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May 2019
Amira Hass Jewish Journalist Discusses the Occupation
Amira Hass, acclaimed Israeli journalist, author, and columnist for Ha’aretz, covers Palestinian affairs in the West Bank & Gaza; she is the only Jewish reporter living in the West Bank. Hass is the only child of a Jewish mother who survived nine months in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, and a Jewish father who survived three wartime years in a ghetto. She writes and speaks about the dilemmas of an Israeli journalist covering Israeli colonialism. She is an outspoken critic of Israel’s policies and…
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Medea Benjamin – Political Activism and the 2020 Elections
Medea Benjamin Join us for an evening with political activist Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink. She was also the 2000 Green Party candidate in California for the US Senate, receiving the highest vote total of any Green Party US Senate candidate in US history. She contributes to a number of media outlets, including The Huffington Post. She's been described as "one of the high-profile leaders of the peace movement."
Find out more »October 2019
AMBASSADOR DR. AKBAR AHMED
Ambassador Dr Akbar Ahmed Ambassador Ahmed is Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University, Washington DC and former Pakistani High Commissioner to the UK and Ireland. Named "the world's most influential authority on contemporary Islam" by BBC, Dr. Ahmed serves on the World Faiths Development Dialogue, led by Lord George Carey, former Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Advisory Board for the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, Queen's University, Belfast. Author of over 20…
Find out more »November 2019
Indiana Center for Middle East Peace Annual Gala
2019 GALA – SUSAN ABULHAWA Author, Poet, Activist We are delighted to invite you to an evening you won't soon forget! This year our gala features Susan Abulhawa as the keynote speaker. Her literary work and her activism are inspiring, and we are certain that her discussion with us will be as well. +Author, Mornings in Jenin (translated into 32 languages), The Blue Between Sky and Water, and My Voice Sought The Wind (poetry) +Founder, Playgrounds for Palestine (West Bank,…
Find out more »December 2019
Commemoration of the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights
On Thursday, December 5, 2019, we will commemorate the 71st anniversary of the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Our speaker will be Brian Zahnd. Brian is the co-founder and pastor of Word of Life Church in Saint Joseph, MO, and author of several books, including A Farewell to Mars: An Evangelical Pastor's Journey Toward the Biblical Gospel of Peace, tracing his journey “from war-crier to peacemaker.” Brian also spoke at the 2018 Christ at the Checkpoint conference in Bethlehem.…
Find out more »January 2020
AWAKEN – Bibi Bahrami
We are excited to welcome Bibi Bahrami to Fort Wayne, and to hear her story! In 1980, when she was 14 years old, her family was forced to flee Afghanistan following the Soviet Union's invasion. After six years living and working in a refugee camp in Pakistan, Bibi was able to move to the US and start a new life. In 2002, moved by the struggles of the people living in her home village of Qala-e-Malakh, in the Behsood District,…
Find out more »February 2020
A Thousand and One Journeys: The Arab Americans
Join us for a special screening of the documentary A Thousand and One Journeys: The Arab Americans. Written by Abe Kasbo and Gia M. Amella, this film was an Official Selection for the Arabian Sights Film Festival in 2015, and was the Home Grown Documentary Feature winner of the Garden State Film Festival in 2016. Within the context of historical immigration patterns, this documentary explores the untold story of 200 years of contributions of immigrants from the Middle East, North…
Find out more »P is for Palestine – POSTPONED – DATE TBD
Dr. Golbarg Bashi teaches Iranian and Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University, specializing in human rights in the Muslim world and comparative studies of women's rights movements worldwide. Along with her academic achievements, she was nominated for a US toy industry award as Designer/Inventor at Women in Toys “Wonder Woman” Awards in 2016. Zionists have protested her critically acclaimed children’s book, P is for Palestine, published in 2017, wanting it banned from public and school libraries. Following up P is…
Find out more »March 2020
Political Advocacy about Israel in the Age of Trump
We are delighted to welcome Rabbi Brant Rosen to Fort Wayne for an evening of thoughtful and informative discourse. Rabbi Brant Rosen is the founding rabbi of Tzedek Chicago, a non-Zionist, justice-centered synagogue advocating for Palestinian solidarity. He is the former Midwest Regional Director of the American Friends Service Committee. Brant also is a co-founder of the Jewish Voice for Peace Rabbinical Council and the Jewish Fast for Gaza, and author of Wrestling in the Daylight: A Rabbi's Path to…
Find out more »*CANCELED* Vigil for Gaza, with Steve Sosebee – Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund
UPDATE: Unfortunately we must cancel this event as scheduled due to public health concerns. We hope to reschedule at a later time, and will keep the website and our social media updated accordingly. Join us in a vigil for Gaza, commemorating the second anniversary (March 30) of Gaza's Great March of Return. Following the vigil, we will hear from Dr. Steve Sosebee, President/CEO of Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. PCRF provides free, life-saving medical treatment to thousands of children from around…
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