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 اسطنبو​لي: 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, K​areem 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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2025

Palestine Week

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