NEWS
Saturday
09Jan2010

Gaza: Our Guernica - events to commemorate Gaza one year after Israel’s attack

Gaza: Our Guernica

organized by the Palestine Societies at

SOAS
University
College London
Imperial College
Kings College
Goldsmiths
University
of Westminster

Thurs 14th January – 6.30pm
***Remembering the War on Gaza (followed by Candle Lit Vigil)***
Tariq Ali
(Writer)
Ghada Karmi (Exeter University)
UCL – Christopher Ingold Building/Main Quad

Mon 18th January – 7PM
***Besieged in Self Righteousness: Israeli public discourse after the last invasion of Gaza***
Daphna Baram
(Journalist)
SOAS – G2
 
Mon 25th January – 6.30pm
***The Wounds of Gaza***
Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah
(Surgeon, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Worked in Gaza after the last war)
Andrea Becker (MAP, Medical Aid for Palestinians)
Imperial – G16, Sir Alexander Fleming Building
 
Thurs 28th January – 6pm
***The Media and the War on Gaza***
Ehab Bessaiso
(Media Analyst and Writer): The Arab Media and the War on Gaza
Sharif Nashashibi: The British Media and the War on Gaza
Chair: Dr Dina Matar (SOAS)
Westminister Uni – 2.05a LT, Titchfield Street
 
Mon 1st Feb – 6.30pm
***The End of Israeli Impunity? Gaza and the Goldstone Report***
Bob Marshall Andrews
(Labour MP),
Paul Troop (Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights),
Prof. Robert Wintemute (Kings College)
KCL – s-3.20 Strand Campus

Wed 3rd Feb – 4pm
***Gaza: Past and Present***
Prof. Avi Shlaim
(Oxford University)
Goldsmith Uni – Richard Hoggart Building Rm 256
 
Wed 17th February – 7pm
***Supporting the Boycott on Israel: A View from Within***
Dr. Anat Matar (Tel Aviv University)
SOAS – Room tbc