THE NAKBA (The Palestinian Catastrophe) 60 Years of Exile and Present Hopes

May 17 2008 - 5:00pm
May 18 2008 - 3:45pm

“The bride is beautiful but she’s taken.”
In 1897, who said that about what?

Israel celebrates its 6oth anniversary: what is missing from the picture?

What happened to the 800,000 Palestinians who lived there before 1947-48?

Joel Kovel (Overcoming Zionism: Creating a Single Democratic State in Israel/Palestine)

Samy Qarmout (Bates College Palestinian refugee)

Eric Hooglund (Bates College)

William Slavick (USM retired)

Saturday, May 17, 6:30 p.m. (films, 5 p.m.),
Sunday, May 18, 12:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. (films, 11 a.m.)
302 Payson-Smith Hall, USM, 96 Falmouth St., Portland Books for sale. Contributions welcomed.

Maine Peace and Justice in Israel/Palestine
For more information, call 774-1110 or 773-6562