My Name Is Rachel Corrie

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My Name Is Rachel Corrie is a play based on the diaries and emails of activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed by an Israeli soldier when she was aged 23. It was jointly edited by journalist Katharine Viner and actor Alan Rickman, who also directed it. Rachel Corrie (10 April 1979 – 16 March 2003) was an American Evergreen State College student and member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) who travelled to the Gaza Strip during the Second Intifada. She was killed in the Gaza Strip by a Caterpillar D9R armoured bulldozer operated by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) while protecting the family home of local pharmacist Samir Nasrallah from demolition by the IDF.

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