[van-announce] Fwd: April 7: Mazin Qumsiyeh speaks on Palestine Today and In the Future

[Charlotte Kates]

*Dr Mazin Qumsiyeh on Palestine Today and In the Future *





*Monday. April 7, 2014 7:00pm Rm. 1700, SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W. Hastings
Free Admission *

Dr. Qumsiyeh was born to a Palestinian Christian family near Bethlehem. As
well as being Palestinian, he has U.S. citizenship and served on the
faculty of both Duke and Yale Universities where he taught and did research
in genetics before returning to Palestine to do the same work at Birzeit
and Bethlehem Universities.

Dr. Qumsiyeh serves as chairman of the board of the Palestinian Center for
Rapprochement Between People and coordinator of the Popular Committee
Against the Wall and Settlements in Beit Sahour. He is author of several
books, including *Sharing the Land of Canaan: Human rights and the
Israeli/Palestinian Struggle* (2004) and *Popular Resistance in Palestine:
A history of Hope and Empowerment* (2011) and is a prolific writer for
journals and newspapers.

He served on the Steering/Executive Committees of a number of groups
including Peace Action, the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation,
the Palestinian American Congress, Association for One Democratic State in
Israel/Palestine, AcademicsForJustice.org, and BoycottIsraeliGoods.org. He
was the organizer of and the Palestine speaker for the Wheels of Justice
Tour, which was sponsored by many national groups, including the Fellowship
of Reconciliation.

Dr. Qumsiyeh will talk to us about the current situation and share his
vision of a future for all the people who live in the land of Canaan. How
can Canadians help to bring about a new situation of peace and justice?

Endorsed by: Boycott Israel Apartheid Campaign, Building Bridges, Canada
Palestine Association, Gaza´s Ark, Independent Jewish Voices, Seriously
Free Speech Committee, United Network for Justice and Peace in Palestine
and Israel.




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Charlotte L. Kates     charlotte.kates at gmail.com