The recent uprising of Palestinians across Palestine and Israel is a result of ongoing occupation, oppression, forced displacement, and the suffocation of Palestinians living under blockade in Gaza for 14 years. The ceasefire does not mean an end to injustice for Palestinians.
We will convene two conversations that will focus on recent events, the structural context in which they took place, and their implications for the Palestinian national movement. Speakers will also outline ways in which Americans can support the Palestinian quest for freedom. Our first event will feature Dr. Ramzy Baroud, Palestinian journalist, author, and editor of Palestine Chronicle.
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This event will be moderated by Aline Batarseh and Mehlaqa Samdani.
Aline is a Palestinian from Jerusalem. She serves on the board of Al-Shabaka. Al-Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network, is an independent, non-partisan, and non-profit organization whose mission is to educate and foster public debate on Palestinian human rights and self-determination within the framework of international law.
SPEAKER BIO:
Dr. Ramzy Baroud is a US-Palestinian journalist, media consultant, an author, internationally-syndicated columnist, Editor of Palestine Chronicle (1999-present), former Managing Editor of London-based Middle East Eye, former Editor-in-Chief of The Brunei Times, former Deputy Managing Editor of Al Jazeera online. Baroud taught mass communication at Australia’s Curtin
University of Technology, Malaysia Campus. Baroud also served as head of Aljazeera.net English’s Research and Studies department.
He is the author of five books and a contributor to many others; his latest volume is The Last Earth, a Palestinian Story (Pluto Press, London, 2018). His books are translated to several languages including French, Turkish, Arabic, Korean, Malayalam, among others.
Baroud has a Ph.D. in Palestine Studies from the University of Exeter (2015) and was a Non-Resident Scholar at Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, University of California Santa Barbara (2016-17). Currently he is a Non-resident Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA), Istanbul Zaim University (IZU). He is also a Non-resident Senior Research Fellow at the Afro-Middle East Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa