‘Palestine and the Changing Times in the Arab World’ at The Beirut Spring Festival 2015

The Beirut Spring Festival, created and launched in 2009 by the Samir Kassir Foundation, is inspired by the title of one of the last articles written by Samir Kassir, shortly before his assassination in 2005.

Palestine was historically the “central cause” of the Arab world. Even after the inception of the shaky post-Oslo peace process, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict remained the main item in Middle East news. However, with the Arab uprisings of 2010-2011 much of the attention shifted to other places, both at the level of international media and Arab populations alike. After a full day of events commemorating Samir Kassir at the Mahmoud Darwish Museum in Ramallah, the panel will debate whether Palestine is still today at the center of Arab priorities and the prospects of the Palestinian struggle for freedom and independence.

Speakers: Yasser Abd Rabbo (Mahmoud Darwish Foundation, Palestine); Hussein El-Sheikh (Minister of Civil Affairs, Palestine); Ahmad Al-Tibi (Arab Member of Knesset, Palestine); Ziad El-Sayegh (Civic Influence Hub, Lebanon)
Moderator: Gisèle Khoury (Samir Kassir Foundation, Lebano

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