– Edward Said
The late Palestinian scholar, Edward Said, remarked that Palestinians had been denied permission to narrate their history and speak of the day-to-day experiences of life in the margins. Here, we reclaim that permission to narrate our own stories.
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Susan Abulhawa, author of Mornings in Jenin, reads from her newly published book of poems, which represents five years of poems on the themes of love, loss, identity, and family, brought to life through vivid observations and intimate personal reflections.
Yousef Munayyer: Nelson Mandela was a freedom fighter. Sometimes this fight included violence, precisely because Apartheid was a system of violence directed against the native black population of South Africa. Non-violence for Mandela was not a principle but rather a tactic.
You may have noted that the gallery is now called The Jerusalem Fund Gallery Al-Quds. This addition helps to place us in context as we continue to present the art of Palestinians, Arabs and Arab Americans, as well as non-Arabs whose work touches on the Middle East.
Cecilia Baeza sheds light on the unexplored story of this other “Palestinian diaspora”. Her talk presents the socio-economic trajectories of these emigrants and their descendants, explores the journey of their identity over generations, and analyzes their relation to the Palestinian cause according to periods and countries of settlement.
Panel II;Sectarianism Spinning Out Of Control: The drivers and victims of hate; with Dr. Randa Slim, Dr. Yvonne Haddad, Mr. Daoud Khairallah and Dr. Ussama Makdisi. Moderated by Mr. Yousef Munayyer.
Panel III;Palestine In The Middle: Effects of regional conflict on the future of Palestine and its Politics; with Dr. Osamah Khalil and Dr. Manal Jamal. Moderated by Mr. George Hishmeh.
Panel I – Prospect for Palestinian Freedom: Assessing the “peace process” and exploring alternatives; Panel II – Sectarianism Spinning out of Control: The drivers and victims of hate; Panel III – Palestine in the Middle: Effects of regional conflict on the future of Palestine and its Politics; Panel IV – A Return to the Cold War?: The foreign policies of great powers and regional players
“Prospect For Palestinian Freedom: Assessing the ‘peace process’ and exploring alternatives” with Dr. William Quandt and Mr. Ali Abu Nimah. Moderated by Dr. Eid Mustafa.
Panel IV; A Return To The Cold War?: The foreign policies of great powers and regional players; with Dr. Shibley Telhami, Dr. Toby C. Jones, Mr. Trita Parsi and Mr. Paul R. Pillar. Moderated by Mr. Omar Fayez, Esq.
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