A New Jersey-based political activist with ties to Philadelphia is back in the United States after being detained by the Israeli military. He’d been part of the largest flotilla of civilian ships to date that is trying to challenge the Israeli naval blockade that prevents humanitarian aid from being delivered to residents of Gaza. Block by Block, reporter Dounya Ramadan traveled to New York on May 24th with other Philadelphians to welcome him home, and brings us this story.
Dounya Ramadan
Dounya Ramadan is a Muslim Libyan-American, Delaware born-and-raised, Philly-based community advocate/organizer in local intersectional/international justice spaces, ranging from advocacy for Palestinian liberation to immigrant rights advocacy and beyond.
As a Spanish, Arabic and English speaker, she is passionate about utilizing her language proficiency to bridge linguistically diverse worlds in every space she is in whether that be at a Philly law firm working on detention, asylum, and family-based cases as an immigration paralegal, as she has done for the past three years, or in other advocacy realms.
Dounya is also an avid traveler and is passionate about using her skillsets to bridge local and global anti-imperial/colonial struggles in radio/multimedia forms of journalism.
And in her downtime, she dabbles in photography, comedy, acting, singing, and loves embarking on outdoor adventures.