Al-Awda National Conference Program Updates
RISING TO RETURN Al-Awda: The Palestine Right To Return Coalition 14th Annual National Conference May 6 – 8 in New York City Mapping strategies to advance
RISING TO RETURN Al-Awda: The Palestine Right To Return Coalition 14th Annual National Conference May 6 – 8 in New York City Mapping strategies to advance
Featured speakers: George Galloway, British Member of Parliament; William Ramsey Clark, Former US Attorney General; Khaled Dawoud, Al-Jazeera Arabic NY-based Correspondent; Ron Kovic, author of Born on the 4th of July and joint leader of Viva Palestina USA; Cindy Sheehan, anti-war activist
Fernando Suarez del Solar, anti-war activist; Dr. Jamal Nassar, Specialist in Middle East Politics and Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at CSUSB; Dr. Hatim Kanaaneh, Galilee Society and Ittijah founder and author of ‘A Doctor in Galilee’.
The following are a few of the many photos we received from The Sixth Annual International Al-Awda Convention which took place in Anaheim California, May 16 to May 18, 2008 to mark the 60th year of al-Nakba and struggle to Return. Some photos are from the “Waiting to Return” exhibit of photos by Naim Farhat, organized by Dr. Fayeq Oweis.