From: Mazin Qumsiyeh
CORRECTION:
In my last posting I listed two events with the same time.
They are actually two different times and the time for the
second event was not listed correctly (typographical error).
Here they are corrected time in bold.
Saturday May 10, 1-3 PM
Celebrating the life of Riad Hamad
St. James Episcopal Church,
1941 Webberville Rd., Austin, TX 78721
Info Contact: khartwell@austin.rr.com
Saturday May 10, 7:30 - 9:30 PM
Jones Auditorium, Ragsdale Center,
St. Edward's University, 3001 S. Congress
Palestine/Israel: From the Catastrophe-
Hope by Mazin Qumsiyeh
Sponsored by the Interfaith
Community for Palestinian Rights
www.icpr-austin.org
I received an email today from David & Jen Silverman
telling us that our friend and colleague Hilda Silverman
passed away of leukemia Tuesday night. Hilda was
a strong advocate of human rights and an ardent
anti-Zionist. Here is a video of Hilda discussing
the Armenian Genocide on the Arabic hour with
Elain Hagopian and a
Poem by Hilda in memory of Rachel Corrie
Ten Facts about the Nakba by Institute
for Middle East Understanding
http://imeu.net/news/article008085.shtml
NY Times: Endless War
(book review about the Nakba)
http://www.palestineremembered.
com/Articles/General/Story9557.html
Advertisement run in The Georgia Straight in
Vancouver and
The Now in Toronto this Thursday, May 8:
We will not celebrate
(Canadians reefuse to "celebrate" Apartheid Israel)
http://www.canpalnet.ca/mambo/files/pdf/wecannotcelebrate.pdf
Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
events on Nakba http://ipsc.ie/
1948 - 2008: COMMEMORATE THE 60th
ANNIVERSARY OF AL NAKBAH -
THE PALESTINIAN CATASTROPHE
6.8 Million Palestinian Refugees Denied a Homeland
JOIN THE PALESTINIAN AND
ARAB COMMUNITIES OF NY & NJ
IN DEMANDING AN END TO THIS CATASTROPHE
MAY 16th, 2008 1:00PM - 6:30PM
Dag Hammarskjold Park at the UNITED NATIONS
47th Street bet. 1st and 2nd Avenues
4/5/6/7 to Grand Central Station
Program: 1:00 - 2:00 PM Prayer,
2:00 - 4:30 PM Rally, 4:30 - 6:00 PM March
Confirmed Speakers/Performers:
Abdallah Abdallah,
Former Palestinian Ambassador to Canada,
Rabab Abdelhadi, Professor, San Francisco State University,
Cynthia McKinney, Green Party Candidate for President,
Azmi Bishara, Palestinian political analyst &
Former Israeli Knesset Member (via phone),
Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies,
Tiokasin Ghosthorse, First Voices Indigenous Radio, WBAI,
Father Luis Barrios, Professor John Jay College and Priest,
St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Abeer Da Witch,
Palestinian Hip Hop artist, *Maysoon Zayid,*
Palestinian comedian/actress, Remi Kanazi,
Palestinian poet, Poetic Injustice, Tahani Saleh,
Palestinian poet, Ora Wise,
Palestine/Israel Education Project and Poet,
Roopa Singh, Political poet,
Marian Yalini Thambynayagam, Performance
artist, Salam Dabkeh Troupe.
Collect organizational Endorsements for our
letter to the United Nations: http://www.nakbah1948.org
Download fliers and posters and help with
outreach in your community:
http://www.nakbah1948.org/Fliers.htm
*Organized by The Steering Committee for
the 60th Commemoration of Al Nakbah
info@nakbah1948.org <info@alnakbah1948.org>
Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD
http://justicewheels.org
http://peace-action.org
http://academicsforjustice.org
http://qumsiyeh.org
http://palestineconference.org
In my last posting I listed two events with the same time.
They are actually two different times and the time for the
second event was not listed correctly (typographical error).
Here they are corrected time in bold.
Saturday May 10, 1-3 PM
Celebrating the life of Riad Hamad
St. James Episcopal Church,
1941 Webberville Rd., Austin, TX 78721
Info Contact: khartwell@austin.rr.com
Saturday May 10, 7:30 - 9:30 PM
Jones Auditorium, Ragsdale Center,
St. Edward's University, 3001 S. Congress
Palestine/Israel: From the Catastrophe-
Hope by Mazin Qumsiyeh
Sponsored by the Interfaith
Community for Palestinian Rights
www.icpr-austin.org
I received an email today from David & Jen Silverman
telling us that our friend and colleague Hilda Silverman
passed away of leukemia Tuesday night. Hilda was
a strong advocate of human rights and an ardent
anti-Zionist. Here is a video of Hilda discussing
the Armenian Genocide on the Arabic hour with
Elain Hagopian and a
Poem by Hilda in memory of Rachel Corrie
Ten Facts about the Nakba by Institute
for Middle East Understanding
http://imeu.net/news/article008085.shtml
NY Times: Endless War
(book review about the Nakba)
http://www.palestineremembered.
com/Articles/General/Story9557.html
Advertisement run in The Georgia Straight in
Vancouver and
The Now in Toronto this Thursday, May 8:
We will not celebrate
(Canadians reefuse to "celebrate" Apartheid Israel)
http://www.canpalnet.ca/mambo/files/pdf/wecannotcelebrate.pdf
Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
events on Nakba http://ipsc.ie/
1948 - 2008: COMMEMORATE THE 60th
ANNIVERSARY OF AL NAKBAH -
THE PALESTINIAN CATASTROPHE
6.8 Million Palestinian Refugees Denied a Homeland
JOIN THE PALESTINIAN AND
ARAB COMMUNITIES OF NY & NJ
IN DEMANDING AN END TO THIS CATASTROPHE
MAY 16th, 2008 1:00PM - 6:30PM
Dag Hammarskjold Park at the UNITED NATIONS
47th Street bet. 1st and 2nd Avenues
4/5/6/7 to Grand Central Station
Program: 1:00 - 2:00 PM Prayer,
2:00 - 4:30 PM Rally, 4:30 - 6:00 PM March
Confirmed Speakers/Performers:
Abdallah Abdallah,
Former Palestinian Ambassador to Canada,
Rabab Abdelhadi, Professor, San Francisco State University,
Cynthia McKinney, Green Party Candidate for President,
Azmi Bishara, Palestinian political analyst &
Former Israeli Knesset Member (via phone),
Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies,
Tiokasin Ghosthorse, First Voices Indigenous Radio, WBAI,
Father Luis Barrios, Professor John Jay College and Priest,
St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Abeer Da Witch,
Palestinian Hip Hop artist, *Maysoon Zayid,*
Palestinian comedian/actress, Remi Kanazi,
Palestinian poet, Poetic Injustice, Tahani Saleh,
Palestinian poet, Ora Wise,
Palestine/Israel Education Project and Poet,
Roopa Singh, Political poet,
Marian Yalini Thambynayagam, Performance
artist, Salam Dabkeh Troupe.
Collect organizational Endorsements for our
letter to the United Nations: http://www.nakbah1948.org
Download fliers and posters and help with
outreach in your community:
http://www.nakbah1948.org/Fliers.htm
*Organized by The Steering Committee for
the 60th Commemoration of Al Nakbah
info@nakbah1948.org <info@alnakbah1948.org>
Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD
http://justicewheels.org
http://peace-action.org
http://academicsforjustice.org
http://qumsiyeh.org
http://palestineconference.org
Hilda Silverman was a dear dear friend and I am devastated at her loss. We are all impoverished by her passing, even as her legacy lives on.The world is a smaller place without her.
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to make one correction. The poem you link to about Rachel Corrie is actually my poem; it was published in the magazine of Evergreen, the college Rachel Corrie attended. Hilda loved the poem, with her characteristic enthusiams and generosity, and asked my permission to circulate it; a website then mistakenly posted it under Hilda's name. Hilda wrote to correct the error but it seems it was never taken care of. As far as I'm concerned it is Hilda's poem too, since we shared the same sentiments and passions. But, I wouldn't want someone to accuse me of plagiarism of my own poem, because of a internet confusion! Lisa Suhair Majaj (you can delete this post after making the correction)