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THE PALESTINE QUESTION
The Right
to Return: The Persistence of the Palestinian Refugees
Annemarie Kattan Jacir
& Amira Solh
Sliding Scale: $6/$8/$10
Date: Thursday, March
15
Time: 7:30 pm
Place: Brecht Forum,
122 West 27th Street, New York, NY 10001
The 1948 Palestinian
Nakba (Catastrophe) reduced well over half the Palestinian population
to refugee status and
deprived even more of their livelihoods. The 1967 war generated another
wave of displaced peoples. Today Palestinians live in refugee camps in
Arab countries for the most part without citizenship; as "citizens"
who are classified as an "enemy within" the state of Israel;
as an "occupied" people in the West Bank and Gaza; and as immigrants
throughout many parts of the world. Through speaker presentations, refugee
testimony and film footage, the historical roots of this human drama and
its continued persistence will be described and explained. The Right to
Return Coalition will explain why the world's largest refugee population
is for the most part ignored by the international community and will discuss
what can be done.
Annemarie Kattan
Jacir is a Palestinian filmmaker, activist, and writer. Publications include
Ripe Guava, Mizna, and
the anthology, The Poetry of Arab Women. Amira Solh has worked with various
development and international organizations including the Lebanese Red
Cross and Amnesty International in Cyprus. She is currently an activist
with Al-Awda in NY-NJ, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition.
info@brechtforum.org
Brecht Forum event description here.
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