E-mail a friendMay 4, 2007
Sari Nusseibeh, president of Al-Quds University, says there is no solution to violence. CSI: Miami star Khandi Alexander recounts her pre-actress career as a dancer-choreographer.
Sari Nusseibeh
Sari Nusseibeh
Sari Nusseibeh explains how Palestinians remain hopeful (1:21).
Until '02, Dr. Sari Nusseibeh was the Palestinian National Authority representative in Jerusalem. He's president of and philosophy professor at Al-Quds, the Arab University of Jerusalem. An advocate of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, he co-founded a nonpartisan civil initiative, The People's Voice, and has received many awards for his work. Nusseibeh was educated at Oxford and Harvard. He recounts his efforts to bring politics to his people in his autobiography, Once Upon a Country.
Khandi Alexander
Khandi Alexander
Khandi Alexander is a respected actress, known to TV audiences for her roles on E.R. and NewsRadio and her NAACP Image Award-winning performance on CSI: Miami. She's also a noted dancer, who began her career on stage and appeared on Broadway in Dreamgirls and Chicago. After a stint as Whitney Houston's choreographer, the New York native decided to pursue her dream of acting and has wowed both critics and viewers, particularly with her turn in the acclaimed HBO miniseries, The Corner.