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Monthly Forum – May 2022 – A Conversation with Susan Abulhawa

A CONVERSATION WITH SUSAN ABULHAWA RECORDING AVAILABLE HERE Middle East Peace Now is pleased to welcome Palestinian-American author and human rights activist Susan Abulhawa for a candid and in-depth conversation about her work as a writer, her personal history, and her passionate work for Palestinian rights. Susan exemplifies Shakespeare’s wisdom that the pen is mightier than the sword. Through...

Boycott Film Screening – MSP International Film Festival

BOYCOTT film screening PURCHASE TICKETS HERE In February MEPN hosted Mik Jordahl, Rasmy Hassouna, and Daniel Nerenberg for a panel discussion on the new film Boycott and protecting the right to participate in Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions. We are excited to share that Boycott will be screened as part of the MSP International Film Festival! Director Julia Bacha will be present for both...

Monthly Forum – April 2022 – Decolonization for Our Time: Israel/Palestine in the 21st Century with Ilan Pappé

DECOLONIZATION FOR OUR TIME: ISRAEL/PALESTINE IN THE 21ST CENTURY Ilan Pappé RECORDING AVAILABLE HERE Historian, social activist, and Israeli iconoclast Ilan Pappé was born six years after Israel’s 1948 “war of independence,” during which at least 700,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homes and an unknown number lost their lives. Professor Ilan Pappé contends that those...

Monthly Forum – March 2022 – The Power of Nonviolence in Attaining Peace with Mubarak Awad

THE POWER OF NONVIOLENCE IN ATTAINING PEACE Mubarak Awad View Recording Here Dr. Mubarak Awad is a Palestinian educator, author, and psychologist. Now a US citizen, Dr. Mubarak has founded numerous programs, centers, and NGOs whose common theme is the power of nonviolent approaches to effect social change, justice, and peace in Israel/Palestine and in the international community. In his talk Dr....

Monthly Forum – February 2022 – Protecting our right to dissent: Rasmy Hassouna and Mik Jordahl

PROTECTING OUR RIGHT TO DISSENT Rasmy Hassouna, Mik Jordahl, and Daniel Nerenberg Register Here Middle East Peace Now cordially invites you to "Protecting our right to dissent: A conversation with Rasmy Hassouna and Mik Jordahl'' to explore the context and implications of state legislation designed to penalize individuals and companies that choose to boycott Israel due to its human rights record....

Monthly Forum – January 2022 – Hope Still Rises, Daoud Nassar

HOPE STILL RISES Daoud Nassar Recording Available Here Daoud Nassar, Palestinian Christian and founder Tent of Nations peace center, will share the story of his family’s struggle to maintain the ownership of their farm located outside of Bethlehem in the West Bank.  A recent video of the farm will take you there, and show you the concrete ways in which they have embodied their hope for the...

Monthly Forum – November 2021 – Miko Peled: A Clear Voice for the Rights of Palestinians

Miko Peled: A Clear Voice for the Rights of Palestinians Miko Peled RECORDING AVAILABLE HERE Miko Peled is not Palestinian; in fact, he is culturally Jewish. His family’s heritage is European, and includes a grandfather who was a signer of the Israeli Declaration of Independence in May 1948 and a father who was a prominent general in the Israeli Army in the 1960s-1970s. But like the...

Monthly Forum – September 2021 – The Palestinians that Remained, Tarek Khalil

The Palestinians that Remained: Foreigners in their Ancestral Homeland Tarek Khalil Forum Recording is Available Here * Please note that MEPN's Annual Meeting and online elections for the Board of Directors will be held from 10am - 10:15am CT Israel’s establishment is premised on the notion of Jewish supremacy, which necessitates racial domination. As a result of Israel’s creation in 1948,...

Monthly Forum – June 2021 – Not a Conflict: Against Anti-Semitism and for Palestinian Rights, Malkah Bird

Not a Conflict: Against Anti-Semitism and for Palestinian Rights Malkah Bird RECORDING AVAILABLE HERE Across the United States, some state legislatures and college campus organizations have pushed to adopt the controversial International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-semitism, which equates criticism of Israel with anti-semitism. Palestinians and their allies, including many...

Monthly Forum – May 2021 – Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, (BDS) & Free Speech, Abby Martin

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, (BDS) & Free Speech Abby Martin RECORDING AVAILABLE HERE Join us to hear from journalist Abby Martin about her major legal challenge against the state of Georgia for banning her from speaking engagements due to her refusal to sign a pro-Israel loyalty oath. She will discuss the implications anti-BDS laws have on the First Amendment and why the pro-Palestine...