American University of Beirut to take part in global Israeli Apartheid Week March 1-6
Reageer (0)26-2-2010
BEIRUT: The American University of Beirut will launch the first-ever Israeli Apartheid Week on March 1-6. A statement from AUB said Beirut will be joining more than 40 cities around the world in marking the event, which began in 2005.
A program of lectures, film screenings, student round tables, workshops and music will response to the call of Palestinian civil society for the “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions” (BDS) against Israel. The event will host Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti, former resistance fighter Soha Beshara, activists Amer Jubran, Hana Ibrahim, and Nahla al-Chahhal and participants from the United States, the United Kingdom and South Africa.
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