Oxford

Oxford Arab Cultural Society Presents...

Israeli Apartheid Week 2010
http://apartheidweek.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EszuxqBK7TM

Monday, March 1 Take Your Democracy and Give me Back My Land

Speakers: Dr Jamal Zahalka (MK) and Michel Warschawski
Location: St Antony’s College, Nissan Lecture Theatre
Time: 7:30 pm

Jamal Zahalka is a Member of the Israeli parliament and Chairman of the National Democratic Assembly (Balad), the leading secular Palestinian party in Israel. He holds a PhD in Pharmacology from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Michel Warschawski (Mikado) is a leading Israeli anti-apartheid figure, journalist and commentator. He is a co-founder of the Alternative Information Centre in Jerusalem.
Tuesday, March 2 Rethinking the 1967 War
Speaker: Professor Ilan Pappé
Chair: Professor Avi Shlaim (FBA)
Location: St Antony’s, Nissan Lecture Theatre
Time: 7:30 pm
Ilan Pappé is a leading historian of the Middle East, Chair of the Department of History at the University of Exeter and a co-director of the Exeter Center for Ethno-Political Studies. He was the academic head and founder of the Institute for Peace studies in Givat Haviva Israel (1992-2000) and Chair of the Emil Touma Institute for Palestinian Studies in Haifa (2000-2008). Prior to his appointment in the UK, he taught Politics at the University of Haifa. He is the author of numerous books including ‘A History of Modern Palestine’ and ‘The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine.’

Wednesday March 3 To Shoot an Elephant, Film Screening and Discussion with Director

Speaker: Alberto Arce
Location: Balliol College, Room 23
Time: 7:30 pm
“To shoot an elephant" is a documentary by Alberto Arce and Mohammad Rujailah. They both accompanied a group of foreigners who managed to stay embedded with the Palestinian Red Crescent ambulances during the 21 days of Operation Cast Lead launched by Israel against the besieged Palestinian people of Gaza. Their footage features urgent, insomniac, dirty, shuddering images that reveal the experience of the Palestinian citizens of Gaza. During the Israeli invasion, the international media remained outside of Gaza, denying the world the chance of witnessing what was happening inside. This remarkable film helps redress the balance, giving an eye-witness account from within. Screening will be followed by Q & A session with the director.

Thursday March 4 Israeli Apartheid and the Land Question
Speakers: Salah Mohsen and Nidal Rafa
Location: Wadham College, Old Refectory
Time: 7:30 pm

Salah Mohsen is a Palestinian citizen of Israel, human rights advocate, and member of the General Council of the National Democratic Assembly. He is an expert on land issues in 1948 Palestinian areas.
Nidal Rafa is a TV producer based in Jerusalem. She has been covering stories on behalf of international media outlets for the past eight years, joining CNN in 2005. Educated at the universities of Haifa and Bir Zeit, she holds a postgraduate degree in International Relations.  She sits on the boards of the English-language publication “This Week in Palestine,” and the al-Hosh gallery of Palestinian art in Jerusalem.
Friday March 5 Until the Return: Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
Speaker: Dr Karma Nabulsi
Chair: Professor Avi Shlaim (FBA)
Location: St Antony’s College, Nissan Lecture Theatre
Time: 7:30 pm

Dr Karma Nabulsi is a University Lecturer in Politics and International Relations and Fellow in Politics at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. From 1977 until 1990 she served as a PLO representative at the UN and in Beirut, Tunis and London. Dr Nabulsi has also been a specialist adviser to the UK parliamentary Commission of Inquiry on Palestinian Refugees and Director of the Civitas Project , a collective research initiated to record the voices and recommendations of Palestinian exile and refugee communities. Dr Nabulsi is a regular contributor to The Guardian. Her publications include ‘Traditions of War : Occupation, Resistance and the Law. ‘

Avi Shlaim is a British-Israeli historian and Professor of International Relations at St Antony’s College, Oxford. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, a renowned author on the international politics of the Middle East, and a winner of the WJM Mackenzie Book Prize and the David Watt Memorial Prize. His latest book is ‘Israel and Palestine: Reflections, Revisions and Refutations.’

See last year's Oxford schedule.