<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-29/westmont-news/gaza-mom-speaks-about-palestine-and-politics.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>02/02/2011</pubDate><title>'Gaza Mom' Speaks about Palestine and Politics</title><excerpt>Laila El-Haddad, blogger, political analyst, social activist and mother of two children from Gaza, speaks about her book, “Gaza Mom: Palestine, Politics, Parenting, and Everything In Between,” Monday, Feb. 14, at 3:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge inside Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The lecture, sponsored by the Gaede Institute for the Liberal Arts at Westmont, is free and open to the public. El-Haddad will have books available for purchase and signing.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
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