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Karen Devito (Canada, Sailing on the Freedom)

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Karen Devito. Simon Fraser University Alumna, MA, 2008. Writer,editor,accidental activist.

Last publication: Hushed Voices: Unacknowledged Atrocities in the 20th Century, ed. Heribert Adam, 2010—Prospective publishers’ attempts to exclude a chapter on the Nakba became the impetus for involvement with the Canadian boat to Gaza. What began as an academic interest led to being selected as a delegate/ Freedom Sailor on the voyage to Gaza on the Tahrir in 2011.