique religious and political experiences in
Palestine; the Palestine News Network, the first independent press
agency in Palestine and a major source of news on life in Palestine
today; and Al-Kul Television. He has traveled to several countries to
speak about non-violence. Sami is one of the subjects in the documentary
Litlte Town of Bethlehem.