“Silver Treasures from the Land of Sheba” documents a disappearing artistic and cultural tradition with over three hundred photographs showing individual pieces, rare images of women wearing their jewelry with traditional dress, and the various regions in Yemen where author Marjorie Ransom did her field research.
Video and Edited Transcript Raed Jarrar, Adil Shamoo & Sami AlbannaTranscript No. 414 (3 September 2014) 3 September 2014 The Palestine CenterWashington, DC Yousef Munayyer: Getting into today’s event, which is titled “Iraq in Crisis: Understanding the Challenges Confronting the Nation” – obviously this is an issue that has been in … Read more
In this talk, Samer Abdelnour explores the topic of Israel and the apartheid analogy, presenting a novel framework through which to better understand and challenge the complex nature of Israeli apartheid.
Nidal Sliman and Phyllis Bennis discuss the role of international organizations in Palestine in the past, as well as their future role, in light of recent Palestinian efforts to obtain membership and recognition (in particular from the UN and the ICC).
In this panel, Michele Dunne and Muhammad Jenab Tutunji discuss the role of foreign state actors in the most recent peace negotiations and both positive and negative effects of outside actors on the process.
By Yousef Munayyer
Instead of offering suggestions for changing the prevailing power dynamic, Chomsky warns against the one strategy that offers the most hope.
By Yousef Munayyer
The US and Europe are increasingly taking a backseat in resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Jack Shaheen’s “TV Arab” studied the images of Arabs on television while Edmund Ghareeb’s “Split Vision” looked at news, print and broadcast media. At this panel event, the authors discuss the theses of their works 30 years later and how much has changed, if anything at all, about the images and portrayal of Arabs and Muslims in American mass media.
John Judis, author of “Genesis: Truman, American Jews, and the Origins of the Arab/Israeli Conflict” offers a fresh look at the critical Truman years, arguing that if we can understand how this stalemate in American policy originated, we will be better positioned to help end it.
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