The Insurgent Sea: Poetic Dispatches from the Outskirts of the Terror Wars, 2003-2013
Award-winning playwright Ismail Khalidi reads from his latest unpublished collection of poems.
Literature
2013 Edward Said Memorial Lecture: Looking for Palestine with Ms. Najla Said
“Looking for Palestine”: Ms. Najla Said discusses her latest book and reflects upon a common theme in Edward Said’s writing: the complexity of overlapping identities.
Visualizing a National Narrative: Art, Resistance, and the Consciousness of Exile
This panel features local Arab art experts for a discussion about art, resistance and exile. Art plays a unique role in shaping national consciousness and preserving Palestinian identity, serving to both inform and reflect national movements, from the Arab Spring to the Palestinian experience.
Daytime Film: “The Dupes” by Tawfik Saleh
The Dupes, by Tawfik Saleh, 1972, 107 mins: The story is based on the 1962 novella Men in the Sun by Palestinian writer, artist, and resistance leader Ghassan Kanafani, who was assassinated at age 36 with his young niece in a car bombing in Beirut in 1972.
Edward Said: A Legacy of Emancipation and Representation
The tribute to Edward Said compiled is a bounteous offering of information on and perspectives about this Renaissance man.
Palestinians Invite the U.S. to Facilitate Democratic Elections in Palestinian Territories
22 March 2003 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Palestinians Invite the U.S. to Facilitate Democratic Elections in Palestinian Territories Washington, D.C. 24 June 2004 The Palestinian Authority has called on the United States to work with them to prepare for elections at all levels, including presidential elections, Palestinian Minister of Negotiations Saeb Erekat said on Thursday, adding … Read more
