Samiha Hureini: Youth of Sumud

Samiha Hureini is a university student from the village of a-Tuwani, in the South Hebron Hills. She is one of the founders of Youth of Sumud, a group of young people who came together to defend their community in the wake of a dramatic direct action (chronicled in the very first episode of Unsettled).

In this interview with producer Max Freedman, Samiha explains how Youth of Sumud has maintained a Palestinian presence in the caves of Sarura despite the constant threat of violence from soldiers and settlers, and the price that she and her family have paid for their activism.

Youth of Sumud: Facebook, InstagramCenter for Jewish Nonviolence: Facebook, Instagram“The Story of Sumud” (Unsettled, 8/4/17)“Palestinian children travel dangerous route to school in At-Tuwani” (DCI Palestine, 9/10/13)Yuval Abraham, “He grabbed his generator. They shot him in the neck” (+972, 1/3/21)Amira Hass and Hagar Sheizaf, “The Village Where Palestinians Are Completely Powerless” (Haaretz, 1/5/21)Twitter thread on Sami Hureini’s recent arrest (1/9/21)