Philly Remembers Al-Nakba... 60 Days for 60 Years

Wednesday, April 23rd, 7 pm in the Scheuer Room (Swarthmore College, Kohlberg Hall)

Description:

Since the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been one of the central issues in international politics. This May will mark the 60th year since Israel's creation. The speaker will present how events over the past six decades have impacted the Palestinian experience, illustrating both the the challenges and hopes for a peaceful resolution to the conflict.

Bio:

Sa'ed Atshan has worked, in various capacities, for the Palestinian Negotiations Affairs Department, the Dubai Government Executive Office, Seeds of Peace International Camp, Human Rights Watch, the United Nations High Commission on Refugees, and the American Civil Liberties Union.

He graduated from Swarthmore in 2006 as a double major in Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies, where he was a Lang Scholar and Mellon Fellow. Sa'ed is currently a Jack Kent Cooke Scholar and second year student the Master in Public Policy program at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. He will be entering the Joint Ph.D. in Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies program at Harvard this fall.