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Tuesday 16 September, 8 pm
Lecture by Mazin Qumsiyeh
Sharing the Land of Canaan: a durable peace based on coexistance and equality in one country
Mazin will discuss why the "two state" solution is a myth. From every aspect, sociologically, economically, environmentally and security-wise, the Israelis and Palestinians are better off if they live together in one democratic state for all its citizens. This necessitates abandonment of concepts and laws that are racist/discriminatory and replacement of concepts of ethnocentric chauvensitic nationalism with concepts of citizenship. He will explore the usual arguments presented against this simple and just solution to the problems that plagued the Middle East (West Asia) and subsequently the world since the first Zionist colony was established in 1882.
Mazin Qumsiyeh served on the faculty of Duke and Yale Universities and is now a professor at Bethlehem University. He was on the board/steering/executive committees of a number of groups including Peace Action Education Fund, the US Campaign to End the Occupation, the Palestinian American Congress, Association for One Democratic State in Israel/Palestine, and BoycottIsraeliGoods.org
He advised many other groups including Sommerville Divestment Project, Olympia-Rafah Sister City Project, Palestine Freedom Project, Sabeel North America, and National Council of Churches of Christ USA. He published several books including "Sharing the Land of Canaan: human rights and the Israeli/Palestinian Struggle", over 200 letters to the editor and 100 op-ed pieces, and was interviewed in TV and radio extensively (local, national and international, including amongst others the Washington Post, New York Times, Boston Globe, CNBC, C-Span, and ABC).
The Alternative Information Center is a joint Palestinian-Israeli activist organization engaged in dissemination of information, political advocacy and grassroots activism. The AICafe is a political and cultural café open on Tuesday and Saturday night from 7pm untill 11pm. It is located in the Alternative Information Center in Beit Sahour, close to Suq a Shaab square (follow the sign to Jadal Center) We have a small library with novels, political books and magazines. We also have a number of Films in DVD copies and the AIC publications which are aimed to critically analyze both the Palestinian and Israeli sociaties as well as the conflict itself. Phone number; 02 2775444
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