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• 15
January, Canada
Press Conference to launch the Nakba-60
commemoration and year-long awareness-raising campaign.
For additional information about events and resources
see:
www.palestinehouse.com
• 19 January: Athens, Greece
“60 Years Refugees”: public debate with MK
Mohammad Barakeh and presentation of the Greek edition
of the book “Returning to Kafr Bir'im (BADIL, 2006);
organised by the "Intifada"
Association in Solidarity with the Palestinian people in
coordination with Awda-Greece..
Contact:
norsino@gmail.com
• 21 – 25 January, London, UK
“Palestine Awareness Week”: four public lectures
and debates (Balfour Declaration, Palestine Partition,
UNRWA and Palestinian refugee rights) at SOAS and the
London School of Economics and Political Science;
followed by a live concert with Marcel Khalife
(25 January, Logan Hall); see:
www.nakba60.org.uk
• 26 January – WSF Global Day of Action: “End the
Nakba! End Occupation and the Siege of Gaza! Stop the
War!” Launch of Nakba 60 commemoration by the global
social movements based on the Global Call to Action
promoted by the World Social Forum:
http://dev.wsf2008.net/eng/node/12
For calls and activities see:
www.palestinecampaign.org,
www.stopthewall.org
• 26 January – 16 February, Seattle, USA
8th Seattle Palestine Film Festival, “Dispossession,
Occupation, Apartheid: 60 Years of Resistance”: a
project of the Seattle Palestine Solidarity Committee
co-sponsored by the AFSC and endorsed by Voices of
Palestine, Arab American Community Coalition, Seattle
International Human Rights Coalition and Al-Nakba
Coalition:
www.palestineinformation.org
• 26 January, Edinburgh, Scottland
Day-School, “Zionism, Ethnic Cleansing and the Way
Forward for Palestine”; see:
www.scottishpsc.org.uk
•
February – 30 March
Expression of Nakba Competition:
The US Campaign to End the Israeli
Occupation is soliciting entries for a commemoration of
the Nakba through personal expressions in the form of
visual arts, essays, poetry, music, video and digital
media. Worldwide submissions are welcome, in English or
Arabic. see:
www.expressionsofnakba.org
Download
the guidelines from:
www.expressionsofnakba.org/cfe/Nakba-CFE2008.pdf
•
3 -19 February
Annual "Israeli Apartheid Week"
in Canada, England, US and South Africa and Palestine:
lectures, debates and cultural events on university
campuses with focus on 60 years of exile, the apartheid
analysis and the BDS campaign:
www.apartheidweek.org
• 25-29 March, Canada
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine speaking Tour
Featuring Professor Ilan Pappe
Montreal-Tuesday March 25, at 7:30pm at Concordia
University H-110
Toronto- Wednesday, March 26, at 7:00 pm at the
Health Sciences Auditorium, 6th Floor, 155 College St.
(more info at
www.necef.org)
Vancouver-Saturday, March 29, at 7:00 pm at the
Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch, Alice Mackay
room, lower level, 350 W. Georgia St. (at Homer). (more
info:
support@canpalnet.ca)
• 28 March, Greece
Palestine 1948-2008: 60 Year Infraction of
International Law
Lawyers Union Hall (60 Acadimia St.), featuring
Rania Madi and Ioanna Kotovic.
Organized by Al-Awda Greece
• 29 March, Tulkarem, Palestine
Nakba Commemoration and Land Day Festival – Openning
of “Lest We Forget” Art Exhibit
Organized by Student Youth Movement, Al-Quds Open
University (Tulkarem)
• 29 March, Toronto, Canada
Land Day Commemoration with Bishop Atallah Hanna
7pm at the Oasis Convention Centre. Visit:
www.palestinehouse.com
• 25 March – 8 April, United States
Acknowledging the Past; Imagining the Future:
Palestinians and Israelis on 1948 and the Right of
Return
Badil and Zochrot Speaking Tour for Nakba 60
Boston (March 28) – Chicago (March 29-31) –
Portland, Oregon (April 1-2) – Seattle (April 2-3) – New
York (April 5) – Philadelphia (April 6-7)
For more information contact
ahorowitz@afsc.org,
or visit
http://www.afsc.org/israel-palestine/badilzochrottourorganizers.html
March 30: Land Day,
Palestine
• 30 March
Public release of Nakba-60 Declaration with list
of endorsing organizations by the ECCP and Action
Platform-Belgium; launch of Nakba-60 media campaign
in Belgium:
www.association-belgo-palestinienne.be/coordination-europeenne/presentation-eccp.htm
Contact:
eccp@skynet.be,
mirjam.vanbelle@oxfamsol.be
• 30 March, Tubas, Palestine
Heritage and Photo Exhibit Commemorating Land Day
organized by Fari'a Women's Committee, contact:
uyac@uyac.org
• 30 March, Tulkarem, Palestine
Land Day film screenings at schools and community
centres, contact
uyac@uyac.org
• 31 March, Tulkarem, Palestine
Discussion Forum on Land Day, the Nakba and Current
Political Situation
Featuring Dr. Nasser Al-Qudwah and Dr. Hani
Al-Masri
Organized by Student Youth Movement, Al-Quds Open
University (Tulkarem)
• 1 April, Portland, Oregon.
Badil-Zochrot Speaking Tour at Reed College
Sponsored by Americans United for Palestinian Human
Rights and American Friends Service Committee.
•
2
April, Baddawi Refugee Camp, Lebanon
Film and Discussion Evening
Organized by Youth Committee
•
April
4, Beirut, Lebanon
Land Day Symposium,
Featuring Dr. Azmi Bishara and Shafiq Al-Hout
Inauguration of Palestinian Heritage Exhibition
starting at 4pm at the UNESCO Palace, exhibition
continues until 8 April (10am-8pm each day)
•
4
April, Hola, Southern Lebanon
Photo and Film Exhibition
organized by Palestinian Youth Committee
•
5
April, Beirut, Lebanon
Palestinian Folklore Evening
7pm at
the UNESCO Palace
•
5
April, Nahr El-Bared Refugee Camp, Lebanon
Youth Volunteer Day
•
6
April, Beirut, Lebanon
Popular Heritage and Memory Leadership Appreciation and
Popular Arts Performances
6pm,
UNESCO Palace
• 6 April, Tubas, Palestine
Al-Awda Basketball Tournament, contact:
uyac@uyac.org
9 April 2008 – 60th
Anniversary of the Deir Yassin
Massacre
• 12 April, Germany
Commemoration of the Nakba 1948
5:30pm. Organized by the Near East Peace Circle, Women
in Black-Koeln, German-Palestinian Women's
Association;at the Melanchthon-Akademie/Ev.
Jugendpfarramt Kartäuserwall 24 b, Kölner Südstadt.
Contact:
Suraya_Hoffmann@gmx.de
April 17th, Palestinian Prisoners Day
•
18
April, Haifa, Palestine
Mass Demonstration Commemorating the Ethnic Cleansing of
Haifa
Demonstration starts at 5pm from Burj Al-Arab (Shekem)
Organized by the Popular Nakba Commemoration Committee
in Haifa
•
18 April – 1 May, London, UK
London Palestine Film Festival 2008
An extraordinary selection of documentary, fiction,
art and experimental work related to Palestine, marking
60 years since the events of 1948. Films to be screened
at the Barbican (http://www.barbican.org.uk/film/series.asp?ID=550)
More
at:
http://palestinefilm.org
•
20-25
April, Cairo Egypt
Photography Exhibition at the Townhouse Gallery
Organized by: Habitat International Coalition, UNRWA,
Cairo Office, Hisham Mubarak Law Center, Arab Forum for
Alternatives, Development Support Center, Egyptian
Center for Housing Rights, Al Quds Club, AUC. Contact:
hic-mena@hic-mena.org
•
21
April, Haifa Palestine
This Is Arab Haifa: Popular Festival to Remember the
Defenders of Haifa
Will
include candle lighting, putting up signs with original
names of Haifa's streets, and names of martyrs who died
defending the city. 7pm, film screenings start at 8pm.
Organized by the Popular Nakba Commemoration Committee
in Haifa
•
22
April, Haifa, Palestine
Remembering the Battle of Beit Al-Najadah
7pm at
Halissa Neighborhood, site of the battle. Film
screenings, singing, and historical overview of the
battle
Organized by the Popular Nakba Commemoration Committee
in Haifa
•
23
April, Haifa, Palestine
Remembering Haifa: Educational Panel
7:30pm
at the Maydan Theatre. Featuring talks by Hanna Abu
Hanna, Jinan Abdo, Ibrahim Abu Jaber, Yusif Jabbarin, as
well as a light show by Dr. Jonny Mansour, and a
testimony from one of Haifa's Nakba survivors.
Organized by the Popular Nakba Commemoration Committee
in Haifa
•
23
April, Haifa, Palestine
Remembering Haifa Between the Opression of the Body and
the Return of the Spirit
at the
Arab Workers' Conference Hall
Evening will include readings by Salman Natur, Majed
Khamra, Khalid Turki, and music by Muda Mughrabi.
Contact:
mail@aljabha.org
•
24
April, Haifa Palestine
Palestinians in Israel and the Future of Palestine: An
Educational Forum
6pm at
Mada Al-Karmil Institute. Featuring: Dr. Raif Zureiq,
Dr. Leila Farsakh.
Organized by the Popular Nakba Commemoration Committee
in Haifa
24-27 April, Vienna, Austria
*Commemorating Al-Nakba*, Series of events
featuring Dr. Andrea Komlosy, Dr. Daud Abdullah, Dr.
Hannes Swoboda, Fritz Edlinger, as well as film
screenings, educational workshops, and testimony of
Nakba survivors.
More at: http://www.dar-al-janub.net <http://www.dar-al-janub.net/>
• 25
April - 8 May, Chicago, USA
7th
Annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival
Fourteen cinematic selections from Palestinian,
American, European and other filmmakers. All screenings
are at the Siskel Film Center (http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org)
For
more information, visit:
http://www.palestinefilmfest.com
• 25 April – 25 May,
Ramallah
Return Tent-Camp set up next to the Muqata'a as a
site for cultural events and coordination of activities
by the National Committee for the Commemoration of
Nakba-60
Contact:
uyac@uyac.org,
tel: +972-559-255584; or
camp@badil.org
• 25 April, Berne,
Switzerland
Breaking the Logic of Displacement
Conference of the Forum For Human Rights in
Palestine/Israel
9am-6pm (Kornhausforum Berne, Stadtsaal)
For more information visit:
http://www.cfd-ch.org/e/peace/forum_conference.php
• 25 April – 25 May, All major cities in 1967 Occupied
Palestine
Right of Return and Nakba 60 Commemmoration banners
to be displayed at major squares and intersections.
•
26
April, Haifa, Palestine
Volunteerism Day at the Izz El-Din Al-Qassam Cemetery in
Balad Al-Sheikh
Organized by the Popular Nakba Commemoration Committee
in Haifa
• 30 April – 2 May, Bil'in, Palestine
Third Annual Conference on Popular Struggle
Organized by the Friends of Freedom and Justice –
Bil'in Society
Contact:
ffj.bilin@yahoo.com;
tel. +972-547-847 942;
www.ffj-bilin.org
• “Free Gaza Boat” sailing to the Gaza Strip
(date to be set)
Breaking the siege, commemorating the Nakba and
demanding return
Visit:
www.freegaza.org
• Badil-Zochrot European Speaking Tour (tentative)
Organized by the Belgian Action Platform on Palestine.
Contact:
mirjam.vanbelle@oxfamsol.be
• May 2008: Portland, Oregon
Metro Area 40/60 Commemorations: Sixtieth Anniversary
of Al-Nakba.
Demonstrations, speaking events, and teach-ins
throughout the month.
• 1 May, Harvard University, USA
*Film Screening: "La Terre Parle Arabe"; Discussion
with Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh*
Starr Auditorium, When: 4:00pm-6:30pm
Contact: Abdelnasser Rashid,
arashid@fas.harvard.edu
• 1 May, Harvard University, USA
*Screening of Occupation 101 and discussion led by
Prof Hamid Dabashi*
7pm at 614 Schermerhorn Hall
Contact: Abdelnasser Rashid,
arashid@fas.harvard.edu
• 2 May, Harvard University, USA
*Candlelight Vigil*
5:00pm -- 6:00pm, Contact: Abdelnasser Rashid,
arashid@fas.harvard.edu
• 2 May, Harvard University, USA
*Palestinian Cultural Night (evening of food, music,
dance, poetry, and celebrating life)*
6-8pm, Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall, Harvard FAS
Contact: Abdelnasser Rashid,
arashid@fas.harvard.edu
• 3 May: Ramallah/Khan Younis, Palestine
2008 Al-Awda Award Festival
Festive celebration of the winners of the Second Al-Awda
Award, featuring Al-Funun Al-Sha’biyyah Folk Arts
Troupe. Event includes Poster Gallery for this year’s
best poster submissions.
Contact:
camp@badil.org.
For more information, visit
www.badil.org.
• 2-4 May, Montreal, Canada
Bridge of Return: 10th Anniversary
Conference of Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights
More information at
http://www.sphr.org
, register at
info@sphr.org
• 4–6 May: Various cities, Scotland
Mike Marqusee Book Launch and Speaking Tour:
“Journeys of an Anti-Zionist Jew”
4 May: 3:00 p.m., Duff Memorial Hall, Busby
5 May: 7:00 p.m., Lecture Theatre 175, Old College,
Edinburgh University, Edinburgh
6 May: 7:30 p.m., Room 513, Lecture Theatre D, Boyd Orr
Building, Glasgow
For more information, visit
www.scottishpsc.org.uk.
• 4-8
May, Cairo, Egypt
Commemorating 60 years of Nakba: Honoring the Past,
Celebrating the Future
Week of events including:
4 May: Cultural Expressions of the Nakba at Cairo
University
Poetry
by Tamim Al-Barghouti and Zenat Abu Shaweesh as well as
Dabke Performance
4 May:
Photography Exhibition at Sawy (Word 2)
Exhibition ongoing throughout the week
5 May:
Emile Haddad: Narratives of Palestine, at Geneina
Theatre
6 May:
Discussion Forum at American University of Cairo
6 May:
Cultural Expressions of the Nakba at Sawy (Word 2)
Poetry
by Tamim Al-Barghouti and Zenat Abu Shaweesh as well as
Dabke Performance
7 May:
Palestinian Narratives in Popular Culture at FCC
Film
Screening of Bab El-Shams (pt.2), discussion with
director Youssry Nasrallah
Contact: hic-mena@hic-mena.org
• 6–14 May: All refugee camps, Lebanon
Nakba
and Right of Return Amateur Documentary Film Festival
6 May: Burj Al-Shamali Refugee Camp
8 May: Ein Al-Hilweh Refugee Camp
10 May: Burj Al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
12 May: Baddawi Refugee Camp
14 May: Jalil/Baalbek Refugee Camp
• 7-11 May, Various Cities, Palestine
Palestine Festival of Literature: Writers from Around
the World Visit Palestine
Featuring: Mourid Barghouti, Victoria Brittain, William
Dalrymple, Roddy Doyle, Esther Freud, Suheir Hammad,
Nathalie Handal, David Hare, Ian Jack, Brigid Keenan,
Jamal Mahjoub, Claire Messud, Andrew O'Hagan, Hanan Al-Shaykh,
Ahdaf Soueif
7 May: 6:30pm, Dar Al-Tifl Museum, Jerusalem
8 May: 7:00pm, Al-Kasabah Theatre and Cinema, Ramallah
9 May: 1:00pm, Freedom Theatre, Jenin
9 May: 7:00pm, Dar Al-Nadwa, Bethlehem - Featuring El-Funoun
Palestinian Popular Arts Troupe
10 May: 6:30pm, Dar Al-Nadwa, Bethlehem
11 May: 7:00pm, Palestinian National Theatre, Jerusalem
- Featuring: the Edward Said National Conservatory of
Music
All Events are free. More at:
http://www.palestinelitfest.org
8 May: Israel’s Independence Day (Hebrew calendar) – Day
of the Palestinian Nakba
• 8 May: Nazareth/Saffuryya, Palestine
11th Annual Return March
Yearly demonstration calling for the Right of Return
organised by internally displaced Palestinians within
the Israeli state and taking place on the day that
Israel marks its independence according to the Hebrew
Calendar. This year, the demonstration will leave at
3:00 p.m. from the western entrance of the city of
Nazareth toward the destroyed town of Safuryya.
Organised by the Association for the Defense of the
Rights of the Internally Displaced.
• 8–10 May: London, UK
Ila Haifa: an adaptation of Ghassan
Kanafani’s Returning to Haifa by the Palestine
Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and al-Zaytouna Dabka Group.
Visit:
www.palestinecampaign.org.
• 8 May: Toronto, Canada
Nakba-60 Press Conference
Nakba survivors recount their experiences.
Speakers include Palestinian refugees and community
supporters. Organised by Palestine House,
info@palestinehouse.com.
• 8 May: Vienna, Austria
Jewish Voice for Just Peace in the Middle East (Austria)
commemorates the Nakba, the forced displacement
of the Palestinians by the Haganah, 1948
6:30 p.m. at the Afro-Asiatisches Institut, Tuerkenstr.
3, 1090 Vienna
Contact: paula.abrams@chello.at
• 8 May: Giffnock, Scotland
Protest Celebrations of Ethnic Cleansing
6:00 p.m. at main entrance to Eastwood Park, Giffnock.
Contact:
campaign@scottishpsc.org.uk.
• 9 May: Toronto, Canada
Anti-Apartheid Picket of Chapters/Indigo Bookstore
The majority owners of Chapters-Indigo founded “Heseg,”
a scholarship program for individuals who want to join
the Israeli military. Meet at 5:00 p.m. at Bay and
Bloor. For more information, visit
www.caiaweb.org.
• 9 May: Giffnock, Scotland
Dinner Commemorating Nakba-60
Premier of Occupation 101, poetry, dabkeh,
featuring members of the Scottish Parliament: Nicola
Sturgeon, Pauline McNeil, Sandra White, and Hugh
O'Donnell.
Contact:
campaign@scottishpsc.org.uk.
• 10
May, Brussels, Belgium
60 Km Bicycle Tour Commemorating 60 Years of Nakba
Leaves 10am from Gare du Nord, 1pm picnic at Place du
Jardin aux Fleurs, 3pm Parvis de St. Giles, 4pm ULB -
Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, 4:30pm Information Fair at
Parc De Leybeek featuring Les Voix des Garennes.
Organized by Association Belgo Palestinienne (ABP) et
Actieplatform Palestina (APP), contact: Marianne Samra:
marianne.samray@belgacom.net
•
10 May, Seattle, USA
*Celebrate - 60 Years of Resistance*
12-4pm, Broadway and E Pine
Sponsor(s): Solidarity Committee-Seattle, Al-Nakba
Coalition
Contact Judith:
info@nakba60th-seattle.org, 206 282 8023
• 10 May: Tulkarem, Palestine
Nakba 60 Art Exhibit and Human Chain
Contact:
uyac@uyac.org.
• 10 May: Toronto, Canada
March and Rally Commemorating 60 Years of Nakba
- Palestinian Refugees Will Return!
1:00 p.m., Queens Park, Toronto
For more information, visit
www.palestinehouse.com;
www.caiaweb.org.
• 10 May: London, UK
National Demonstration
in central London to commemorate the Nakba and
the continuing dispossession and denial of Palestinian
rights:
www.palestinecampaign.org.
• 10 May, Turin, Italy
National Mass Demonstration for Palestine
Visit: http://www.palestinewz.org
http://www.palestinewz.org.
• 11 May: Toronto, Canada
Film Screening of 1948 by Mohammad Bakri
A profound and deeply moving record of the Nakba
by Palestinian film-maker Mohammad Bakri. 7:00 p.m.
(venue to be announced). For more information, visit
www.caiaweb.org.
• 12–24 May: Madrid, Spain
Popular Festival: Palestine, 60 Years of Exile; Iraq, 5
Years of War
Musical, theatrical, cultural, and educational events
featuring Rene Aquarone, Azmi Bishara, Leila Khaled,
Jaber Suleiman, Teresa Aranguren, Rafael Escudero, Hana
Al-Bayati, and many more.
For more information, visit
www.culturaypaz.org.
• 12 May: Tubas, Palestine
Intergenerational Dialogue and Discussion on the
Nakba and the Right of Return
Contact:
uyac@uyac.org.
•
13 May, Bethlehem, Palestine
“Have We Not Suffered Enough?”: Nakba-60 Commemoration
Festival
1-3pm at the Bethlehem University Auditorium. Events
will include music, dance poster and photo exhibit, and
talks by three generations of Palestinian refugees. More
information at http://www.bethlehem.edu, contact:
normah@bethlehem.edu
•
13 May, Victoria (BC),
Canada
*Screening of Ilan Pappe talk 'The Ethnic Cleansing
of Palestine'*
7pm, BCGEU hall v5h2l9
Organized by CAIA-Victoria. [Coalition Against Israeli
Apartheid],
contactGeorge Mc Fetridge,
georgemcfetridge@gmail.com
• 14–15 May: Jakarta, Indonesia
Freedom and the Right of Return: Palestine and 60
Years of Ethnic Cleansing. International Conference,
for more information, visit
www.voiceofpalestine.net.
15 May: NAKBA Commemoration Day
Public rallies and events in all major Palestinian
cities and worldwide; A Minute of Silence
in Palestine and Beyond, Global Day of Action of the
World Social Forum; Zochrot’s Nakba 60
Project – Rebuilding the Map of Palestine (www.nakbainhebrew.org);
Release and Public Presentation of 100 Terms on the
Nakba (www.badil.org)
• 15 May, Santiago, Chile
Transformar El Dolor en Amor: Mass Demonstration
6:30pm, Plaza De La Constitucion
• 15 May, Michigan, USA
*Screening of "Deir Yassin" *
7pm, Pond Room 530 , MI 48104
Organized by Film Society, Students Allied for Freedom
and Equality
(SAFE), Detroit-Ann Arbor SABEEL, contact Shirley Zempel:
Zempel.shirley@gmail.com
• 15 May: Tubas, Palestine
District-wide Nakba Commemoration Festival;
Re-creation of a destroyed village; Intergenerational
dialogue and discussion. Contact uyac@uyac.org
• 15 May: Qalqilya, Palestine
Mass Demonstration and Athletics Tournament
Contact uyac@uyac.org.
• 12-15 May: Ramallah, Palestine (Central Commemoration
Events)
Set up al-Awda Camp near al-Hamra Palace with exhibit
and names of 536 destroyed villages.
12–14 May: Popular Arts Competitions (dabkeh,
zajal, poetry, etc.) with participants
representing Qaddura, Am’ari, Silwad, Jalazon, Shu’fat,
and Qalandia camps as well as Dar Al-Mu’alimin
(Teachers’ Academy); Arts and Heritage Festival at
the Awda Camp
12–15 May: Documentary and Film Screenings at Al-Awda
Camp
15 May: Main Mass Demonstration: 12:00 noon:
work and traffic stoppage; 12:05 p.m.: mass
demonstration leaves al-Awda Camp to Manara Square along
Irsal Street; 1:00 p.m. rally at Manara Square.
15 May: “Justice is the Key To Tomorrow” Flying
21,915 balloons (1 for each day since the Nakba)
carrying messages from Palestinian children expressing
their hopes for the future (Simultaneous in Rome, Italy
and other cities around the world)
• 15 May: All refugee camps, Lebanon
“Homes of Return” Candle-Lighting Ceremonies, Human
Chain Activities
• 15 May: Toronto, Canada
Palestinian Hip-Hop Show, featuring DAM!, Invincible
and a B-Boy battle.
Straight from 1948 Palestine. All ages show. Organised
by Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid. Tickets are $15
and are available at: Toronto Women’s Bookstore, 73
Harbord Street. For more information, visit
www.caiaweb.org.
• 15 May, Rome, Italy
Finding Palestine
Painting exhibits by Hazem Hrab, Gaza; Isis Rsik,
Nazareth; "Dunum, Palestinian Land" Photos by Luca
Tommasini National Premiere of "Jerusalem East Side
story" a film by Mohammad Alatar Screening of "the Iron
Wall" a film by Mohammad Alatar Public Forum featuring
Mohammad Alatar, Samir Al Quariuty, Sabri Atiyeh, Luisa
Morgantini, Mjriam Abu Samra (“Wael Zuaiter” Palestinian
Youth Association), Teresa Maisano Dabka performance and
Palestinian fashion show by the Palestinian stylist
Jamal Taslaq
Public Forum: "Palestinians: the tragedy to be victims
of the victims"
Visit:
http://www.palestinewz.org
• 15 May: Melbourne, Australia
Candlelight Vigil: Remembering 60 Years of Dispossession
and Displacement
4:30–6:30 p.m., State Library of Victoria.
7:30–9:30 p.m. Film Screening: Jerusalem: East Side
Story and others, RMIT Capitol Theatre.
For more information, visit
www.1948.com.au.
• 15–18 May: Various cities, Netherlands
Symphony Arabica by Merlijn Twaalfhoven
A symphony performed by over 200 professional musicians,
amateurs, and children from the Middle East and the
Netherlands
15 May: 8:30 p.m., Big Hall of the
Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam
16 May: 8:30 p.m., Laurenskerk, Rotterdam
17 May: 8:30 p.m., Grote Kerk, Den Haag
18 May:
4:30 p.m., Dom Kerk, Utrecht
For more information, visit
www.arabica.nu.
• 16–18 May: Anaheim, California
Sixth Al-Awda Annual Convention
Featuring Bishop Atallah Hanna, Supreme Justice Dr.
Sheikh Taiseer Al Tamimi, Salman Abu Sitta, Dr. Adel
Samara, Dr. Ilan Pappe, George Bisharat, Ghada Karmi,
Dr. Saree Makdisi, and others. For more information,
visit:
al-awda.org/alert-conv6.html
• 16 May: West Bank, Palestine
Rallies and Marches to the Apartheid Wall
organised by
stopthewall.org.
• 16 May: Second Annual Al-Awda Athletics
Tournament
Organised by Am’ari Camp youth committee. Contact:
uyac@uyac.org;
tel: +972-559-255-584; or
camp@badil.org.
• 16 May: New York City, USA
Commemorating the Sixtieth Anniversary of the
Nakba (Palestinian Catastrophe)
Dag Hammarskjöld Park
For more information, contact:
Nakbah60th@gmail.com.
• 16 May: All refugee camps, Lebanon
Children’s Activities: Kite-Flying, Children’s Songs,
and Festivals
• 16 May: Melbourne, Australia
Public Lecture by Ali Abunimah (of Electronic Intifada)
6:30 p.m., University of Melbourne. For more
information, visit
www.1948.com.au.
• 17May, Denver, Colorado, USA
*Remember al-Nakba: 60 Years Later*
11am-3pm, West Lawn Capitol & 14^th
Organized by Friends of , Progressive Jewish News,
Rocky, contact Joy
Lapp,
lappj@earthlink.net, 303-494-2338
• 17 May: Belgium
Nakba-60 Day of Action in Belgium
Contact:
mirjam.vanbelle@oxfamsol.be.
• 17 May: Toronto, Canada
Youth Day – Popular education workshop on Palestine
An exciting and fun introduction to Palestine for youth!
Run by the New York–based Palestine Education Project
(PEP). Organised by High Schools Against Israeli
Apartheid,
haia@caiaweb.org.
• 17–18 May: Melbourne, Australia
Exhibition of Remembrance
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.: Rich Wiles’s “Portraits of
Palestine,” Dora McPhee Paintings, Children’s Photos
from Lajee Centre, Aida Refugee Camp, and much more,
Fitzroy Town Hall. For more information, visit
www.1948.com.au.
• 18 May: Rashidiyah Refugee Camp (Tyre), Lebanon
Children’s Activity Day
• 18 May: Adelaide, Australia
Nakba Commemoration Dinner Featuring Ali Abunimah
(Electronic Intifada)
7:00 p.m. Contact:
secretary@friendsofpalestine.org.au.
• 19 May, The Hague, Netherlands
Public Debate: Acknowledging the past, Imagining the
future: Confronting the impasse between Israel and the
Palestinians
4:45pm at the Institute for Social Studies. A public
debate featuring: Omar Barghouti and Salomon Bouman,
Moderated by Professor Louk de la Rive Box, Institute of
Social Studies. This debate will be webcast live on 19
May 2008 from 4:30pm onwards at:
http://www.iss.nl/iss/video/1
• 20–26 May: Tripoli, Lebanon
Our Home: Near and Far
Theatrical Presentation and Nahr El Bared Destruction
and Reconstruction Children’s Photo and Writing Exhibit
Al-Madina Theatre
•
21 May, New York, USA
*May 1948 - A New State for Israelis, A Nakba
(Catastrophe) for Palestinians*
7pm, Brooklyn Friends Meeting House, 110
Schermerhorn,
Contact Naomi Allen:
Naomi@brooklynpeace.org
• 22 May, Santiago, Chile
Commemorating 60 Years of Nakba
5pm at Salones del Club Palestino, ubicado en Av.
Kennedy 9351, Las Condes. Organized by the Palestinian
Ambassador to Chile.
• 23 May: Beirut, Lebanon
Palestinian and Lebanese Children’s Marionette Show
Duwwar Al-Shams Circle Theatre
• 25 May: Qalqilya, Palestine
Nakba 60 Forum and Discussion
Contact:
uyac@uyac.org.
• 24–25 May: Portland, Oregon
Nakba Commemoration Public Forum
Keynote Speaker: Prof. George Bisharat, UC Hastings
College of Law, Portland, Oregon.
• 26–30 May: Toronto, Canada
“Workers’ Rights under Occupation” at the Canadian
Labour Congress convention
Forum with Palestinian and Haitian trade unionists
(details to be announced). Organised by Labour for
Palestine and Toronto Haiti Action Committee
• 27 May: Qalqilya, Palestine
Photo and Heritage Exhibition
Contact:
uyac@uyac.org.
•
29 May, Ottawa, Canada
*Right of Return Conference : Commemoration of the
60th Anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba*
8:00AM -- 5PM: University of Ottawa, Montpetit Bldg,
125 University Street, Room 203
Featuring: Nahla Abdo (Carlton University), Rex Brynen
(McGill University), Michael Lynk (University of Western
Ontario), Terry Rempel (BADIL Resource Centre), Jaber
Suleiman (independent researcher, Lebanon), and Hanan
Ashrawi (via live stream). All proceeds will go towards
CEPAL's 2008 volunteer Summer Program in Lebanon.
REGISTRATION FEE: $50 Students, $75 General
For more visit:
http://www.cepal.ca, or contact
jonathan.hera@cepal.ca
• 30 May–1 June: Toronto, Canada
“Brick By Brick” National Conference
National workshop for labour activists and trade
unionists on building labour solidarity with Palestine.
To register, contact Labour for Palestine,
labour@caiaweb.org.
•
Date TBA:
Qalqilya, Palestine
Solidarity Hunger Strike with People of Azbat al-Tabib
(village threatened with forcuble displacement)
contact
uyac@uyac.org
• 7 June: Manchester, UK
“Palestine Lives 2008”: Palestine Solidarity
Campaign Rally
Visit:
www.palestinecampaign.org
20 June – International Refugee Day
• 23 June 2008, Tel Aviv
Towards Return of Palestinian Refugees: Practices,
Strategies and Vision - Conference
Organized by Zochrot. Contact
ronaeven@yahoo.com,
visit:
www.zochrot.org
• 13 July, Ramallah,
Palestine
Fourth Popular Refugee Convention
Organized by the National Commemoration Committee of
the Nakba-60
Contact:
uyac@uyac.org, tel: +972-559-255584;
or
camp@badil.org
• 30 July - 18
August, Edinburgh, Scotland
'THE NAKBAH PROJECT - RETURN OF THE SOUL'
Patriothall Gallery, 1D Patriothall Off Hamilton
Place, Stockbridge. More information from the Scottish
Palestine Solidarity Campaign:
www.scottishpsc.org.uk, contact:
secretary@scottishpsc.org.uk
• 8 – 10 August:
Chicago, Illinois
U.S. Popular Palestinian National Conference:
“Palestinians in the US: Reclaiming Our Voice, Asserting
Our Narrative”
See:
www.palestineconference.org
and contact:
palestineconferenceusa@yahoo.com
• 14 – 31 August: The Peace Cycle – Palestine:
cycling from Amman, Jordan, to Palestinian communities
and 1948 depopulated villages in Israel and then to the
OPT:
www.thepeacecycle.com
• 2 - 4 September,
Paris
United Nations (OHCHR and UNESCO) Conference on 60
Years of UDHR
Opportunity for presentation on Nakba-60/right of
return.
Contact:
60anniversary@ohchr.org
and coordinate with:
info@badil.org
• 7 – 8 September, Brussels
The Peace Cycle – Europe
Cyclists gather in Brussels for 2 days of media
events and demand from the European Parliament to take
action for justice for the Palestinian people. see:
www.thepeacecycle.com
16-18 September – Commemoration of Sabra and Shatila
Massacres (1982)
• European Social Forum (tentative; date and
venue to be determined)
• October, Toronto, Canada
First Annual Toronto Palestine Film Festival
visit:
http://www.tpff.ca
• 10
December: 60 years of Universal Declaration of Human
Rights
• 11
December: 60 Years of UN General Assembly Resolution
194
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