Middle East studies in the News

Engaging Gaza

Middle East Institute, Columbia University
March 31, 2005

http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/1840

ENGAGING GAZA

A Week of Events with Students from Gaza City

A delegation of four Palestinian university students from Gaza City
will visit Columbia and NYU on Wednesday (April 6th) and Friday (April
8th). Events will include the following:

Tuesday, April 5th

Free Film Screening: Gaza Strip

Venue: Jerome Greene Law Center, Columbia University
Room and Time: 701, at 7:00pm

Wednesday, April 6th

Presentation on Life Under Occupation by Four University Students from Gaza City

Venue: New York University, Silver Building (100 Washington Square East)
Room and Time: 808, at 7:30pm

Friday, April 8th

Gaza Students Engage with Columbia/Barnard Faculty, Hosted by
Dr. Rashid Khalidi, INVITATION ONLY

Venue: TBA
Room and Time: TBA, 4:00-6:00
Saturday, April 9th

Presentation on Life Under Occupation by Four University Students from Gaza City

Venue: St. Francis College, Callahan Center
182 Remsen Street (between Court & Clinton, 2, 3, 4, 5 to Borough Hall; A,C, F to Jay Street/Borough Hall; M, R to Court Street)

Time: 4:00-6:30 PM

This extraordinary opportunity to meet students coming directly from Gaza is sponsored by Faculty for Israeli Palestinian Peace (FFIPP), in association with:

Qanun Law Student Group, Columbia University
Students for Justice in Palestine - NYU
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee-New York
Brooklyn Parents for Peace
Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture/Ethical Action Committee
Brooklyn Tikkun
Council of Pakistani Organizations
Friends of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel
Jews Against the Occupation
Women In Islam, Inc.
New York City Labor Against the War

For More Information Contact:

Zachary Wales: <mailto:zjw1%40columbia.edu>zjw1@columbia.edu
Issa Mikel: <mailto:ifm2004%40columbia.edu>ifm2004@columbia.edu

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