Event Schedule
Monday, March 4, 2024
Day 1
Workshop
Writing Back to Palestine, Organized by AUB Press and The Writing Center
11:00-2:00
Location:
Asfari Conference Hall
Lecture
Showcasing Heroes Organized by Nursing Students Society, Speaker: Nuhad Yazbek-Dumit, Ghinwa Khatab, Farah Badawieh, Tamara Traboulsy, Hana Srouji
3:00-5:00
Location:
Asfari Conference Hall
Workshop
Writing War Stories, Organized by Tariq Mehmoud Ali
3:30-6:00
Location:
Fisk Hall, Room 313
Lecture
لبنان بين تداعيات الحرب: في غزة والأزمة السياسية الداخلي, Organized by Cultural Club of the South and Palestine Land Studies Center
3:30-4:30
Location:
Hostler Auditorium
Lecture
A War on Continuity: A Holistic Assessment of Healthcare, Infrastructure and Food Security in Gaza, Speakers: Howayda Al Harithy, Rami Mhanna and Rami Zurayk, Organized by Society for Sustainable Energy for All and the Palestinian Cultural Club
4:00-5:30
Location:
Engineering Lecture Hall
Theatrical Performance
تمثيل واخراج قاسم اسطنبولي: قوم يابا, Organized by: University for Seniors
4:00-5:30
Location:
Bathish Auditorium
Hybrid Lecture
حرية الصحافة في زمن الإبادة, Speakers: Nada Abdel Samad, Elie Brakhia, Shatha Hanaysha, Nour Sleiman, Moderator: Sara Mourad, Organized by Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies
4:00-6:00
Location:
Issam Fares Institute, Conference Room (4th Floor)
Lecture
Healthcare Heroism: The Selfless Story of Ali El Turk, Speaker: Ali El Turk, Organized by Advocacy and Bioethics, Subcommittee of HAVEN of the Salim El-Hoss Bioethics and Professionalism Program
5:30-7:00
Location:
Online
Film Screening and Discussion with Director
The Gaza Fixer (paid fundraiser for Ghassan Abu Sittah Children’s Fund), Speaker: George Azar, Organized by UNICEF CLUB, IEEE AUB, Palestine Land Studies Center and Media Studies Program
6:00-8:00
Location:
Engineering Lecture Hall
Discussion
Seaing Palestine, Decolonizing Ships, Prof. Nikolas Kosmatopoulos in Conversation with Students, Organized by PSPA Student Society, SOAN Student Society
6:00-7:15
Location:
Barzakh, Hamra (Off-Campus)
Performance
فلسطين راحة الأرواح, Performers: Amal Kaawash, Georges Cheikh, Mazen Malaeb, Makram Aboul Hosn, Organized by: Palestine Land Studies, Center and Faculty of Arts and Sciences
8:00-10:00
Location:
Byblos Bank Art Gallery
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Day 2
Lecture
The Occupation of Water, Speakers: Hermann Genz, Elvira Abi Zeid, Mansour Saliba, Lynn Kammoun, and Joanna Doummar, Organized by Joanna Doummar, Herman Genz, in collaboration with the Nature Conservation Center
11:00-12:30
Location:
Nabil Boustany Aud.
Lecture
Monopoly and Ethics: The War on Gaza, Organized by Thalia Arawi
12:00-1:30
Location:
ACC multipurpose room #2
Lecture
Preserving Palestine: The Struggle to Safeguard Palestinian Identity, Speakers: Ghada Dimashk, Hala Zeinlabidin, Basma Chibani, Fatme Charafeddine, Balsam Sayigh, Yasser Qadoura, Organized by Palestine Land Studies Center, University Libraries
2:00-2:30
Location:
Asfari Conference Room
Discussion
Voices From Gaza, Speaker: Plestia Alaqad (Virtual), Moderated by Jana Hmayed and Bana Bashour, Organized by: Palestinian Cultural Club and General Education Program
3:30-5:00
Location:
Hostler Auditorium
Lecture
Language and Propaganda, Organized by the Arabic Students Society
3:30-5:30
Location:
Fisk Hall, Room 313
Game Jam
Games for Palestine, Organized by SAIL For Change – Gaming Academy
4:00-6:00
Location:
Bliss Hall Room 114
Book Selling Booth
Explore Palestine, Hosted by: The Institute for Palestine Studies, Organized by: The General Education Program and the Palestine Land Studies Center
4:00-7:00
Location:
West Hall
Live Podcast Recording
Ahmad Biqawi Interviews Ghassan Abu Sittah, Moderator: Rima Majed, Organized by the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Media Studies and Department of Psychology, Critical Approaches to Development, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
5:00-7:00
Location:
Bathish Auditorium
Discussion
Palestinian Marxist Figures: Contribution to Resistance and Critical Perspectives, Speakers: Kassem Ayach, Mohamad Hamdan, and Sarah Hassoun, Moderator: Mahmoud Baasiri, Organized by Philosophy Students Society
6:30-8:00
Location:
Nicely Hall, Room 322
Game Night
The Return, Organized by Palestine Land Studies Center
7:00-9:00
Location:
West Hall Common Room
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Day 3
Lecture
Jerusalem: City of All Desires, Speakers: Leila El Ahmad Bsat, Organized by the University for Seniors
10:30-12:00
Location:
Issam Fares Institute Auditorium
Wiki-Wednesday
WikiWednesday- A Palestine Edit-a-Thon, Organized by AUB Press
12:00-3:00
Location:
Antoine Ghattas Karam E-Classroom – Jafet Library
Lecture
قضية 101, Speaker: Ilham Khuri Makdissi, Organized by the Palestinian Cultural Club
3:00-5:00
Location:
Hostler Auditorium
Lecture
طوفان الأقصى بين مستقبل وتاريخ القضية الفلسطينية, Speaker Abdulrahman Jassem, Organized by the Cultural Club of the South and Palestine Land Studies Center
4:00-5:00
Location:
Nicely Hall, Room 212
Lecture
International Law and the Prospect of Justice in Palestine, Speakers: Zeina Jallad, Nimer Sultani, Samer Ghamroun, and Karim Makdisi, Moderator: Jamil Mouawad, Organized by Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy
4:00-6:00
Location:
Issam Fares Institute Conference Room (4th Floor)
Lecture
الحريات الأكاديمية تحت النار بينما تحترق غزة (Hybrid Talk), Speakers: Sari Hanafi, Anna Younes, Rana Sukarieh, Moderator: Hassan Ghaziri, Organized by the Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies and MUBS.
4:00-6:00
Location:
Asfari Conference Room
Movie Screening
Remembering the Nakba: Movie Screening of Farha, Organized by the Book Club
5:00-7:00
Location:
Hostler Auditorium
Lecture
Critical Theory Encounters with Palestine, Speakers: Nadia Abou El Hajj and Zahi Zalloua, Moderator: Rima Majed, Organized by Arab Council for the Social Sciences
5:00-7:00
Location:
Online
Roundtable
Roundtable Discussion on the Responsibility of STEM Researchers, Organized by Physics Students Society
6:00-8:00
Location:
Nicely Hall, Room 214
City Debates Lecture
Mapping as Decolonial Praxis: Indigenous Imagination amidst Settler Destruction, from Algeria to Palestine and Hawaii, Discussants: Hiba Bou Akar and Rami Zurayk, Organized by Beirut Urban Lab
6:15-7:30
Location:
Architecture Lecture Hall
Discussion
Beyond the Headlines: How Does the Media in Lebanon Address the Israeli Aggression, Speakers: Diana Moukaled, Jean Kassir, Nizar Saghiyeh, Moderator: Barea Joudi, Organized by the AUB Secular Club
6:30-8:00
Location:
Issam Fares Institute Conference Hall
Concert
Kamandjati and Beit Atfal Essumoud, Organized by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, General Education Program, AUB Neighborhood Initiative
7:00 pm
Location:
Assembly Hall
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Day 4
Lecture
Visualizing Palestine: Zine & Scrapbook Design Workshop, Organized by AUB Press and The Writing Center
11:00-2:00
Location:
College Hall, Aud. B1
Teach-In
You Cannot See Palestine for the Trees, Speaker: Salma Talhouk, Organized by: Nature Conservation Center
12:00-2:00
Location:
Bechtel Room 208
City Debates Panel
The Many Faces of Colonialism, National Plans for the Day After: the State Process, Capital, and Distribution of Precarity and Stability across Palestine, Kareem Rabie, Between Land and Live: Insurgent Geographies of Reproduction in Palestine’s Frontiers, Omar Jabary Salamanca, Rhythms of Disruption: Palestinian Everyday Life Encounters of Spatiotemporal Injustice, Maha Samman, Organized by Beirut Urban Lab
3:00-5:30
Location:
Architecture Lecture Hall
Storytelling
Stories from Palestine, Speaker: Yumna Hamidi, Moderator: Sadeem Asiri, Organized by Palestine Land Studies Center, Palestinian Cultural Club, and General Education Program
3:00-5:00
Location:
Asfari Conference Room
Olive Tree Planting
Olive Tree Planting in memory of the Children of Gaza, Organized by Shady Hamadeh and the Environment and Sustainable Development Unit
4:00-5:00
Location:
Lower Campus
Discussion
Dismantling Zionist Sophistry: On Deconstructing Arguments and Political Violence, Speakers: Karam Wahab and Muhannad Hariri, Organized by Philosophy Students Society
5:30-7:30
Location:
Nabil Boustany Hall
Lecture
BDS: Profound Ethical Duty to End Complicity in Apartheid & Genocide, Speaker: Omar Barghouti, Moderated by Rana Sukarieh, Organized by the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Media Studies
6:00-8:00
Location:
Online
Film Screening and Discussion
Stitching Palestine, Speakers: Carol Mansour and Mona Khalidi, Organized by the General Education Program, Palestinian Cultural Club, and Palestine Land Studies Center
6:30-8:00
Location:
Hostler Auditorium
Friday, March 8, 2024
Day 5
Olive Tree Planting
Olive Tree Planting in memory of the Children of Gaza, Organized by Shady Hamadeh and the Environment and Sustainable Development Unit
8:00-10:00
Location:
AREC Farm
City Debates Lecture
Mapping Territories, Understanding Histories Interrupted Futures: Planning Modern Jaffa, 1936-1948 Nadi Abu Saada, Interrogating Recovery: The Case of Gaza Howayda Al-Harithy, Refugee Heritage Sandi Hilal, Organized by Beirut Urban Lab
11:30-1:00
Location:
Architecture Lecture Hall
Lecture
Education and Colonization in Palestine, Speaker: Mai Abou Moghli, Organized by Anies Hroub
11:30-1:00
Location:
Nabil Boustani Hall, Van Dyck
Discussion
Exhibition by Shatha Hanaysha, Speakers: Shatha Hanaysha, Organized by the Palestinian Land Studies Center
2:00-4:00
Location:
West Hall
Photography Presentation
عين العدسة: رحلة المصور فضيل ناصر سابا في قلب فلسطين ما قبل 1948, Speaker: Hazaa Abou Rabia, Organized by Anies Al Hroub, Department of Education
2:00-3:00
Location:
Online
Lecture
Women in Palestine, Speakers: Sawsan Saleh, Organized by Arabic Students Society and Palestine Land Studies Center
3:00-5:00
Location:
Hostler Auditorium
Lecture
Women’s Health in Gaza, Speaker: Dinah Ayna and Faysal El Kak, Organized by Biology Students Society, Psychology Students Society, Faculty of Health Sciences Students Society, Women at Work, Feminist Club, OBGYN Interest Group
5:00-7:00
Location:
Nabil Boustany Hall
City Debates Closing Roundtable
Palestine, How Can We Care as Urbanists, Moderator: Hiba Bou Akar, Organized by Beirut Urban Lab
6:00-7:30
Location:
Issam Fares Institute Auditorium
Open Mic Night
من بيروت إلى فلسطين, Organized by the English Students Society, Arabic Students Society, Rusted Radishes
6:00-8:00
Location:
Hostler Auditorium
Saturday, March 9, 2024
Day 6
Concert
Al Fayha Choir (paid fundraiser for Ghassan Abu Sittah Children’s Fund), Organized by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, General Education Program, The AUB Neighborhood Initiative
8:00 pm
Location:
Assembly Hall
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Upcoming Palestine Week
2025
Palestine Week
A week of events dedicated to learning about the history and presents of the Palestinian peoples and the ways in which their struggles with the Israeli project intersect with regional transformations.
Contact
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