From the Institute for Palestine Studies: "Before Their Diaspora is a visual journey into Palestine before 1948. Every important aspect of Palestinian society comes to life in the nearly 500 photographs, carefully selected from thousands available in private and public collections throughout the world. Descriptive, analytical texts, introduce each of the five historical periods into which the book is divided. Carefully researched, captions identify the time, place, personalities and context of each photograph. The first printing was in 1984." [continued] [H/t Electronic Intifada]
October 23, 2012
From the Institute for Palestine Studies: "Before Their Diaspora is a visual journey into Palestine before 1948. Every important aspect of Palestinian society comes to life in the nearly 500 photographs, carefully selected from thousands available in private and public collections throughout the world. Descriptive, analytical texts, introduce each of the five historical periods into which the book is divided. Carefully researched, captions identify the time, place, personalities and context of each photograph. The first printing was in 1984." [continued] [H/t Electronic Intifada]
October 6, 2012
Personal perspective on Israel and Palestine
From New Hampshire Peace Action: “Local residents to offer a personal perspective on Israel and Palestine: Carolyn Cicciu and Will Thomas, retired teachers, will share their personal stories and experiences following their travels to one of the most conflicted areas in the Middle East—Israel and Palestine, including the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Both traveled to the Middle East as members of Interfaith Peace-Builders….” More info.
October 15, 2012, 6:30 p.m.
Manchester City Library auditorium.
September 7, 2012
Interfaith Conversation
"Interfaith Conversation aims to connect diverse people"
By Manasee Wagh, Intelligencer, September 6, 2012
By Manasee Wagh, Intelligencer, September 6, 2012
It’s an understatement to say that finding peace among historically antagonistic nations in the Middle East is a tricky situation.
Nevertheless, many people sincerely want to take a step in that direction by celebrating each others’ faith, traditions and cultural differences, said Laurence Snider, president of Interfaith Community for Middle East Peace. The organization has been drawing Delaware Valley residents together to promote interfaith understanding since 2008.
At 3 p.m. on Sunday, the organization will host a conversation among Muslims, Christians, Jews and those of other faiths at the Yardley United Methodist Church. Any member of the public is invited to attend and have a positive conversation about peace in Israel and Palestine, said church Pastor Bob Coombe.
Seven earlier conversations hosted by the Interfaith Community gave people an opportunity to introduce their faiths to each other, Snider said, and this event will start building on that. It will be the first of several such conversations about Middle East peace to be held in the next few months, Snider said. . . .
April 16, 2012
Philadelphia Premiere of Najla Saïd's "Palestine"
PalestineWritten and performed by Najla Saïd
Rich, honest, and amusingly poignant, Palestine is a compassionate look at the Middle East from the unique perspective of Najla Saïd, a self-described politically agnostic Upper West Side Palestinian American princess (and the daughter of eminent scholar Edward Saïd), who traveled to the occupied territories to discover her deeper identity as an Arab American woman.
February 10, 2012
Israeli peace activist Gershon Baskin
"Israeli activist Gershon Baskin on release of Gilad Shalit, peace prospects," Radio Times, WHYY/NPR, February 10, 2012.
A few days after Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was abducted in 2005, Gershon Baskin got a phone call from a Palestinian professor and colleague asking for his help in negotiating the soldier's release. Gershon was put in touch with a spokesman for the Hamas government and for five years, as an intermediary between senior Hamas and Israeli officials, Baskin worked through back channels to broker a deal for Shalit's freedom in exchange for 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. Baskin is a member of Israeli's Green Movement Party, is the founder of the Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information and has been active in increasing understanding and promoting peaceful dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians. He has been involved in peace process as an outside advisor to Israeli Prime Ministers Yitzhak Rabin and Ehud Barak and writes a column for the Jerusalem Post.
January 30, 2012
"Aim to promote human rights of the Palestinians."
By Ali Abunimah, Philadelphia Inquirer, January 29, 2012.
I am coming to the University of Pennsylvania this week to incite violence against the State of Israel - pro-Israel groups and commentators have contended - and, along with hundreds of students and other speakers who will attend the 2012 National Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Conference, to engage in an "act of warfare."
Nothing could be further from the truth.
In fact, we are coming together to push forward an inclusive movement that supports nonviolent action to promote the human rights of the Palestinian people, because only full respect for these rights can lead to peace. Today, millions of Palestinians live without basic rights under Israeli rule. This intolerable situation is at the root of problems that affect the whole world. . . . [continued]
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