The following is a brief outline of the tentative program for the convention. This program may be subject to change.
Friday May 16, 2008
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Registration
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Meet and Greet
7:00 pm – 7:45 pm – Convention Opening/Welcome
7:45 pm – 8:15 pm – Screening of The Sons of Eilaboun - A Film By Hisham Zreik
8:15 pm – 8:45 pm – Life Under 60 Years of Occupation: Lena Meari, Himmat Zu’bi, Haneen Zoabi
8:50 pm – 9:20 pm – Oral History Reading with Lucy Der-Tavitian, Sammy Sheik and Nasser Faris
9:25 pm – 9:50 pm – Dr. Ilan Pappe - The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
9:50 pm – end – Closing Remarks, Followed by Book Signing
Saturday May 17, 2008
8:00 am – 9:00 pm – Registration
9:00 am – 9:10 am – Introductory Welcome
9:10 am – 10:40 am – Activist Panel and Workshops:
A Critical Assessment - Activism for the Return - TBA
Youth Organizing for the Return with Ziad Abbas from Dheisha refugee camp
Prisoner Campaign with Dr. Anan Odeh, former Addameer attorney
10:45 am – 11:20 am – Ramzy Baroud
11:20 am – 11:55 am – Dr. Saree Makdisi: "Toward a Democratic, Secular, Multicultural State"
11:55 am – 12:30 pm – Dr. Ghada Karmi: "The Re-emergence of The One Democratic Secular State Solution"
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm – Book Signing
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – LUNCH
Keynote: Dr. Salman Abu Sitta "Recollections of the Nakba"
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Book Signing
2:30 pm – 3:10 pm – Dr. As’ad Abu Khalil
3:15 pm – 3:50 pm – Haneen Zoabi
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm – Activist Panel and Workshops:
Al-Awda Media Center - Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb
Palestine Library - Freddie Santistevan
Refugee Support - Dr. Jess Ghannam
Divestment for the Return
7:00 pm – 11:59 pm – BANQUET
Speakers: Bishop Atallah Hanna and Chief Justice Dr. Sheikh Taiseer Al-Tamimi
Music by World-Renowned Maestro Dr. Nabil Azzam
Fundraising
Among other events taking place on Saturday are:
"Waiting to Return" exhibit from Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon by Naim Farhat. Organized by Dr. Fayeq Oweis.
Gallery of Art by Ismail Shammout and Tamam Al-Akhal
Film showings: Confronting the Wall: Art and Resistance in Palestine (2006 - Alan Craig); The Presence of Absence in the Ruins of Kafr Bir’im (2006, followed by discussion with filmmaker John Halaka); Twenty Five Thousand Tents - Maybe More (World Premier - by Samer Salameh and Ala’a al-Sadi); Driving to ZigZigland (2006, feature film, followed by discussion with filmmaker Nicole Ballivian)
Cultural Presentation: “Palestinian Embroidery” by Nisreen Malhis
Sunday May 18, 2008
9:00 am – 10:30 am – Members meeting
10:30 am – 12:30 pm – Interactive Panel Discussion with all the available speakers including:
Chief Justice Dr. Sheikh Taiseer Al-Tamimi, Dr. Salman Abu Sitta, Dr. Asa'd Abu Khalil, Ramzy Baroud, Haneen Zoabi, Dr. Ghada Karmi, among others
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm – Break
1:30 pm – Organized Departure from Hotel for Rally and March Kick-off
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Rally and March to Mark 60 Years of Palestinian Nakba and Struggle to Return. Rally speakers include Bishop Atallah Hanna and Chief Justice Dr. Sheikh Taiseer Al-Tamimi.
Friday May 16, 2008
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Registration
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Meet and Greet
7:00 pm – 7:45 pm – Convention Opening/Welcome
7:45 pm – 8:15 pm – Screening of The Sons of Eilaboun - A Film By Hisham Zreik
8:15 pm – 8:45 pm – Life Under 60 Years of Occupation: Lena Meari, Himmat Zu’bi, Haneen Zoabi
8:50 pm – 9:20 pm – Oral History Reading with Lucy Der-Tavitian, Sammy Sheik and Nasser Faris
9:25 pm – 9:50 pm – Dr. Ilan Pappe - The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
9:50 pm – end – Closing Remarks, Followed by Book Signing
Saturday May 17, 2008
8:00 am – 9:00 pm – Registration
9:00 am – 9:10 am – Introductory Welcome
9:10 am – 10:40 am – Activist Panel and Workshops:
A Critical Assessment - Activism for the Return - TBA
Youth Organizing for the Return with Ziad Abbas from Dheisha refugee camp
Prisoner Campaign with Dr. Anan Odeh, former Addameer attorney
10:45 am – 11:20 am – Ramzy Baroud
11:20 am – 11:55 am – Dr. Saree Makdisi: "Toward a Democratic, Secular, Multicultural State"
11:55 am – 12:30 pm – Dr. Ghada Karmi: "The Re-emergence of The One Democratic Secular State Solution"
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm – Book Signing
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – LUNCH
Keynote: Dr. Salman Abu Sitta "Recollections of the Nakba"
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Book Signing
2:30 pm – 3:10 pm – Dr. As’ad Abu Khalil
3:15 pm – 3:50 pm – Haneen Zoabi
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm – Activist Panel and Workshops:
Al-Awda Media Center - Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb
Palestine Library - Freddie Santistevan
Refugee Support - Dr. Jess Ghannam
Divestment for the Return
7:00 pm – 11:59 pm – BANQUET
Speakers: Bishop Atallah Hanna and Chief Justice Dr. Sheikh Taiseer Al-Tamimi
Music by World-Renowned Maestro Dr. Nabil Azzam
Fundraising
Among other events taking place on Saturday are:
"Waiting to Return" exhibit from Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon by Naim Farhat. Organized by Dr. Fayeq Oweis.
Gallery of Art by Ismail Shammout and Tamam Al-Akhal
Film showings: Confronting the Wall: Art and Resistance in Palestine (2006 - Alan Craig); The Presence of Absence in the Ruins of Kafr Bir’im (2006, followed by discussion with filmmaker John Halaka); Twenty Five Thousand Tents - Maybe More (World Premier - by Samer Salameh and Ala’a al-Sadi); Driving to ZigZigland (2006, feature film, followed by discussion with filmmaker Nicole Ballivian)
Cultural Presentation: “Palestinian Embroidery” by Nisreen Malhis
Sunday May 18, 2008
9:00 am – 10:30 am – Members meeting
10:30 am – 12:30 pm – Interactive Panel Discussion with all the available speakers including:
Chief Justice Dr. Sheikh Taiseer Al-Tamimi, Dr. Salman Abu Sitta, Dr. Asa'd Abu Khalil, Ramzy Baroud, Haneen Zoabi, Dr. Ghada Karmi, among others
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm – Break
1:30 pm – Organized Departure from Hotel for Rally and March Kick-off
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Rally and March to Mark 60 Years of Palestinian Nakba and Struggle to Return. Rally speakers include Bishop Atallah Hanna and Chief Justice Dr. Sheikh Taiseer Al-Tamimi.
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