Presenter: Safa Saraçoğlu, Associate Professor of History, Bloomsburg University
Part of the Workshop "Breaking Down the Headlines: Understanding the Levant." Sponsored by the Global Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh and CERIS. A preparatory workshop for educators participating in the 2014 Fulbright Hays GPA to Jordan.
Citizenship, Identity, and the Modern Arab State, Part of the Breaking Down the Headlines: Understanding the Levant," Professor Mohammed Bamyeh discusses the relationship between citizenship and identity in contemporary Arab countries.
Presenter: Mohammed Bamyeh, Professor of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh
Join the Carnegie Museum of Art for a special opening day lecture from Kristen Gresh, Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh Assistant Curator of Photographs, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Conflict Kitchen, Students for Justice in Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace, Pittsbugh Palestine Solidarity Committee
The Dinner (2012)
by Mais Darwazeh
2012 | Documentary Short | 22 min
Mais Darwazeh lives alone. In Amman, she creates her own identity by gathering around her table close friends, chosen ingredients, and old recipes. A short discussion will follow screening with director Mais Darwazeh.
Conflict Kitchen, Students for Justice in Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace, Pittsbugh Palestine Solidarity Committee
Director Elia Suleiman uses a mixture of romantic comedy and quirky humor to shed light on the problems of Palestinians in Yadon Ilaheyya (Divine Intervention). E.S. (Suleiman and his girlfriend Manal Khader), because they live in separate cities, must meet near an Israeli checkpoint. The film is little more than a series of usually comic but occasionally poignant scenes in which Suleiman and others must confront any number of Israeli nemeses. Suleiman's second film, Divine Interventions, was screened in competition at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
Conflict Kitchen, Students for Justice in Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace, Pittsbugh Palestine Solidarity Committee
The first-ever Palestinian film to be nominated for best Documentary Feature by A.M.P.A.S®, the critically-acclaimed 5 BROKEN CAMERAS is a deeply personal, first-hand account of life and non-violent resistance in Bil’in, a West Bank village surrounded by Israeli settlements. Shot by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who bought his first camera in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son, Gibreel, the film was co-directed by Burnat and Guy Davidi, an Israeli filmmaker.
A Workshop for Teachers
Sponsored by
The Program in Near Eastern Studies
at Princeton University
and
The Madeleine and W.W. Keen Butcher History Institute
at the Foreign Policy Research Institute
Saturday, May 2, 2015
8:00 AM-5:30 PM
Princeton University
Frist Campus Center, Multi-Purpose Room (MPR A)
Princeton, NJ 08544
Conflict Kitchen will host an informal discussion about daily life in Gaza and the future of Palestine. Wednesday April 29th noon-1:30pm
Special guests include Ahmed Arafat and Jules Lobel
Ahmed was born and raised in the Khan Younis refugee camp in Gaza, Palestine and currently he works as an IT professional in his second home, Pittsburgh. Jules is the Bessie McKee Walthour Endowed Chaired Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh Law School and the President of the Center for Constitutional Rights.
Conflict Kitchen » The Lunch Hour (Palestine)
Imam Qasim Curnett was born in Columbia, Missouri and was raised in Montgomery, Alabama. He was first introduced to Islam at age 11 by a schoolmate and close friend from Afghanistan. His first encounter with Islam had a lasting effect and resurfaced when in his early 20s, he became interested once again in Islam. After a period of research, he became a Muslim, and since then he has dedicated his time to learning the religion and participating in the American Muslim Community.
