Program

Friday, September 20

Registration/Badge Collection

Location: Al Mirqab Ballroom Foyer

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Opening Remarks

Safwan Masri, Dean, Georgetown University in Qatar

Location: Al Mirqab Ballroom

1:00 – 1:15 PM

Opening Panel: Gaza Now

Location: Al Mirqab Ballroom

1:15 – 2:45 PM

Jehad Abusalim
Tareq Baconi
Noura Erakat
Diala Shamas
In Conversation with Safwan Masri

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Break

2:45 – 3:00 PM

How Might Justice and Accountability Be Achieved?

Location: Al Mirqab Ballroom

3:00 – 4:30 PM

Wesam Ahmad
Seth Anziska
Saleh Hijazi
Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh
Raz Segal
Moderator: Noha Aboueldahab

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The World is Watching: Who Shapes the Story?

Location: Al Mirqab Ballroom

4:30 – 6:00 PM

Laila Al-Arian
Ahmed Hijazi 
Wadah Khanfar
Mouin Rabbani
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin
Moderator: Ayman Mohyeldin

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Film screening of The Night Won’t End

Location: Al Daibel

6:00 – 8:00 PM

Laila Al-Arian in conversation with Abdullah Al-Arian

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Welcome Reception

Location: Al Daibel Lobby

8:00 PM

Saturday, September 21

Registration/Badge Collection

Location: Al Mirqab Ballroom Foyer

8:00 – 9:00 AM

The Palestinian Political Landscape: Imperatives for Renewal

Location: Al Mirqab Ballroom

9:00 – 10:45 AM

Zayne Abudaka
Mustafa Barghouti
Tamara Essayyad
Shawan Jabarin
Fadi Quran
Moderator: Ayman Mohyeldin

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Break

10:45 -11:00 AM

Being Palestinian: An Enduring Identity

Location: Al Mirqab Ballroom

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Nadia Abu El-Haj
Nadim Bawalsa
Beshara Doumani
Safwan Masri
Moderator: Ayman Mohyeldin

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Conference Lunch

Location: Al Mirqab Ballroom

12:30 – 2:00 PM

or

Special Program

Thematic Roundtable Discussion

Location: Al Daibel

12:30 – 2:00 PM

The Diaspora: Mobilizing for Impact

Khaled Al-Hroub
Nadim Bawalsa
Wadie Said
Diala Shamas
Muna Sukhtian
Zeina Zaatari
Moderator: Nadya Sbaiti

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Zionism: Ideological Shifts, Emerging Narratives

Location: Al Mirqab Ballroom

2:00 – 3:30 PM

Nadia Abu El-Haj
Leila Farsakh
Daniel Levy
Ilan Pappe
Moderator: Raz Segal

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Parallel Sessions

3:30 – 5:00 PM

Intersectional Alliances and Solidarities

Location: Al Daibel

Noura Erakat
Saleh Hijazi
Sophie Richter-Devroe
Zeina Zaatari
Moderator: Sarah Gualtieri

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Coalitions for Justice: Jewish and Palestinian Solidarity

Location: Al Mirqab Ballroom

Arielle Angel
Tareq Baconi
Fadi Quran
Simone Zimmerman
Moderator: Rebecca Vilkomerson

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Break

5:00 – 5:15 PM

Global Infrastructures of Power and Disruption

Location: Al Mirqab Ballroom

5:15 – 6:45 PM

Leila Farsakh
Yara Hawari
Sherene Seikaly
Rebecca Vilkomerson
Moderator: Seth Anziska

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Film screening of Israelism

Location: Al Daibel

6:00 – 8:00 PM

Simone Zimmerman in conversation with Tareq Baconi and Daniel Levy

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Sunday, September 22

Registration/Badge Collection

Location: Al Mirqab Ballroom Foyer

8:00 – 9:00 AM

Livable Gaza: Return, Reconstruction, Rehabilitation

Location: Al Mirqab Ballroom

9:00 – 10:30 AM

Fida Adely
Rochelle Davis
Raja Khalidi
Issam Younis
Moderator: Tareq Baconi

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Regional Actors and Geopolitical Dynamics

Location: Al Mirqab Ballroom

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Marwa Daoudy
Mehran Kamrava
Marc Lynch
Gerd Nonneman
Mouin Rabbani
Moderator: Nesrine Malik

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Conference Lunch

Location: Al Mirqab Ballroom

12:00 – 1:15 PM

or

Special Program

Lunch Talk: Artistic Freedom of Expression and Palestine

Location: Al Daibel

12:00 – 1:15 PM

Omar Robert Hamilton in conversation with Nesrine Malik

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Parallel Sessions

1:15 – 2:45 PM

Art as Resistance

Location: Al Daibel

Selma Dabbagh
Omar Robert Hamilton
Amer Shomali
Zeina Zaatari
Moderator: Sami Hermez

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The Levantine Landscape

Location: Al Mirqab Ballroom

Ziad Abu-Rish
Bassam Haddad
Yara Hawari
Marc Lynch
Moderator: Salim Tamari

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Palestine and the Global South: Lessons from Anti-Colonial and Anti-Apartheid Struggles

Location: Al Mirqab Ballroom

2:45 – 4:30 PM

Muhannad Ayyash
Nader Hashemi
Ussama Makdisi
Nesrine Malik
Grace Naledi Pandor
Lana Tatour
Moderator: Ryan Grim

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Break

4:30 – 4:45 PM

Decentering the Politics of Power: Student Protests and Youth Movements

Location: Al Mirqab Ballroom

4:45 – 6:15 PM

Nadia Abu El-Haj
Omar Shakir
Lana Tatour
Jennifer Zacharia
Moderator: Sarah Gualtieri

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Closing Panel: Palestine Reimagined

Location: Al Mirqab Ballroom

6:15 – 7:30 PM

Mustafa Barghouti 
Diana Buttu
Ussama Makdisi
Ilan Pappe
Sherene Seikaly
In Conversation with Safwan Masri

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Closing Remarks

Safwan Masri, Dean, Georgetown University in Qatar

Location: Al Mirqab Ballroom

7:30 PM