Israeli Apartheid Week - Beirut

ABOUT US
The 6th International Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) will take place across the globe in March 2010.

Since it was first launched in 2005, IAW has grown to become one of the most important global events in the Palestine solidarity calendar. Last year, more than 40 cities around the world participated in the week’s activities, which took place in the wake of Israel’s brutal assault against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. IAW continues to grow and new cities join each year as a response to the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS).

This year we are bringing IAW to Beirut, featuring: a week of lectures, film screenings, student roundtables, BDS and poster workshops and a concert for Palestine on the last day. We are seeking your support to help us educate, inspire and mobilize the next generation of students in the spirit of resistance to apartheid and injustice.

This will be the first IAW in the Middle East outside of Palestine: support the students of the American University of Beirut in the struggle against apartheid by making a donation now!

Tentative IAW-Beirut 2010 Schedule, Please check back for changes!

Monday, March 1, 2010

6pm : West Hall, Bathish
Opening
A poetry reading with Mourid Barghouti, followed by discussion (Arabic)

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

12 noon : West Hall, Auditorium B
Student Round Table, Mapping Israeli Environmental Destruction (English)
Green Line

6pm : College Hall B-1
Connecting Struggles Against Zionism and Imperialism (Arabic)
Nahla al-Shahhal, Hana Ibrahim and Amer Jubran

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

12 noon : West Hall, Conference Room, Third Floor
Student Round Table, Israeli Apartheid (English)
Matthew Cassel, Electronic Intifada

3:30pm : College Hall B-1
Film Screening, Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony
A documentary film depicting the struggles of black South Africans against the injustices of Apartheid

5:30pm : Break with refreshments

6pm : College Hall, B-1
Historical and Contemporary Responses to South African and Israeli Apartheid (English)
Natasha Thandiwe Vally (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa), followed by a discussion moderated by Noel Ignatiev.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Art Workshop in Berj el-Barejneh refugee camp (private event)
Juan Fuentes & Jamaa al-Yad
Juan Fuentes's visit courtesy of the Department of Architecture and Design, AUB

3:30pm : West Hall, Auditorium A
Film Screening, Sling Shot Hip Hop
Discussion led by Shadia Mansour, Lowkey and Amal Kaawash

5:30pm : Break with refreshments

6pm : West Hall, Auditorium A
Women and the Struggle: A call to the next generation
Soha Bechara, being introduced by Jean Said Makdisi

Friday, March 5, 2010

12 noon : West Hall, Auditorium C
Student Workshop, Resistance Strategies and Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS).
Rami Zurayk and Rania Masri

6:00pm : West Hall, Common Room
Concert: Free Palestine!
Shadia Mansour, Lowkey and Amal Kaawash
Admission: 5,000 LL

Saturday, March 6, 2010

12 noon : Ta Marbouta, Hamra
Presentation on the Egyptian wall and discussion of methods of confrontation
Stop Gaza Wall Campaign