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The Palestine Center invites you to a briefing

"Humanitarianism: Prolonging the Palestinian Political Plight?"

with

Dr. Ilana Feldman
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs, George Washington University

Wednesday, 27 January 2010
12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
The Palestine Center

Does humanitarianism delay a political solution to the question of Palestine? With the siege on Gaza and the occupation effecting the population in dramatic fashion and eliminating basic human needs for millions, there is a noticeable shift in the discourse on Palestine; that is a shift away from the struggle for freedom and toward a struggle for survival. If Palestinians are consumed with surviving for just another day they cannot focus on liberating their land. How does humanitarianism reinforce this situation and how can Palestinians avert suspended catastrophe? Join us for a discussion of these issues with Dr. Ilana Feldman.

Dr. Ilana Feldman is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at George Washington University. She was a Mellon Fellow in the Society of Fellows in the Humanities and Lecturer in Anthropology at Columbia University from 2002-04. Dr. Feldman is the author of Governing Gaza: Bureaucracy, Authority and the Work of Rule (1917-67) (Duke University Press).