Gaza On My Mind
غزّة علي بالي
A Freeform Engagement with All Things Gaza
Featuring:
Mouin Rabbani
Rana Barakat
Moderators:
Jenan Matari
Bassam Haddad
Thursday, 23 May 2024
2:00 PM EST | 7:00 PM London | 9:00 PM Gaza
As we commemorate the 76th anniversary of al-Nakba, we insist on keeping both Gaza and Palestine centered, not just in the “new cycle,” but amongst us, those who are in solidarity with Palestine and advocating for Palestinian freedom. In this 3rd installment of Gaza on My Mind, we are joined by Rana Barakat, Mouin Rabbani, Jenan Matari, and Bassam Haddad to discuss the Nakba and After, in light of recent developments in Gaza and beyond.
Rana Barakat is associate professor in the department of history at Birzeit University and the director of the BZU Museum.
Shirin Zarqa Lederman is a Ph.D. in trauma and genocide studies.
Mouin Rabbani (Moderator) has published and commented widely on Palestinian affairs, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the contemporary Middle East. He was previously Senior Analyst Middle East and Special Advisor on Israel-Palestine with the International Crisis Group, and head of political affairs with the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria. He is Co-Editor of Jadaliyya Ezine.
Jenan Matari (Moderator) is a 2x award-winning Palestinian storyteller and Producer. She is so busy, we are still waiting for the rest of her bio.
Bassam Haddad (Moderator) is Founding Director of the Middle East and Islamic Studies Program and Associate Professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. He is the author of Business Networks in Syria: The Political Economy of Authoritarian Resilience (Stanford University Press, 2011) and co-editor of A Critical Political Economy of the Middle East (Stanford University Press, 2021). Bassam is Co-Founder/Editor of Jadaliyya Ezine and Executive Director of the Arab Studies Institute. He serves as Founding Editor of the Arab Studies Journal and the Knowledge Production Project. He is co-producer/director of the award-winning documentary film, About Baghdad, and director of the acclaimed series Arabs and Terrorism. Bassam is Executive Producer of Status Podcast Channel and Director of the Middle East Studies Pedagogy Initiative (MESPI). He received MESA's Jere L. Bacharach Service Award in 2017 for his service to the profession. Currently, Bassam is working on his second Syria book titled Understanding The Syrian Tragedy: Regime, Opposition, Outsiders (forthcoming, Stanford University Press).