Celine Qussiny

Palestinian Youth Movement Organizer

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Celine describes the complexity of Muslim organizations that partner with police.

What do you think Celine meant by fears that some organizations have when deciding whether or not to partner with police? What does this choice reveal about the security state apparatus targeting marginalized communities?

Celine’s Story Offers Lessons In:

• Including the creation of mutual aid programs to combat CVE infrastructure

• Forming transnational movement solidarity building, while addressing gendered experiences in fighting for abolitionist futures. 

• Thinking of how the pervasive nature of CVE in schools impacts the way in which muslim communities are able to advocate for themselves in spite of political repression.

Celine confirms that as Pro-Palestine movements move towards Mutual Aid, there are risks for infiltration.

Why is mutual aid programming considered a threat pro-Zionist institutions? How does infiltration put the work of activists and organizers at risk?

In South Africa, an anti-apartheid activist warns the Palestinian youth delegation to incorporate gendered, and anti-capitalist visions into their organizing. One of the largest regrets she had was that now South Africa faces both gender-based violence and financialization.

What are some of the challenges that Celine mentions with creating a holistic movement when organizing against Zionism? How can activists both be aware of issues that occur in community and address them away from gazes that may chastise both the movement and community?