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CELEBRATING PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE Asserting Our Narrative; 59 Years after the Nakbah When: Friday June 8th, 6:30 - 9:30 PM Where: SF Women's Building, Auditorium 3543 18th St. at Valencia ** Our Pictures ** Our Stories ** Our Dance [MORE]
Natives, not immigrants By Nimer Sultany Palestinian citizens are not immigrants to Israel; they had lived in their homeland long before Israel became a reality. [READ ON]
May 29, 2007 Learn About the Persecution of Dr. Azmi Bishara San Diego
Tuesday, May 29 at 7pm Normal Heights Community Center 4649 Hawley (Near Adams & 35th)
Dr.Jamal is a Member of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) with the National Democratic Assembly (Tajjamu' Party), headed by Dr.. Azmi Bishara. He has been one of the advocates of Palestinian rights for freedom, independence and return. Dr. Zahalka is in the US as a guest of Al-Awda and he will be speaking at the Fifth International Al-Awda Convention.
Sponsored by: NCA-San Diego and the Palestine Right to Return Coalition San Diego [MORE]
March 22, 2007 DEMAND THE RELEASE OF SAMI AL-ARIAN The National Council of Arab Americans (NCA) demands the immediate release of political prisoner, Dr. Sami Al-Arian. Dr. Al-Arian is currently under his 60th day of a water-only hunger strike in protest of his maltreatment by the US Department of Justice (DOJ). After an earlier plea agreement that absolved Dr. Al- Arian from any further questioning, he was sentenced up to 18 months in jail for refusing to testify before a grand jury in Virginia. [READ ON]
March 17, 2007 UPDATE NCA & ANSWER lawsuit against the City of NY NYC jury to decide if Arab American groups faced discrimination NEW YORK -- A jury must decide if the city unfairly stopped a group of Arab Americans from engaging in a civil rights rally in Central Park just before the Republican National Convention in 2004, a judge ruled Tuesday. [MORE]
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June 5, 2007 Boycotting Israeli Apartheid Back on the Agenda
The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) salutes the historic decision by the University and College Union (UCU) Congress today to support motions that endorse the logic of academic boycott against Israel, in response to the complicity of the Israeli academy in perpetuating Israel’s illegal military occupation and apartheid system. [MORE]
The Fifth Annual International Al-Awda Convention - a Resounding Success! A Report from the Host Committee
Despite attempts to silence our voices, The Fifth Annual International Al-Awda Convention took place on the 59th anniversary of al-Nakba under the theme "Uniting for the Return" at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Anaheim California on May 25-27, 2007. [MORE]
March 21, 2007 Tens of Thousands Protest 4th Anniversary of the War [VIEW PHOTOS]
March 16, 2007 Washington, DC: Discussion and Q&A with Ghassan Ben Jeddou - Al-Jazeera’s Beirut Bureau Chief, host of its popular program Open Dialogue “Hewar Maftouh”
Sponsored by: § National Council of Arab Americans (NCA) § Al-Mustaqbal Al-Arabi Magazine, Washington Bureau [MORE]
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