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EXCLUSIVE...Emily Henochowicz Speaks Out: Art Student Who Lost Her Eye After Being Shot by Israeli Tear Gas Canister in West Bank Protest Discusses Her Life, Her Art, and Why She Plans to Return
Democracy Now
Today, a Democracy Now! global broadcast exclusive interview with Emily Henochowicz. She’s the twenty-one-year-old American art student who lost her eye in May after being shot in the face by an Israeli tear gas canister at a protest against Israel’s attack on the Gaza flotilla that left nine people dead. "I’m not ashamed of the fact that I lost my eye. I’m proud of who I am. I believed in the cause, and that’s why I came to that demonstration on that day," Henochowicz says. "I’m not going to be the same person that I was before this happened." [includes rush transcript]
Guest:
Emily Henochowicz, 21-year-old art student at Cooper Union. She lost her eye in May after being shot in the face by an Israeli tear gas canister. She blogs at Thirstypixels.blogspot.com
Aug, 2010
www.democracynow.org/2010/8/5/exclusiveemily_henochowicz_speaks_out_art_student