
Rising To Return: Al-Awda National Conference
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May 6, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - May 8, 2022 @ 5:30 pm
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Join us in one space, in one weekend, for intensive strategic discussion with committed activists, scholars, organizers, revolutionary minds and leaders for Palestine, including veterans of many years of struggle, to prepare for this critical phase for the Palestinian cause. View the full program here.
Activists, Speakers, Artists, Students from Palestine and across the world will convene to craft strategies to strengthen the Palestinian movement for Liberation and Return. – and tactics to devise tactics to dismantle zionist supremacy and colonization.
Film screenings, turath, debka, music, organizers, activists and speakers from Palestine and globally ~ combined in a weekend of intensive workshops geared toward developing strategies for building power and advancing the Palestinian liberation movement.
Friday, 5PM-8PM
Saturday, 10AM – 9PM
Sunday, 10:30AM – 5PM
To register, visit the ticketing link.
Conference Highlights
SOME OF THE AMAZING SPEAKERS
Samia Halaby •Raja Eghbaria • Ahlam Muhtaseb • Adel Samara • Ubai Aboudi • Seif Da’na • Salman Abu Sitta • Ghada Talhami • Ramzy Baroud • Clarence Thomas • Said Arikat • Claudia De La Cruz • Suzanne Adely • Andom Ghebreghiorgis • Lamis Deek • Miko Peled • Raja Abdulhaq • Suzy Tamimi • Ayman Nijm • Aiyah Ziyadeh • David Sheen • Sara Kershnar • Sayel Kayed • DSA BDS Working Group • LowKey • Edin-Gaza (from Scotland) • Charles Barron
CULTURAL PERFORMANCES
Freedom Debka Troupe: sharing one of Palestine’s main dance forms
George Ziadeh: Palesitinian vocalist and oudist and is considered an authority in maqam and Arab traditional music.
FILM SCREENINGS
1948: Creation & Catstrophe, by Dr, Ahlam Muhtaseb
Gaza’s Angel, by Ahmed Mansour