Talk: Palestinians in Israel
| February 1, 2012 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Queens Lecture Theatre
Emmanuel College
Organised by Cambridge University Palestine Society CU Palestine Society
Ben White will talk about his new book ‘Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy’
https://www.facebook.com/events/309647365739931/
NEW - ‘Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy’
www.palestiniansinisrael.com
Talks: from Bishop Richard Llewellin
| January 29, 2012 | ||
| 10:30 am | to | 12:30 pm |
| 6:00 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
| January 30, 2012 | ||
| 12:00 pm | to | 1:00 pm |
Ely Cathedral (first talk only)
Bishop Richard Llewellin has recently returned from the West Bank. The former Bishop of Dover joined an international team monitoring and reporting human rights violations and offering protection to Palestinian civilians in their daily lives, as part of the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI)
The Service starts at 10.30 am. The Bishop will be preaching between approx 10.50 - 11.10 am, when it will be quite possible just to turn up for this. He will speak in more detail and answer questions from about 11.45 am in St Catherine’s chapel, in the SW transept, which is immediately on the right as you enter the Cathedral.
He will also be speaking later in Cambridge as follows:
Sunday 29th - 6pm - Fitzwilliam College
Monday 30th - 12pm - Great St Mary’s
For more information contact EAPPI on 020 7663 1144 or eappi@quaker.org.uk www.quaker.org.uk/eappi
Palestinian Crafts: Mill Road Winter Fair
| December 3, 2011 | ||
| 10:30 am | to | 4:30 pm |
Hope Street Yard
Organised by http://www.millroadwinterfair.org/this-year-s-fair/
Come and buy your Christmas presents.
Palestine Cafe: Gaza Fundraising and Arabic Belly Dancing
| November 19, 2011 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
St Paul’s Church Centre
Hills Road CB2 1JP
Organised by Hanin Cafe info_hanin@yahoo.co.uk
Palestinian Buffet and Desserts, Music, Crafts, Zaytoun Products
Practical Demonstration . Mini Workshop . Dancing
by Emma Chapman
Tickets on the door £15/£12 all inclusive
contacts Janet 07751 600315 and Mo 07792 320416
Poetry: Poetic Injustice - Writings on Resistance and Palestine
| November 14, 2011 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Keynes Hall
Kings College
Organised by CU Palestine Society
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=177304005690782
Come for a night of poetry and politics with Remi Kanazi, a poet, writer and activist based in New York City. He is the editor of Poets For Palestine (Al Jisser Group, 2008) and the author of the newly released collection of poetry, Poetic Injustice: Writings on Resistance and Palestine. His political commentary has been featured by news outlets throughout the world, including Al Jazeera English, GRITtv with Laura Flanders, and BBC Radio. His poetry has taken him across North America, the UK, and the Middle East, and he recently appeared in the Palestine Festival of Literature as well as Poetry International. He is a recurring writer in residence and advisory board member for the Palestine Writing Workshop.
Talk: Dr Ang Swee Chai
| October 27, 2011 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 7:30 pm |
Bateman Auditorium (Gonville and Caius College)
Organised by Medsin
DR ANG SWEE CHAI, founder of MEDICAL AID FOR PALESTINIANS
“Talking about 29 years of experience working with Palestinians in times of peace and war”
As an orthopaedic surgeon, she has worked actively in Palestinian refugee camps. She founded “Medical Aid for Palestinians”, a charity established in the wake of the 1982 Sabra Shatila massacre in Lebanon. She discussed her personal experiences in the book “From Beirut to Jerusalem”, for which she was presented with a “Lifetime Achievement Award”.
Join Medsin for an insightful evening into what Global Health really means away from the boundaries of the UK.
P.S. Particular course relevance to students with an interest in medical politics, medicine, feminism, international studies, cultural anthropology.
Members: Free, Non-members: £2
Meeting: Bin Veolia for Palestinian Human Rights
| October 18, 2011 | ||
| 5:15 pm | to | 6:30 pm |
Blue Room, Cambridge Union Society
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=133864853381746&ref=ts
speakers:
Rafeef Ziadah (Palestinian Boycott National Committee)
Ronnie Barkan (Israeli Boycott from Within)
Michael Kalmanovitz (International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network)
Yael Kahn (Islington Friends of Yibna).
Veolia is a French multinational company employed by Cambridge on a waste disposal contract. Meanwhile, in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Veolia and subsidiary companies work in infrastructure projects that include bus, light rail services, and landfills serving illegal settlements. The Cambridge University Bin Veolia campaign calls on students to vote ‘yes’ in a referendum on the following question: ‘Should CUSU call upon the University to cancel its contract with Veolia?’ Come to the meeting to find out why.
Rafeef Ziadah is a Palestinian human rights activist, trade unionist, academic and spoken word artist. She is a steering committee member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and a member of the Palestinian Boycott National Committee Secretariat.
Ronnie Barkan is a long-time Israeli activist against occupation and apartheid; he is co-founder of Boycott from Within and an active member of the Palestinian popular struggle with the Israeli group Anarchists Against the Wall.
Michael Kalmanovitz is the UK coordinator of the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN), which is committed to ending the Israeli occupation of Palestine, dismantling Israeli apartheid, and the return of Palestinian refugees.
Yael Kahn is coordinating the north London campaign to block Veolia. She is also the chair of Islington Friends of Yibna, the latter being a Palestinian refugee camp in Gaza.
For more information visit http://cambridgebinveolia.wordpress.com/
Illustrated Talk: Experiences in Palestine
| October 13, 2011 | ||
| 8:00 pm | to | 9:30 pm |
Friends Meeting House
Jesus Lane
Organised by Cambridge City Amnesty Group http://cambridge.amnesty.org.uk/
Marisa Johnson is a former Ecumenical Accompanier, and currently secretary to an international network of Quaker communities, which includes Ramallah. There will be time to discuss with the speaker and amongst all attendees after the talk.
Talk: Ghada Karmi on Two States or One State
| October 11, 2011 | ||
| 7:15 pm | to | 9:15 pm |
Keynes Hall
Kings College
Organised by Cambridge University Palestine Society CU Palestine Society
Ghada Karmi will be talking about the Palestinian Authority’s statehood bid. She is the author of ‘Married to Another Man: Israel’s Dilemma in Palestine’ (2007 Pluto Press London). She has held fellowships at the Royal Institute for International Affairs, the School of Oriental and African Studies, and the University of Leeds. She is now co-director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at Exeter University.
Talk: Katrina in Five Worlds
| October 11, 2011 | ||
| 5:00 pm | to | 6:30 pm |
Nihon Room
Pembroke College
Organised by the Cambridge Middle East History Group http://www.cmehg.org/
‘Katrina in Five Worlds: the global journey of a Palestinian woman in the early twentieth century’
Palestinian-American writer and researcher Kathy Saade Kenny will present a biographic study of her Palestinian grandmother, Katrina Sa’ade, who was born in Bethlehem in 1900. Prompted by the discovery of a hidden cache of her grandmother’s letters in Arabic, Kathy has documented Katrina’s migrant journeys and dramatic life story in the context of major historical events of the time, highlighting a relatively unknown piece of Palestinian history - the cycle of Palestinian-Mexican-American migration in early 20th century.
For further details including the publication of Kathy’s book, ‘Katrina in Five Worlds’, visit the website: http://www.katrinainfiveworlds.com/
The talk will be followed by Q&A. Wine and refreshments will be available. All are welcome.
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