Nahanni Rous, Producer

Producer Nahanni Rous has been an integral member of Encounter Point's team since the initial research stages. She played a key role in selecting, interviewing and building relationships with Encounter Point's film subjects, and in shaping the film throughout the editing process. Nahanni has presented Encounter Point for the "Celebrating Nonviolent Resistance" international conference in Bethlehem, Harvard University's Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the New Initiative for Middle East Peace (NIMEP) at Tufts University, the Network of Arab American Professionals and American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee in Boston, Brit Tzedek V'Shalom/the Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace, alumni of the Bronfman Youth Fellowship and the Dorot Foundation Fellowship in New York, and the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. She was interviewed, together with Encounter Point fellow producer Joline Makhlouf, on Jerusalem-based All For Peace Israeli/Palestinian Radio. Before working with Just Vision, Nahanni was a producer, writer, and reporter for WBUR Boston and WRNI Rhode Island public radio stations, and traveled across the United States in the fall of 2001 interviewing Americans about their reactions to September 11. She also served as assistant to National Public Radio's Jerusalem-based reporter Linda Gradstein. Nahanni is the Washington DC-based Project Co-Manager at Just Vision, a non-profit that widens the influence of Palestinian and Israeli grassroots peace builders. In addition to English, Nahanni speaks Hebrew and Italian, and is learning Arabic. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband.