E-mail a friendJuly 19, 2006
Dr. Ziad Asali, founder-president of the American Task Force on Palestine, discusses the continuing crisis in the Middle East. Actress Naomie Harris talks about her new film projects, Pirates of the Caribbean and Miami Vice.
Dr. Ziad Asali
Dr. Ziad Asali
Dr. Ziad J. Asali, President and Founder of the American Task Force on Palestine, is a longtime activist on Middle East issues. He's been a member of the Chairman's Council of American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee since '82, and served as its president from 2001-2003. Dr. Asali was named 'Arab American of the Year' by the Arab American Community Center for Economic and Social Services of Ohio in 2006. The Jerusalem native received his M.D. from the American University of Beirut Medical School.
Naomie Harris
Naomie Harris
Discovered in an after-school theatre club for inner-city children, London native Naomie Harris began her acting career on British television shows. After graduating from Cambridge University and training at the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Harris landed a role in the '02 thriller 28 Days Later. She currently appears in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and the big screen adaptation of Miami Vice.