Past Events - November

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Mon 30 Nov 2009 7pm
SOAS Palestine Society Presents:
Talk: "Remembering Marek Edelman, 1919-2009: A Commander of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising"
Speaker: David Rosenberg, Jewish Socialists' Group
Chair: Diana Neslen, Jews for Justice for Palestinians
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Sun 29 Nov 2009 7pm
IAC Eid Al Adha fundraising dinner featuring Arab dj and live Tango
Proceeds will go towards our continued commitment to IAC's projects: humanitarian aid, promoting further education, work-training for women and children and furthering cultural identity through arts and music.
Noura Lounge
17 Hobart Place
Belgravia
London
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Sat 28 Nov & Sun 29 Nov 2009
HOPE FOR THE HOLY LAND - Celebrating Palestinian Christianity
Please click here for full programme
Holy Apostles Church
Pimlico
London SW1V 4LY
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Thu 26 Nov 2009 6.30pm
The A.M. Qattan Foundation and Mariam C. Said would like to invite you to:
UK Book launch: A World I loved - The Story of An Arab Woman by Wadad Makdisi Cortas
The author's daughter and granddaughter, Mariam and Najla Said, will be in conversation with Ahdaf Soueif, acclaimed author of Map of Love.
"The world this remarkable woman loved and saw destroyed not only by 'the Palestinian question' she anticipated as a student, but also by civil war within her own people, is strikingly created in her book,
bringing one face-to-face with a unique personality and the continuity of our living history." - Nadine Gordimer, from the Foreword
For more information about the book please email
enquiries@perseusbooks.co.uk
The Mosaic Rooms
AM Qattan Foundation
Tower House
226 Cromwell Road
London SW5 0SW
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Thu 26 Nov 2009 6.30pm
AIUK Book Launch: 'War on Terror' by Professors Conor Gearty and Joanna Bourke
The latest publication from the world-famous Oxford Amnesty Lecture Series
The term 'War on Terror' covers a mass of interlinked topics. Here, an outstanding group of authors and academics dissect them from ethical, legal, political, economic and historical perspectives in essays of abiding relevence.
This is a powerful contribution to current debates about immigration, multi culturalism and foreign policy, the politics of the Middle East and the Iraq War, human rights in Islam and the West and the ethics of intervention.
Conor Gearty is Professor of Law at the LSE, specialising in human rights; Joanna Bourke is Professor of History at Birkbeck College.
Amnesty International UK
The Human Rights Action Centre
17-25 New Inn Yard
London EC2A 3EA
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Tue 24 Nov 2009 7pm
Implementing the Goldstone Report: Bring war criminals to justice - End the siege on Gaza
The meeting will mark the UN’s International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people, and focus on the need for the UN and the British government to act on the Goldstone Report and war crimes, and end Israel’s siege on Gaza.
This meeting is hosted by Jeremy Corbyn MP.
Speakers include:
Prof Manuel Hassassian
Jeremy Corbyn MP
Baroness Lindsay Northover
Martin Linton MP
Bob Marshall-Andrews MP QC
Baroness Jenny Tonge
Daniel Machover
Committee Room 14
House of Commons
Parliament, London
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Tue 24 Nov 2009 6.30pm
Eland Publishing invites you to the launch of:
Book Launch: Lebanon: through writer’s eyes
By Ted and Andrée Féghali Gorton
Lebanon has fallen prey to the rapacious appetites of most of the world's greatest powers and vestiges of these transient civilisations are still there: Phoenician tombs and Roman temples, Gothic castles, venerable mosques and churches all jostling for attention. The Lebanese themselves bear genetic witness to this history: dozens of ethnic and religious groups coexist uneasily, hemmed in between mountains and sea, stubbornly defending their rites and traditions in a mosaic-like society where politics informs religion and vice versa. Violence, beauty, poetry, struggle, humour, and occasional examples of inspiring inter-cultural harmony, and bigotry, are all reflected through these writers' eyes.
Including: T. E. Lawrence, Colin Thubron, Khalil Gibran, Hester Stanhope, Homer
The passages have been selected and presented by Ted Gorton and Andree Féghali Gorton.
Ted Gorton came early to Oriental studies, spending his formative years in Turkey where his father was the US military attaché, and studying at the American University of Beirut in the 1960's. He later took a doctorate in Arabic Studies from Oxford and lectured at St Andrews University, from where he was lured away to Arabia, spending 25 years in the oil business before returning to his first love, Arabic poetry. He has published extensively on Hispano-Arabic poetry in scholarly journals as well as preparing two collections, Andalucía and Arabia, for Eland's Poetry of Place series. His co-author on the Lebanon volume is his Lebanese wife, the archaeologist Andrée Féghali, who brings additional passion, knowledge and languages to this uniquely qualified editorial team.
Contact: Barnaby Rogerson
Daunt Books
158-164 Fulham Road
London SW10 9PR
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Mon 23 Nov 2009 7pm
Frontline Club Screening: The Jaweed Al Ghussein Story
This new film by documentary filmmaker and journalist Stephen Desmond tells the story of how Jaweed Al Ghussein (former Chairman of The Palestinian National Fund)  was falsely accused by Yasser Arafat of embezzling $6 million from The Palestinian National Fund, abducted, held under house arrest in Gaza and subjected to a systematic smear campaign. The film focuses on providing a narrative history of Al-Ghussein's abduction, positioning the incident within a wider discussion of Human Rights abuse in the Middle East.
Stephen Desmond is co-founder of the Centre for Conflict Resolution Journalism
The Frontline Club
13 Norfolk Place
London, W2 1QJ
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Monday 23 Nov 2009 6.30pm
Migrant and Refugee Communities Forum presents:
Masaraat (Life Journeys): Moroccan Memories Film Screening
Directed by Saeed Taji Farouky
‘Masaraat’ meaning ‘life journeys’ is a film documentary showcasing different issues in the Moroccan community, including their experience in the UK, identity and generational changes.
The film will be introduced by Dr Myriam Chetri, Project coordinator for the Moroccan Memories project, who will talk about the Moroccan community in Kensington and Chelsea, and will be followed by a Q&A with the film’s director Saeed Taji Farouky.
Masaraat (Life Journeys) was commissioned by the London-based Migrant and Refugees Communities Forum. The screening is part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 's Across the Street, Around the World Festival.
To book please contact:
020 7361 2062
arts@rbkc.gov.uk
Kensington Central Library Lecture Theatre
Phillimore Walk
London W8 7RX
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Sat 21 Nov 2009 7pm
The Hadia Foundation fund-raising dinner party
Entertainment by artists: Ibrahim Azzam, Fatin Ikram and Emna Fakher
Restaurant El-Beit Beitek
346 Kensington High Street
London W14 8NS
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Sat 21 Nov 2009 6.30pm
Organised by Warwick University Friends of Palestine Society
Palestine Solidarity Campaign UK: A candle lit concert dedicated to the people of Gaza.
Viva Palestina - Solidarity Fundraising Concert for Gaza
Join us to celebrate classical music and to campaign in solidarity for those suffering under the illegal blockade on Gaza. The concert promises to be moving, powerful and the first of many to come.
All the proceeds raised via the tickets will go towards funding an ambulance that will carry medical aid and educational materials to Gaza this December. The ambulance will join the Viva Palestina international aid convoy (http://vivapalestina.org/)
Guest speakers:
Glyn Secker - Jews for Justice for Palestinians (http://jfjfp.com/)
Special guest to be confirmed soon
The concert will feature excellent young musicians from the Royal Academy of Music and the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, who have dedicated their time and effort for this special event.
Program:
Barber - Adagio for Strings
Tippett - Spirituals from A Child of our Time
Elgar - Serenade for Strings
Gershwin - I Love You Porgy
Contact: 07799 345 518
peaceforte@gmail.com
St Marylebone Parish Church Street:
Marylebone Road
London NW1 5LT
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Thu 19 Nov 2009 8pm
Paula Darwish & The Country and Eastern Band
First date of the "Do what you love" tour from Paula Darwish & The Country and Eastern Band presented by Club Couscous.
Manchester Based Darwish is a rare musical gem, playing an eclectic fusion of music in English, Arabic, Turkish and Kurdish, including a stomping Eastern take on Dolly Parton's classic song "Jolene". Together with her band, The Country and Eastern Band their trademark sound of rock fused with eastern rhythms and melodies relies on a careful balance of the familiar with the unknown. Their ground breaking album " Do what you love" was recently released by Manchester label Purple Sheep Records and comes packed with all the attitude and energy you would expect from a band capable of such an original musical feat.
Click here to purchase tickets
Darbucka
182 St John Street
London, EC1V 4JZ
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Thu 19 Nov 2009 6.30pm
Public Meeting: Israel’s Occupation of Palestine: who profits and who doesn’t
Speakers: Dr Dalit Baum. Salwa Alenat
Dr. Dalit Baum teaches Gender and the Global Economy at the Haifa University and Beit Berl college in Israel, and coordinates the 'Who Profits from the Occupation' project in the Coalition of Women for Peace. A feminist anti-occupation activist, she has been a co-founder of Black Laundry, the Community School for Women and the Coalition of Women for Peace. In her talk she would discuss the grassroots research initiative "Who Profits" www.whoprofits.org, present its mapping of corporate involvement in the occupation, and tell the story of specific discoveries and challenges in on-going campaigns.
Salwa Alenat works for Kav LaOved (Worker's Hotline), a nonprofit non governmental organisation committed to protecting the rights of disadvantaged workers employed in Israel and by Israelis in the Occupied Territories, including Palestinians, migrant workers, subcontracted workers and new immigrants. Kav LaOved is committed to principles of democracy, equality and international law concerning human and social rights. http://www.kavlaoved.org.il/default_eng.asp
Organised by LSE Student Union.
Supported by Oxfam GB and PSC.
For more information: ayahijazi@googlemail.com
London School of Economics
Clement House
Room D602
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Thu 19 Nov 2009 5.30pm
Women Without Borders/ SAVE UK and UK Friends of the Bereaved Families Forum (FBFF) are proud  to present an evening in collaboration with The SOAS Middle East Society & The SOAS Israel Society
"CONFLICT & RECONCILIATION"
Israeli-Palestinian Bereaved Families for Peace. Speakers: Ali Abu Awwad and Robi Damelin
They are extra-ordinary people and speakers, who have lost an immediate family member in the conflict, Robi lost her son who was killed by a Palestinian sniper, and Ali's brother was shot by an Israeli soldier, and he himself was shot in the leg by a settler.
We believe that they can make a very positive contribution to relationship between students accross the various political divides with their moving stories and message of reconciliation.
A trailer of the film "Encounter Point" will be presented, showing the work of the Israeli-Palestinian Bereaved Families Forum, followed by speeches by Robi & Ali.
Vernon Square Campus
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Room V111
Vernon Square
Penton Rise
London WC1X 9EW
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Wed 18 Nov 2009 7pm
Screening: an episode from the TV drama "Good Intentions"
In Arabic and Hebrew with English Subtitles
During the making of this contentious "show within a show", the two women- Amal, a Palestinian from Ramallah and Tami, an Israeli restaurant owner, develop an intimate bond which defies the uncompromising opposition each faces from among their own friends and family as two ordinary people on the opposite sides of a seemingly irresolvable conflict.
This will be followed by "Behind the Intentions", a behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of "Good Intentions" and the organisation that inspired it - The Parents' Circle - Families Forum (PCFF), an organisation that brings together Israeli and Palestinian families who have lost loved ones in the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Robi Damelin and Ali Abu Awwad, members of the Parents Circle- Families Forum.
All ticket holders are invited to our Good Intentions After Screening Party- a special event celebrating the tastes and sounds of the Middle East, and exploring possibilities of promoting co-existence and positive dialogue through food and music. This will include a Middle East food demonstration by Israeli and Arab chefs from Minkies Deli.
Tricycle
269 Kilburn High Road
London NW6 7JR
Box Office: 020 7328 1000
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Fri 13 Nov 2009 7.30pm
Live in Concert: Rachid Taha and Vieux Farka Toure
+ Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics
Hailed by fellow musicians and critics alike, Rachid Taha is one of world music’s foremost stars, who has worked with artists including Patti Smith, Mick Jones and Robert Plant. Influenced by Algerian, Arab and Western genres, he performs tracks from his new album.
Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Road
London SE1 8XX
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Thu 12 Nov 2009 7pm
Frontline Club Talk: Avi Shlaim in Conversation with Shlomo Sand
Few modern conflicts are as attached to history as that of Israel and Palestine. Avi Shlaim, professor of international relations at Oxford will be in conversation with Shlomo Sand, professor of contemporary history at Tel Aviv University, at the Frontline Club for a seminal evening of discussion. Shlaim’s new book "Israel and Palestine" focuses on the causes and consequences of the Israeli-Palestine conflict, while Sand’s international best-seller "The Invention of the Jewish People" unravels the mythologised history of the Jewish people to find that the Israelites were never exiled from the promised land, and therefore have no right to return. The book concludes that the present-day Palestinian Arabs are the true heirs of the biblical Jews. This is a once-only opportunity to hear these two eminent historians discussing their individual perspectives on the history - past and present - of Israel, and how their separate routes of academic enquiry have arrived at the same place: a two-state solution to end the fighting.
The Fronline Club
13 Norfolk Place
London W2 1QJ
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Thu 12 Nov 2009 6.30pm
The Cordoba Foundation and Middle East Monitor present:
Book Launch: Kathleen & Bill Christison's Palestine in Pieces: Graphic perspectives on the Israeli Occupation
The event will be chaired by John McHugo, Executive Member of CAABU and Chair of the Liberal Democrats Friends of Palestine.
info@memonitor.org.uk
The Kensington Close Hotel
Wrights Lane
London W8 5SP
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Wed 11 Nov 2009 7pm
Palestine Solidarity Campaign fundraising dinner
Come together for a sparkling evening of good food and entertainment in the company of MPs, celebrities and Palestinian dignitaries.
You will be treated to a 3-course meal of high quality, traditional Anatolian cuisine. Music and readings will be introduced by the actor, author and comedian, Alexei Sayle.
An auction of Palestinian and Palestinian-themed art will take place during the evening. Tables will be hosted by PSC patrons and MPs, including Richard Burden MP and Martin Linton MP, both founding members of Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East.
Ev Restaurant
The Arches
97-99 Isabella Street
London SE1 8DA
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Wed 11 Nov 2009 7pm
The Tower Hamlets Jenin Friendship Association (Twinjenin Campaign) invites you to:
Film Screening: "Palestine Blues"
All the money raised goes to funding visitors from Jenin to help build support in Tower Hamlets.
Contact: twinjenin@hotmail.co.uk
Genesis Cinema
93-95 Mile End Road
London E1 4UJ
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Wed 11 Nov 2009 6.30pm
Verso in association with the London Middle East Institute, SOAS (LMEI), invite you to:
SOAS Lecture: Professor Shlomo Sand discusses his book The Invention of the Jewish People
A talk by Professor Shlomo Sand, Professor of contemporary history at Tel Aviv University, on the subject of his book The Invention of the Jewish People (Verso, 2009) in which he attributes the Jewish diaspora to early Judaist evangelism across North Africa, Southern Europe and the Middle East, not a biological lineage. The biblical narrative of Jewish exile and enforced dispersal already discredited, Sand finds present-day Palestinian Arabs to be the true heirs of the biblical Jews.
The Brunei Lecture Theatre
Brunei Gallery
SOAS
Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square, London WC1
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Tue 10 Nov 2009 7pm
AIUK Panel Discussion + Q&A: Palestine in Pieces Graphic Perspectives on the Israeli Occupation
With Kathleen and Bill Christison – authors of Palestine in Pieces
Bill Christison was a senior official of the CIA. Kathleen Christison was a former CIA analyst and is the author of Perceptions of Palestine: Their influence on US Policy and The Wound of Dispossession: Telling the Palestinian Story.
The event will highlight their new book Palestine in Pieces that brings a personal and pictorial perspective to the Israeli occupation. The former CIA political analysts give a comprehensive description of the occupation and argue that Israel’s long-term intention is to so fragment the Occupied Palestinian Territories that any sustainable presence in the land by Palestinians as a nation will be negated.
Amnesty International UK
The Human Rights Action Centre
17-25 New Inn Yard
London EC2A 3EA
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Mon 9 Nov 2009 6.30pm
As part of The New Statesman In Conversation With series....
Book talk: Professor Shlomo Sand in Conversation with the New Statesman
Professor Shlomo Sand, Professor of History at Tel Aviv University and author of The Invention of the Jewish People, will discuss his book with the Labour MP Denis MacShane, Former Europe minister and Labour MP for Rotherham, author of Globalising Hatred: The New Anti-Semitism, in a public event chaired by Jonathan Derbyshire, Culture Editor of The New Statesman.
Borders Bookshop
122 Charing Cross Road
London WC2H 0JR 
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Sat 7 Nov 2009 6pm
You are cordially invited to
PIMA's Inaugural Function "The medical crisis in Gaza"
Talk followed by Fundraising & Dinner
Guest Speakers:
Professor Mads Gilbert, Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of North Norway
An Eye Witness Account
Baroness Dr Jenny Tonge
The Right to Health
Lord Nazir Ahmed of Rotherham
NGO's deserve our support
Dr Ahmed Almari, Chairman of PIMA
PIMA: Achievements and Projects
Moderator:
Anas Altikriti, CEO, The Cordoba Foundation
Contact: pimapalestine@yahoo.co.uk
Hilton London Olympia
380 Kensington High Street
London W14 8NL
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Fri 6 Nov 2009 7.15pm
The Al-Quds Foundation for Medical Schools in Palestine invites you to
The FQMS Annual Fundraising Dinner
Your participation helps fund our urgently needed programmes including:
Faculty support, clinical training, specialist training for the future teaching faculty,web-based
learning facilities & student flats to transcend the travel bans, the curfews and the road blocks
Speakers include:
Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub FRS - World famous heart surgeon
followed by a fantastic Fashion Show
RSVP to:
FQMS
34 Estelle Road
London NW3 2JY
tel 020 7485 8619 / 07910 940 819
davidsvp@blueyonder.co.uk
The Ballroom
Landmark Hotel London
222 Marylebone Road
London NW1 6JQ
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Thu 5 Nov 2009 7pm
Medical Aid for Palestinians, SOAS Palestine Society and UCL Palestine Society present:
Eyes in Gaza : Dr. Mads Gilbert
Dr. Mads Gilbert is a Norwegian doctor, specialising in emergency medicine. One of the few foreign doctors in Gaza during the Israeli assault in January, Dr. Gilbert worked as part of emergency medical teams, helping to save the hundreds of patients streaming into the hospitals.
Darwin Lecture Theatre
Darwin Building
Gower Street
University College London (UCL)
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Thu 5 Nov 2009 6.30pm
Book Launch: Yasmine Zahran's The Lakhmids of Hira
Yasmine Zahran will be signing copies of her new book. The event will be introduced by Professor Robert Hoyland.
Saqi bookshop
26 Westbourne Grove
London W2 5RH
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Thu 5 Nov 2009 6.30pm
The A.M. Qattan Foundation cordially invites you to a Private View of:
Ordinary Lives - An Exhibition of Photographs by Rania Matar
All works will be available for purchase.
Rania Matar was born and raised in Lebanon and moved to the US in 1984.
Originally trained as an architect, she studied at the New England School of Photography and at the Maine Photographic Workshops in Mexico. Matar was a finalist for the James and Audrey Foster Award at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.
Her work was recently exhibited at the Center for Contemporary Arts in Ablilene Texas, the Koppelman Gallery at Tufts University, the Chicago Cultural Center and Gallery Kayafas in Boston. Matar’s images are part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Portland Art Museum Oregon, the Southeast Museum of Photography, the De Cordova Museum, the Danforth Museum of Art, the Kresge Art Museum, the Anthony and Beth Terrana Collection and the John Cleary Estate Collection.
Exhibition continues until 26 November 2009 (except 18, 19 and 20)
Monday - Friday 11am - 6pm, Tuesdays and Saturdays 11am - 4pm
A.M. Qattan Foundation
The Mosaic Rooms
Tower House
226 Cromwell Road,
London SW5 0SW
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Wed 4 Nov 2009 8pm
Arabic Poetry Assembly: Qawafi El Dabab
A regular gathering open to anyone with a keen interest to participate in reciting, discussing, and sharing Arabic Poetry of all kinds.
Meetings conducted in Arabic.
Churchill Room
Goodenough College
Mecklenburgh Square
London WC1N 2AB
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Wed 4 Nov 2009 7pm
SOAS Middle East Society Dinner
Come and enjoy fantastic food in a beautiful location, and relax just before reading week...
Gallipoli Again Restaurant
120 Upper St
Islington
London N1 1QP
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Wed 4 Nov 2009 7pm
Frontline Club First Wednesday: Democracy in Afghanistan and Iraq - what went wrong?
What do the troubled elections in Afghanistan and the continuing violence in Iraq teach us about the West’s attempt to import democracy around the world?
In his book Democracy Kills: What's So Good About Having The Vote BBC foreign correspondent Humphrey Hawksley criticises Western governments for their failure to draw up detailed plans for after the overthrow of the Taliban in Afghanistan and of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. With a panel of experts Humphrey Hawksley will examine the record of the West’s democratic mission and ask if there can be a transition from dictatorship to democracy without bloodshed.
With: Rachel Reid, Afghanistan researcher at Human Rights Watch
Fronline Club
13 Norfolk Place
London W2 1QJ
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Wed 4 Nov 2009 1.30pm
ICSR welcomes you to the following seminar:
Jihadists and WMD
Speaker: Gary Ackerman, University of Maryland
Moderated by: Dr Peter Neumann, Director, ICSR
Ackerman’s book Jihadists and WMD (CRC, 2009) is an authoritative work, addressing the threat of weapons of mass destruction in the hands of jihadists, both historically and looking toward the future threat environment. Gary Ackerman is Research Director of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), a Department of Homeland Security National Center of Excellence based at the University of Maryland.
K2.31
Strand Campus
Kings Building, 2nd floor
King’s College London
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Tue 3 Nov 2009 7pm
PALESTINIAN CHILD PRISONERS – UK TOUR 2009
Chair:  Sir Geoffrey Bindman
Guest:  Baroness Helena Kennedy and Christine Blower
Action For Palestinian Children will host a series of public meetings to hightlihgt the systematic and institutionalised ill-treatment and torture of Palestinian children by the Israeli authorities.
Mohammad Salem Abu Eid was 14 years old when he was detained by the Israeli forces in February 2008 and accused of throwing stones at the Wall. He was beaten, interrogated in the absence of a lawyer and family member, deceived into signing a confession, prosecuted in a military court and sentenced to four months in prison. Whilst in prison, he received no education, no access to health care and no family visits. Mohammad, in the company of his mother, Sumya, will share their experiences with the audience to foster a better understanding of the situation facing Palestinian children.
We will also be joined by:
Khaled Quzmar, Defence for Children International/Palestine Section, a Lawyer, who has practised in the Israeli military courts for over 15 years; Abdefattah Abusrour, President of Palestinian Theatre League
Mander Hall
Hamilton House
Mabledon Place
London WC1H 9BD
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Tue 3 Nov 2009 1pm
ICSR welcomes you to the following seminar:
Hamas and the Arab Peace Initiative
Speaker: Dr Alon Ben-Meir, New York University's School of Global Affairs
Moderated by: Sagit Yehoshua, Atkin Fellow, ICSR
Dr. Ben-Meir will speak on the prospects of reconciliation between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority. Hamas has shown an unwillingness to cooperate with demands from the international community, but it seems that with new US efforts to push reconciliation, Hamas has a unique opportunity to join the political process as a recognized party. Dr. Alon Ben-Meir is an expert on Middle East politics and affairs, specializing in peace negotiations between Israel and the Arab states. For the past twenty five years, Dr. Ben-Meir has been directly involved in various negotiations and has operated as a liaison between top Arab and Israeli officials.
War Studies meeting room
Strand Campus, War Studies Department, 6th floor
King’s College London
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Mon 2 Nov 2009 7.30pm
Exiled Writers Ink invites you:
Unveiled Voices: An Evening of Arabic Women Authors & Musicians
Hosted by: Fathieh Saudi, poet and chair Exiled Writers Ink
Hanan Al-Shaykh is a Lebanese novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, one of the leading contemporary women writers in the Arab world. Her stories deal with women's role in society, the relationship between the sexes, and the institution of marriage. Her novels have been translated into English, French, Dutch, German, Danish, Italian, Korean, Spanish, and Polish.
Ghalia Kabbani is a Syrian writer. She spent her childhood in Kuwait, leaving after the invasion in 1990. She has worked as a journalist since 1979. In 1992 she published a volume of short stories and in 1998 her first novel, The Mirror of Summer, in Cairo. Her second collection of short stories was published in 2003, and her third in 2005.
Sahira Husssein is an Iraqi oud player and singer of classical Arabic songs.
Contact Exiled Writers Ink on 020 8458 1910
Poetry Cafe
22 Betterton Street
London WC2H 9BX
Nearest tube: Covent Garden
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Past Events - November