Program

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
                               Lucy Der-Tavitian and Nasser Faris

9:25 pm – 9:50 pm – Dr. Ilan Pappe: "The Nakba 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, Addameer attorney
• Culture and Resistance with Michel Shehadeh

11:20 am – 11:55 am – Dr. Saree Makdisi: "Toward a Democratic, Secular, Multicultural State"

11:55 am – 12:30 pm – Dr. Ghada Karmi: "One State: A Solution Whose Time has Come Again"

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: “Reflections on the 60th Year of Al-Nakbah”

3:15 pm – 3:50 pm – Haneen Zoabi: "Palestinian Women in the Struggle to Return"

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 May 17 :

• Gallery of Art by Ismail Shammout and Tamam Al-Akhal 
• "Waiting to Return" exhibit from Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon by Naim Farhat. Organized by Dr. Fayeq Oweis.
• Cultural Presentation: “Palestinian Embroidery” by Nisreen Malhis
• Film showings including:

"Confronting the Wall: Art and Resistance in Palestine" (2006 documentary by 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" (2008) World Premier - by Samer Salameh and Ala’a al-Sadi
"Driving to ZigZigland" (2006, feature film) followed by discussion with filmmaker Nicole Ballivian

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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