Week of Resistance Against Israeli Apartheid and Colonialism

[IAW 2012 materials coming soon. For 2011, see below.]

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The 7th International Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) will take place across the globe in March 2011. 

Since it was first launched in 2005, Israeli Apartheid Week has become one of the most important global events in the calendar for the Palestinian cause. Last year more than 55 cities world-wide organized events to end Israeli apartheid, including Beirut for the first time. IAW continues to grow as new cities join each year in response to the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions. 

This year a group of youth activists has been working together to host the Week of Resistance Against Israeli Apartheid and Colonialism in Beirut from March 7th to 13th, 2011. Following the success of last year's first-ever Israeli Apartheid Week in Lebanon, we are excited to be planning a week-long program of events covering a variety of topics concerning Israeli apartheid and colonialism and its devastating affects in Palestine as well as in the Arab world and globally. Given the current revolutionary climate in the Arab world, we look forward to fostering a space for activists and community members to gather and discuss these pertinent issues. 

Monday, 7 March 2011

7:30pm-9:30pm

Location: Bathish Aditorium, West Hall, American University of Beirut

Israeli Apartheid, Colonialism & the Means of Resistance

Speakers:

• Salim Vally on “Israeli Apartheid and the Global BDS Campaign”

• Rania Masri on “Anti-Normalization: A Lebanon Perspective”

Moderated by Hazem Jamjoum (IAW Organizing Committee)

(In English)

Tuesday, 8 March 2011 (and until 30 March)

Location: Teh Marbouta Café, Hamra

Exhibition of Revolutionary Posters

Featuring the work of Nidal al-Khairy, Hafez Omar, Eric Ruin, and others

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Tuesday, 8 March 2011

6:00pm-8:00pm

Various Locations

Nasawiya's “Take Back the Night” Marches throughout Beirut marking International Women’s Resistance Day

Starting from five separate locations around the city, the marches will converge on the corniche

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Tuesday, 8 March 2011

8:30pm-10:30pm

Location: Issam Fares Hall, American University of Beirut

Why We Struggle: Towards a Just Society

Speakers:

• Leila Khaled on “Towards a Truly Liberated Society”

• Hana Ibrahim on “Iraq: Women on the Front Lines of Anti-Imperial Resistance”

Moderated by Sara Abou Ghazal (Nasawiya)

(In Arabic)

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

1:00pm-2:-00pm

Location: Lebanese University, al-Hadath

Resisting Israeli Apartheid: Academic Boycott and Popular Mobilization

Speakers:

• Salim Vally on the Academic Boycott of Israel

• Razan Zuaytar on Means of anti-Colonial Resistance

Moderated by: TBA

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Wednesday, 9 March 2011

5:30pm-7:30pm

Location: Irwin Hall, Lebanese American University, Beirut

Israeli Foreign Policy: An Agent of Empire

Speakers:

• Hana Ibrahim on “Israel’s Role in the U.S. Occupation of Iraq”

• Fabio Bosco “Israel’s Role in the Pillage of Latin America”

Moderated by Hana Suleiman (Palestinian Cultural Club – LAU)

(In English and Arabic)

Thursday, 10 March 2011

12:00pm-2:00pm

Location: College Hall – B1, American University of Beirut

Too Many Enemies, The Palestinian Experience in Lebanon

Speaker: Rosemary Sayigh

Moderated by Sawsan Abdel Rahim (AUB Faculty of Health Sciences)

(In English)

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Thursday, 10 March 2011

6:00pm-8:00pm

Location: Beirut Theatre, Ain El Mreisseh - Beirut

The Destruction of Palestinian Refugee Camps: An Ongoing Nakba

Speakers:

• Abu Ali Hasan on “Destruction of Camps in Lebanon”

• Kamel Mohanna on “The Destruction of Tal al-Za’tar: an Eyewitness Account”

• Ismail Shaikh Hassan on “Campaign to Support Nahr el Bared”

• Nawal Hassan on "Nahr el Bared: An Ongoing Nakba"

Moderated by Abdel Malik Succarie (Lebanese Committee to Enforce the Boycott Law)

(In Arabic)

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Thursday, 10 March 2011

8:30pm-10:00pm

Location: Beirut Theatre, Ain El Mreisseh - Beirut

Film Screening: “Kingdom of Women”

Followed by discussion with the director: Dahna Abu Rahmeh

(In Arabic, with english subtitles)

Friday, 11 March 2011

10:00am-1:00pm

Location: Children and Youth Center, Shatila Refugee Camp

The Hakawati Visits Shatila: Story-telling and Children’s Activities

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Friday, 11 March 2011

4:00pm-6:00pm

Location: Arab Palestinian Center, Burj al-Barajneh Refugee Camp

Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Arab Civil Society: Colonial Infiltration vs. Bolstering Popular Struggle

Speakers:

• Mayssun Succarie on “The Changing Dictionary of Arab Popular Movements”

• Razan Zuaytar on “The Threat of a Good Example: A Jordanian Experience”

• Kamal Sheiya on “Lebanese NGOs vs. Lebanese Civil Society”

(In Arabic)

Saturday, 12 March 2011

7:00pm-10:00pm

Location: Babel Theater, Hamra, Beirut

Music Concert: A Tribute to the Squares of Liberation

Featuring:

Abu Arab, Amal Kaawash, Firqet Oshaq al-Aqsa, and others

Sunday, 13 March 2011

2:00pm-4:00pm

Location: Toufic Tabbara Center, Sanayeh, Beirut

Workers’ Rights in Lebanon

Speakers:

• Rami Zurayk on “Agricultural Workers in a Neoliberal Lebanon”

• Sohail Natour on “Palestinian Refugees and the Right to Work”

• Samer al-Ashqar on “Campaigns for Palestinian Workers’ Rights”

• Speaker from African Workers’ Union on “The Experience of Migrant Workers in Lebanon”

Adib Bou Habib (Lebanese Monitor for Worker and Employee Rights)

(In Arabic)

Supported by:

Al Adab

Al-Akhbar Newspaper

Assafir Newspaper

Center for American Studies and Research, AUB (CASAR)

Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies, AUB (CAMES)

Contact Info:

iawbeirut@gmail.com