Dr. Haidar Eid will give an introductory background on the situation in Gaza, focusing on the horror of the blockade and the three wars of aggression 2009, 2012, and 2014. He will then discuss the necessity of international intervention in the form of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions as the most effective tool of solidarity with the Palestinian people. Dr. Haidar will also discuss how to avoid normalization with apartheid Israel by heeding the BDS call made by Palestinian civil society.
Please direct questions about this event to mepn@mepn.org. This event is co-hosted by our friends at the East Side Freedom Library, & American Muslims for Palestine-Minnesota.
Co-sponsors include; Jewish Voice for Peace- Twin Cities Chapter, and Women Against Military Madness.
About the Speaker"
Dr. Eid holds a Ph.D from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa and is a member of the Palestinian Campaign for Academic Boycott of Israel, Al-Shabaka Policy Advisor, founding member of the One Democratic State Campaign, and Associate Professor of Postcolonial and Postmodern Literature at Gaza's al-Aqsa University. He has written widely on the Arab-Israeli conflict, including books Worlding Postmodernism: Interpretive Possibilities of Critical Theory and Countering The Palestinian Nakba: One State For All.
