Nakba Day Events UEL 15 & 16th May 2008

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On Nakba Day, 15 May, Palestinians mark events which resulted in mass displacement and exclusion. In 2008 it will be 60 years since a million people were compelled to leave their homes - most never returned. There were 2 days of events held at the University of East London where historians, social scientists and film-makers discussed the conflict of 1948, its outcomes and the implications for Palestinians and for Israeli society.

Palestine: 60 years of dispossession and resistance
Nakba Day events at the University of East London
15 and 16 May 2008, Docklands Campus, UEL

On Nakba Day, 15 May, Palestinians mark events which resulted in mass displacement and exclusion. In 2008 it will be 60 years since a million people were compelled to leave their homes - most never returned.
You are invited to the Docklands Campus of the University of East London to join historians, social scientists and film-makers in discussion on the conflict of 1948, its outcomes and the implications for Palestinians and for Israeli society.

Thursday 15 May, 2pm @ 8.30pm. Lectures and discussion on 1948 and the Palestinian refugee issue today. Speakers include

· Prof Joseph Massad (Columbia University, New York) author: The Persistence of the Palestinian Question
· Dr Nur Masalha (University of Surrey) author: Imperial Israel and the Palestinians
· Dr Dina Matar (School of Oriental & African Studies) editor: Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication
· Prof Haim Bresheeth (University of East London) author: The Nakba in Palestinian Cinema
· Nizar Hassan (Sapir College, Sderot) film-maker: director Egteyah (ìInvasionî), Karm Abu Khalil
· Dr Eyal Sivan (University of East London) film-maker: director Route 181
· Prof Moshe Machover (Kings College London) writer and activist
· Omar Barghouti (Tel Aviv University) Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
· PLUS film - 1948 by Mohammad Bakri (Israel, 1998, 90 min)

Friday 16 May, 2pm - 10pm. Films introduced by directors and their collaborators:

· The Roof by Kamal Aljafari (Palestine, 2006, 61 min)
· Egteyah by Nizar Hassan (Palestine, 2003, 90 min)
· Route 181 by Michele Khleifi and Eyal Sivan (2003, France, 4hr 30 min)
· A State of Danger by Haim Bresheeth and Jenny Morgan (UK, 1989, 30 min)
· Karm Abu Khalil by Nizar Hassan (Palestine, 2003, 90 mins)

Organised by: Refugee Research Centre, UEL; Matrix East Research Lab, UEL; and Framing Muslims - an AHRC research programme. Entrance is free: you are strongly encouraged to book a place by contacting Phil Marfleet; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; tel 020 8 223 7690.

Docklands Campus is adjacent to Cyprus Station, Docklands Light Railway
A website link is: http://www.haimbresheeth.com/2008/04/01/nakba-day-events-at-uel