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 – 7:20 pm – Convention Opening and Welcome

7:20 pm – 7:25 pm – On this 60th, a poem by Aida Hasan

7:25 pm – 7:35 pm – Video Quilt Premiere

7:35 pm – 8:05 pm – Oral History Reading with Lucy Der-Tavitian and Nasser Faris

8:10 pm – 8:40 pm – The Sons of Eilaboun - A Film By Hisham Zreik

8:45 pm – 9:15 pm – Life Under 60 Years of Occupation
                                Lena Meari, Himmat Zu’bi, Haneen Zoabi

9:15 pm - 9:30 pm – In Solidarity
                                Richard Becker (ANSWER), John Parker (IAC), Yael Korin
                               (CEIA), among others

9:30 pm – 10:00 pm – Dr. Ilan Pappe: "The Nakba of Palestine"

10:00 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 – Workshop Topics:

10:45 am – 11:20 am – Ramzy Baroud: "Palestinian Unity - A Prerequisite to Any Debate on the Future of Palestine and the Direction of the Palestinian Struggle."

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:

7:00 pm – 11:59 pm – BANQUET

Among other events taking place on Saturday May 17 :

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

  “Forced Exile and Odyssey” Documentary about the work of world-renowned Palestinian artists Ismail Shammout and Tamam Al-Akhal
  "The Presence of Absence in the Ruins of Kafr Bir’im" (2006), followed by discussion with film-maker John Halaka
  "Twenty Five Thousand Tents - Maybe More" (2008) World Premier, Samer Salameh and Ala’a al-Sadi
  "Confronting the Wall: Art and Resistance in Palestine" (2006 - Alan Craig)
  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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