Hollande granted the Palestinian activist Majeda al-Saqqa the National
Order of Merit with a Knight degree in appreciation of her efforts in civic and
humanitarian work.
The French Consul-General in Jerusalem Herve Magro informed Saqqa, Deputy
Director-General of the Association of Culture and Free Thought, in a written
letter that this medal came in recognition of her civic and humanitarian role
in serving the poor people as well as of her relations she managed to establish
with the French authorities and the French civil society.
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