NMH State of the World Speaker Offers a View from the West Bank

MOUNT HERMON, MA—Northfield Mount Hermon School’s State of the World speaker series kicks off the 2007-08 school year with an address from Joshua Emmot, a history teacher, world traveler, and graduate of the class of 1991. His presentation, “Facts on the Ground,” will look at the social, economic, healthcare, and political impact on Palestinians in the West Bank of the wall erected by Israel. The address takes place September 26 at NMH in the Rhodes Room in Beveridge Hall at 6:45 pm. The public is welcome to this free talk.

Emmot spent two months in the West Bank in the summer of 2006 while he studied Arabic at Bir Zeit University. He described life in West Bank as living “under occupation in an apartheid state.”

After graduating from NMH, Emmot studied at Wesleyan University and the University of London in the School of Oriental and African Studies. He then joined the Peace Corps and worked for the Queen Noor Al-Hussein Foundation in Jordan helping to integrate Bedouin women into the formal economy by setting up sustainable micro-businesses. He taught English in Shenzhen, China, then traveled from Hong Kong to Syria. Moving back to the states, he started a business in Santa Fe importing carpets and handicrafts from Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan. In 2001 he started teaching in the South Bronx, NY, and in 2004 moved to Milton Academy, where he teaches history.

Contact: Kate Snyder, 413-498-3357 or ksnyder@nmhschool.org.

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