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February 19, 2008

SIXTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL AL-AWDA CONVENTION TO MARK 60 YEARS OF PALESTINIAN NAKBA
Embassy Suites Hotel Anaheim South, 11767 Harbor Boulevard
Garden Grove, California, 92840
May 16-18, 2008

Palestine: 60 Years of Forced Exile - Time For Return

This year's 6th Annual International Al-Awda Convention is our most important one to date, and is expected to be extremely well attended.  DON'T DELAY! REGISTER TODAY!

The convention will mark the sixtieth year of a devastating event in the long history of the Palestinian people. We call it our Nakba.

Confirmed speakers include Bishop Atallah Hanna (Jerusalem, Palestine), Supreme Justice Dr. Sheikh Taiseer Al Tamimi (Jerusalem, Palestine), Dr. Adel Samara (Palestine, economist, author, founder of Al-Mashriq Al-A’amal Center for Cultural and Development Studies), Dr. Salman Abu Sitta (writer/researcher, founder of Palestine Land Society), Dr. Ghada Karmi (London, academic, researcher/writer), Dr. As'ad Abu Khalil (professor, Politics and Public Administraion, CSU Stanislaus), Dr. Saree Makdisi (professor, English and Comparative Literature, UCLA), and Ramzy Baroud (Seattle, journalist, former Al-Jazeera producer and editor of PalestineChronicle.com). Palestinian Legislative Council member Khalida Jarrar has also been invited.

Host Organizations of this year's convention include Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, Palestinian American Women Association, Free Palestine Alliance, National Council of Arab-Americans, Middle East Cultural and Information Center - San Diego, The Arab Community Center of the Inland Empire, Campaign to End Israeli Apartheid - Southern California, Palestine Aid Society, Palestinian American Congress, Bethlehem Association, Al-Mubadara - Southern California, Union of Palestinian American Women, Birzeit Society, El-Bireh Society, Arab American Friends of Nazareth, Ramallah Club, A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, International Action Center, Students for Justice in Palestine at CSUSB, UCLA and UCR, Students for International Knowledge at CSUSB, Muslim Students Association at Palomar College, UCSD, and Mira Costa, and The Arab American Council.

INVITATION

We invite all members and supporters of the implementation of the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes of origin and to reclaim their lands to join us in this landmark Al-Awda Convention on the 60th year of al-Nakba.

MASS RALLY FOR THE RETURN TO PALESTINE

The convention will culminate in a major mass rally and march to mark 60 years of Nakba and to call for The RETURN TO PALESTINE. The demonstration will be held in solidarity and coordination with our sisters and brothers who continue the struggle in our beloved homeland.

DON'T DELAY! REGISTER TODAY!

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Organizational endorsements welcome. Please write to us at convention6@al-awda.org

For more information, please go to http://al-awda.org/convention6 and keep revisiting that page as it is being updated regularly.

To submit speaker and panel/workshop proposals, write to info@al-awda.org or convention6@al-awda.org

Until return,

Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
PO Box 131352
Carlsbad, CA 92013, USA
Tel: 760-685-3243
Fax: 360-933-3568
E-mail: info@al-awda.org
WWW: http://al-awda.org

Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition (PRRC) is the largest network of grassroots activists and students dedicated to Palestinian human rights. We are a not for profit tax-exempt educational and charitable 501(c)(3) organization as defined by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the United States of America. Under IRS guidelines, your donations to PRRC
are tax-deductible.