All About the Numbers
The year the BDS campaign was formed
What is 2005
The anti-apartheid movement that inspired the BDS movement
What is the South African movement
Location of the last standing US-based GUPS chapter
What is SFSU
Palestinian/Dutch supermodel; has a daughter with Zayn Malik
Who is Gigi Hadid
Palestinian child that was born at 10 years old. He will remain 10 years old with his back turned to the world until he can return
Who is Handala
The amount of money (in millions) that the US gave Israel for funding in the 2022 fiscal year
What is $4.8 million
(answers $4-5 million accepted)
The political movement that began in the late 1800s to establish a Jewish nation-state
What is Zionism
The full name of GUPS
What is the General Union of Palestine Students
Was chairman of the PLO, president of the PNA, and founder of GUPS
Who is Yasser Arafat
Embroidery art form that originated in Palestine over 3,000 years ago
What is tatreez
The estimated number of Palestinians dispossessed in the 1948 Nakba
What is 750,000
The founder of modern political Zionism
Who is Theodor Herzl
One of the three symbols excluded from the Edward Said Mural
(double points to state all three)
What is Handala, Key, Pen
Former professor at Columbia University. His book “Orientalism” made him a founding figure of postcolonial studies
Who is Edward Said
Traditional folk dance originating in the Levant region
What is Dabka
The year the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) signed the Oslo Accords
What is 1993
Barrier where travelers are subject to security checks; 106 are scattered around the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gazan border
What is a checkpoint
The inaugural year of the Edward Said Mural
What is 2007
Palestinian refugee, revolutionary, and member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Zoom canceled her SFSU event in 2020
Who is Leila Khaled
Many dispossessed Palestinians still have this original symbol for the right to return to their homes
What is the Palestinian Key
The estimated number of Palestinians living in the global diaspora
What is 6 million
What is #BlocktheBoat
The location where GUPS was originally founded
What is Cairo, Egypt
Author of over 30 books of poetry and eight books of prose. He published his first poetry book at 19 and has won many awards for his writing
Who is Mahmoud Darwish
The national bird of Palestine
What is the Palestinian sunbird