Update May 8: Our event is now at capacity. Any additional registrants will be put on our waiting list. We appreciate your understanding.
Nakba Day is recognized on May 15 annually. Here in Kingston/Katarokwi, local groups have come together to organize The Ongoing Nakba: Understanding and Resistance on Saturday May 11, 2024 at the Central Public Library (130 Johnson St). If you are joining us for lunch, please fill out the form below (so we have enough food).
Schedule
9:15am-10:15am - What is the Nakba? with Emilio Dabed
10:30am-11:45am - Accounts From the Humanitarian Frontline with Ben Thomspon and Yasser Khan
11:45am-12:30pm - Lunch and break
12:30-1:30pm - Culture of Resistance: an overview of Palestine's History in Arts with Lubna Taha
1:45pm -2:45pm - Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign discussion with Karen Rodman
More details on the presenters below.
This event is co-organized by Katarokwi Palestine Solidarity, Kingston 4 Palestine, Independent Jewish Voices, Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights at Queen's, and the Levana Gender Advocacy Centre.
Space is limited, so please register early. And if you can no longer attend, please contact us (in case of a waiting list). Masks will be available (but not required). If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions, please contact us katarokwipalestinesolidarity@gmail.com.
Speaker bios
Emilio Dabed is a Palestinian-Chilean lawyer and Ph.D.
in political science (Science Po-Aix en Provence, France) specializing in
constitutional matters, international law, and human rights. Currently, he is
Adjunct Professor of international law at the Arab American University in
Palestine. Previously, he was adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School and,
until 2022, Senior Visiting Fellow at the Nathanson Center on Transnational
Human Rights, Crime and Security, at York University in Toronto.
Ben Thomson is a Canadian medical doctor who has held a staff position as a nephrologist at Mackenzie Health for the past 4 years. He is a distinguished academic and Master of Public Health candidate in the healthcare leadership and humanitarian health streams. His projects focus on improving capacity in low resource settings such as Uganda, Gaza and the West Bank.
Yasser Khan is an internationally renowned ophthalmic
surgeon, humanitarian and entrepreneur. He is devoted to national and global humanitarian medical work.
He is a founder and
CEO of GIVE − Global Initiative for Vision and Eyecare. GIVE’s primary
aim is to develop social and entrepreneurship solutions to empower local
populations and treat blindness. He has worked in this capacity in over
40 different countries and in Northern Ontario with the indigenous
communities.
Lubna Taha is a Palestinian/Canadian art writer, curator, and
researcher. She has collaborated with art and
cultural organizations in Palestine including the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center in Ramallah and the
Palestinian Art Court in Jerusalem.
Her academic journey includes a master’s degree in Cultural
Studies from Queen's University, where she focused on transnationalism and
solidarity in the contexts of creating and preserving the Cinema of the
Palestinian Revolution. Currently, Lubna is engaged in the study of escaped letters written
by Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli political jails, deepening her
understanding of the complex narratives surrounding Palestinian resistance and
identity.
Karen Rodman is a human rights advocate, and serves as executive
director of Just Peace Advocates. She is also founder of Palestine Just
Trade. Karen has served as a human rights volunteer observer in Palestine through
the World Council of Churches. justpeaceadvoctes.ca bsdcoalition.ca and palestinejusttrade.ca
