[opirgyork] MONDAY: NOW ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE: Tunisia, Egypt and the Arab World?

[aruna at opirgyork.ca]

NOW ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE: Tunisia, Egypt  and the Arab World?

Monday, Feb 28, 2011
3:00 pm
313 Student centre, York's Keele Campus

What began as a single act of desperation in Tunisia has led to a series
of significant uprisings of millions of people in Egypt and beyond.

In a region that has long suffered the impacts of colonial exploitation,
oppressive puppet tyrants, and chronic misrepresentation, we are now
witnessing a historic moment in which people are rising up to reclaim
their lives, present and future.

The world is watching, but what are we seeing?

Join us for a timely and much needed discussion and analysis as these
historical
events unfold.

Speakers:

Mostafa Henaway is an Egyptian Canadian who has been active in Palestine
solidarity with Tadamon Montreal! which works in solidarity with social
movements in the Arab world: Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisa, and Iraq. He is also
active
in the international Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Campaign to end Israeli
Apartheid, participating in organizing of the 2010 BDS  Conference in
Montreal.
He is a community organizer at the Immigrant Worker Center in Montreal,
and is
also an independent writer and radio producer.

Nayrouz Abu-Hatoum is a Graduate Student at York University in the
Anthropology
department. Her current research is on visual anthropology and violence in
the
context of Israel-Palestine. She is involved in cultural, political and
feminist
organizing in Toronto and Palestine.

Mohammed Mohsen is a Toronto based visual artist, with history that includes
involvement in students movements and several art organizations.

Moderated by:
Adonis El-Jamal is a student and community organizer who is active in
Palestine
solidarity movements, arab community initiatives and other anti-racist and
anti-colonial organizing. He is also a writer and producer of community media
based at York.

Organized by Huna, (“here” in Arabic )- a diverse, tight-knit group of Arabs
Engaged in Politics, Society, and Culture.

Sponsored by Beit Zatoun, OPIRG U of T, OPIRG York and the York University
Graduate Students' Association

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=200436606635045