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ICAHD/BRICUP Speaking tour: Jeff Halper & Ghada Karmi - Fighting Israeli Apartheid: the case for BDS

Exeter, Birmingham, Glasgow Edinburgh, Bradford, London

15-20 March 2010

Ghada Karmi and Jeff Halper, two leading lights of the struggle to create the just conditions on the ground in Palestine-Israel which are prerequisite to sustainable peace and reconciliation in that region, are undertaking speaking engagements together in UK universities later this month. The dates and venues of public meetings where you can hear them are below.

Dr Ghada Karmi is a leading Palestinian academic and writer. She was born in Jerusalem, but was brought up and educated in England. Currently she is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, where she teaches conflict resolution in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. She is also on the Board of the Council for Arab-British Understanding (CAABU) and a patron of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

Her major area of work has been on the Palestine/Israel conflict and she has published widely on this subject. She is also a well-known figure on British radio and TV. Her most recent and widely acclaimed memoir, In Search of Fatima; a Palestinian story (Verso Press, 2002), represents a rare example of Palestinian personal narrative writing in English. Her new book, Married to another man: Israel’s dilemma in Palestine, deals with the One-State solution in Israel/Palestine.

Prof Jeff Halper, a Professor of Anthropology,is co-founder and Director of Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. The constructive activism of ICAHD and the quality of Halper's analysis of the conflict, combined with his prophetic voice on Israel's self-destructive policies, have won him wide recognition. In 2005 he was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Monday 15 March - Exeter
6:30pm – Lecture Theatres 1 & 2, Institute of Arabic & Islamic Studies Dept, Streatham Campus, Stocker Road, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4DD.
Local sponsors: Exeter PSC
Contact: Dave Chappell, davidchappell@tiscali.co.uk tel: 07790 727 965

Tuesday 16 March - Birmingham

1pm- Guild of Students Council Chamber, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT

Contacts: palestine@guild.bham.ac.uk , tel: Faris 07789 743 702

7:30pm – Birmingham Unite Offices, Broad Street, Birmingham
Local sponsors: West Midlands PSC, Birmingham-Ramallah Twinning Initiative, Midlands Palestine Community Association, Friends of Sabeel - UK
Contact: Martin Sullivan, pscwm@yahoo.co.uk , tel: 07941 452 034

Wednesday 17 March - Glasgow

1pm- Boyd Orr Building, Room 507 (Lecture Theatre C)
7:30pm - Boyd Orr Bldg, Room 611, (Lecture Theatre E)
Local sponsors: SPSC
Contact: Poppy Kohner, poppykohner@gmail.com, tel: 07824 849 714

Thursday 18 March - Edinburgh

1pm - Lecture Theatre 270, Old College, South bridge, Edinburgh EH8 OYL
Sponsor: Edinburgh Students for Justice in Palestine
Contact: Karen karentostee@hotmail.com

7:30 – Augustine Church, 41-43 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EL
Local Sponsor: SPSC
Contact: Vanessa Fuertes, vanesafuertes@hotmail.com , tel: 07713 246 599

Friday 19 March - Bradford
5:30pm – Bradford University Campus, Stanley Bell Lecture Theatre,
Richmond Building, Richmond Road, Bradford, BD7 1DP,
Local Sponsor: Bradford United for Palestine
Contact: events@u4p.co.uk ,

Saturday 20 March - London
2:30 – 4:30 - G2 Main Building, SOAS
Local sponsors: SOAS Palestine Society, Action Palestine
Contacts:palsoc@soas.ac.uk or Pat Price Tomes: info@icahduk.org