our next speaker, susan abulhawa is one of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the u.s. treasury department for allowing tax deductible contributions to go to illegal israeli settlements. the attorney who filed a lawsuit against sheldon adelson, friends of the idf and others who actually make those contributions is here with us today and i'd like to ask martin mcmahon who's no relation to me as far as i know, to stand up so people will know who he is if they want to talk to him more about the details of these cases. [ applause ] so he'll be available for the rest of the afternoon for those who you who want to speak to him. thank you. thank you. thank you. and i'd like to add to that that susan abulhawa is a wonderful novelist, poet, and essayist. an international bestseller and translated into 27 languages. her most recent novel, "the blue between sky and water" has likewise been translated into 26 languages thus far and she'll be signing copies of her book in the exhibition hall following this panel. susan's first poetry collection, "my voice sought the wind" was pu pub