ILAN PAPPE on GAZA in Context: Past, Present & Future —Free Attendance!

ALNADWA Freethinking Society

Three events for a deep dive into the history, current situation &amp; future for Gaza/Palestine with renowned scholar, author Ilan Pappé

May 13 Bint Jebail, Detroit; May 14 UU Church, Detroit; May 15 First Methodist Church, Ferndale

<h4>Free Tickets (optional donation) to Three Events in Dearborn, Detroit &amp; Ferndale!</h4><h3>ILAN PAPPÉ on GAZA in Context: Past, Present &amp; Future</h3><h3> </h3>AL NADWA FREETHINKING SOCIETY, in collaboration with Jewish Voice for Peace-Detroit (JVP-D), Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), and Peace Action of Michigan proudly invite you to three opportunities to hear presentations by Dr. Ilan Pappé. Each presentation will be unique. Book Beat will be at all three events with Dr. Pappé's books.In support of the Palestinian struggle for freedom in the face of the atrocities and genocide being committed in Gaza, we have invited one of the world's foremost historians on the region to Metro-Detroit to provide his historical expertise on the issue.<blockquote>"Along with the late Edward Said, Ilan Pappe is the most eloquent writer of Palestinian history." —New Statesman </blockquote>Monday, May 13 • 6:30-9 pm Q&A at 8 pm Bint Jebail Cultural Center 14201 Prospect Street #Bldg. 2 • Dearborn, MI 48126Tuesday, May 14 • 6:30-8 pm Followed by Q&A &amp; Reception Unitarian Universalist Church 4605 Cass Ave, Detroit, MI 48201Wednesday, May 15 • 7 pm First United Methodist Church 22331 Woodward Ave, Ferndale, MI 48220Click the red Get tickets button to confirm your attendance and/or to make a donation to support Ilan Papp´e's rare visit to the U.S. We are honored that he will join us in Metro-Detroit, and appreciate your help to make this possible.<h4> </h4><h4>Monday, May 13, 2024 • 6:30-9 pm Q&A at 8 pm Bint Jebail Cultural Center 14201 Prospect Street #Bldg. 2 • Dearborn, MI 48126</h4>On Monday, May 13, 2024, please join us for a unique opportunity to hear from world renowned historian Ilan Pappé as he delves into the complex history of Gaza—past, present and future.The conversation will be moderated by Dr. May Seikali, and cover the current state of occupied Palestine during this pivotal moment in history. The event will include a Q &amp; A segment with the audience.Tuesday, May 14 • 6:30-8 pm Followed by Q&A &amp; Reception Unitarian Universalist Church 4605 Cass Ave, Detroit, MI 48201Join us for the second presentation by Dr. Pappé at the Historic Unitarian Universalist Church, home of the Cass Corridor Commons. This is a center that embraces gatherings of people challenging injustice and advancing progressive thinking. Along with EMEAC (Eastern Michigan Environmental Action Council), the space is shared by the Michigan Audubon Society, students from U-M’s Semester In Detroit, and the Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice. The Detroit Independent Freedom Schools and the People’s Water Board meet at the Commons regularly. This is a perfect and magnificent space to hear Pappé's inspiring voice.Ilan Pappé is an internationally acclaimed expert, considered<blockquote>"Israel's bravest, most principled, most incisive historian." —John Pilger, Australian scholar and documentary filmmaker</blockquote>Wednesday, May 15 • 7-8:30 pm First United Methodist Church 22331 Woodward Ave, Ferndale, MI 48220Join us for the third and final presentation by Dr. Pappé in the Detroit area in Ferndale, at the home shared by people of Christian faith and Jewish members of Congregation T'Chiyah. Look for the Ceasefire banner on the outside of the building. <h3>ABOUT ILAN PAPPE</h3>Ilan Pappé is the bestselling author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine: A History of Modern Palestine and The Israel/Palestine Question. He has co-published several books with Noam Chomsky, including <a href="https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/695-on-palestine" title="https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/695-on-palestine" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">On Palestine</a> and <a href="https://www.haymarketbooks.org/search?q=Pappe&scope=Books" title="https://www.haymarketbooks.org/search?q=Pappe&scope=Books" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on the US-Israeli War Against the Palestinians</a>; his most recent book is "<a href="https://www.middleeastbooks.com/products/the-biggest-prison-on-earth-a-history-of-the-occupied-territories-by-ilan-pappe" title="https://www.middleeastbooks.com/products/the-biggest-prison-on-earth-a-history-of-the-occupied-territories-by-ilan-pappe" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Biggest Prison on Earth</a>."<blockquote>"…the ethnic cleansing of Palestine must become rooted in our memory and consciousness as a crime against humanity." ― Ilan Pappé, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/56058" title="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/56058" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine</a></blockquote>Read more writings by Pappé on <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/author/ilan_pappe_151019144945133" title="https://www.aljazeera.com/author/ilan_pappe_151019144945133" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">AlJazeera.com</a> and The <a href="https://www.palestinechronicle.com/writers/ilan-pappe/" title="https://www.palestinechronicle.com/writers/ilan-pappe/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Palestine Chronicle</a> <blockquote>"Based on groundbreaking archival research, NGO records, and eyewitness accounts, Pappe's investigation of the 'bureaucracy of evil' explores the brutalizing effects of occupation, from the systematic abuse of human and civic rights, the IDF roadblocks, mass arrests, and house searches to the forced population transfer, the settlers, and the infamous wall that is [has turned] the West Bank into an open prison. Providing a sharp contrast with life in Israel, this is a brilliantly incisive and moving portrait of daily life in the Occupied Territories." —<a href="https://www.middleeastbooks.com/products/the-biggest-prison-on-earth-a-history-of-the-occupied-territories-by-ilan-pappe" title="https://www.middleeastbooks.com/products/the-biggest-prison-on-earth-a-history-of-the-occupied-territories-by-ilan-pappe" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Middle East Books</a></blockquote>

Ilan Pappé is a scholar and a pro-Palestinian political activist. He is one of the most prominent Israeli political dissidents living in exile, having moved from the University of Haifa to the University of Exeter. He is also one of the few Israeli students of the conflict who write about the Palestinian side with real knowledge and empathy. Pappé places Zionism under an uncompromising lens… The Idea of Israel is not a history book but a close study of the role of Zionist ideology in the making of modern Israel and of the continuing relevance of this ideology today in politics, the education system, the media, the cinema and Ashkenazi-Sephardi relations. —Avi Shlaim, GuardianIlan Pappé (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hebrew</a>: אילן פפה, pronounced <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Hebrew" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Hebrew" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">[iˈlan paˈpe]</a>; born 7 November 1954) is an Israeli <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historian" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historian" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">historian</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_scientist" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_scientist" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">political scientist</a> and former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">politician</a>. He is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Exeter" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Exeter" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">University of Exeter</a> in the United Kingdom, director of the university's European Centre for Palestine Studies, and co-director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies. <a href="" title="" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Read more</a>In a 2004 interview, Pappé said. "The aim has always been, and it still remains, to have as much of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_(region)" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_(region)" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Palestine</a> as possible with as few <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Palestinians</a> in it as possible."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilan_Papp%C3%A9#cite_note-8" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilan_Papp%C3%A9#cite_note-8" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">[8]</a> He blames the creation of Israel for the lack of peace in the Middle East, arguing that Zionism is more dangerous than Islamic militancy, and has called for an international <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_boycotts_of_Israel" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_boycotts_of_Israel" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">boycott of Israeli academics</a>. <a href="" title="" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Read more</a>Ilan Papp´é is presented by the <a href="https://www.alnadwa.org" title="https://www.alnadwa.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ALNADWA Freethinking Society</a> with <a href="https://jvp.org" title="https://jvp.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jewish Voice for Peace-Detroit</a>, <a href="https://palestinianyouthmovement.com/michigan" title="https://palestinianyouthmovement.com/michigan" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Palestinian Youth Movement</a>, and <a href="https://peaceactionmich.org" title="https://peaceactionmich.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Peace Action of Michigan</a>. Special thanks to the Unitarian Universalist Church and First United Methodist Church.The event will also be livestreamed for those who are unable to attend in person. More details to come.For more information, contact <a href="https://mailto:secretary@alnadwa.org" title="https://mailto:secretary@alnadwa.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">secretary@alnadwa.org</a>