<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Jenin hosts festival for&nbsp;disabled]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=535374" target="_blank"><strong>Maan News Agency | Updated Nov 9, 2012</strong></a><br />
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<p><div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_109714" style="width: 355px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img loading="lazy" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-109714" data-attachment-id="109714" data-permalink="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/jenin-hosts-festival-for-disabled/190875_345x2301/" data-orig-file="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/190875_345x2301.jpg" data-orig-size="345,243" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="190875_345x230[1]" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/190875_345x2301.jpg?w=345" data-large-file="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/190875_345x2301.jpg?w=345" class="size-full wp-image-109714" title="190875_345x230[1]" alt="" src="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/190875_345x2301.jpg?w=345&#038;h=243" height="243" width="345" /><p id="caption-attachment-109714" class="wp-caption-text">Wheelchair-bound Palestinian freelance photographer Moamen<br />Qreiqea adjusts his camera strap while covering protesters calling<br />for the release of Palestinian prisoners. (Reuters/Suhaib Salem)</p></div>JENIN (Ma’an) &#8212; Palestinians in Jenin organized a festival for people with disabilities in Jenin on Thursday.</p>
<p>The head of a federation for the disabled, Rafiq Abu Sifin, told Ma&#8217;an that the event coincided with World Disability Day and was to bring awareness to the lack of job opportunities.</p>
<p>Mahmoud Imour, an activist and member of the federation, said the disabled in Jenin suffer from a 74 percent unemployment rate despite most of them having degrees.</p>
<p>Imour called on the Palestinian Authority and humanitarian organizations to help pass a law forbidding discrimination against the disabled in the workplace.</p>
<p>&#8220;We have the right to live in dignity,&#8221; he said.</p>
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