Madison Rafah Journal

From the Road Map to Iraq: A Lecture Series

Thursday, October 30, 2003
Amira Hass
Morgridge Auditorium, UW-Madison Grainger Hall
7:30 pm

Amira Hass covers Palestinian affairs for the Israeli daily Haíaretz. She is the only Israeli journalist who actually lives in the Occupied Territories. Author of Drinking the Sea at Gaza, she has just published a second book, Reporting from Ramallah. Known for her honest and often brutal portrayals of the impact of Israeli occupation on the lives of ordinary Palestinians, she received the 1999 International World Press Freedom Award in recognition of her work in the Gaza Strip.

Thursday, November 6, 2003
Ali Abunimah
Room D240, Downtown Education Center
Madison Area Technical College
211 N. Carroll St.
7:00 pm

Ali Abunimah is a co-founder of and major contributor to Electronic Intifada, an ìonline educational gatewayî to the Palestine-Israel conflict, and one of todayís most prominent critics of mainstream U.S. media coverage of that conflict. He is also vice-president of the Arab-American Action Network of Chicago.

Thursday, November 13, 2003
As'ad Abukhalil
The "War on Terrorism" and its Impact on Middle East Politics
Great Hall, UW-Madison Memorial Union
7:30 pm

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St. Stephen's Lutheran Church – Fireside Room
5700 Pheasant Hill Rd.
Monona, WI
10:45 am – 12 pm on the Sundays listed below
608-222-1241

Pastor Bruce Burnside, St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, Monona begins a series of five presentations on his three-month sabbatical in Palestine, including the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and Israel. He will use slides and handouts for the presentations, which will last one hour and conclude before noon.

September 28 "Whose Promised Land?"
In this first presentation there will be slides and stories that take you to Israeli Settlements and the "Security Fence" which is being built throughout the West Bank and around Jerusalem.

October 12 "Carrying Keys"
Many of the hundreds of thousands of original Palestinian refugees continue to carry keys to the homes that they lost when nearly 500 villages and towns were destroyed or overtaken in 1948. See the faces and hear the stories of some of these refugees, visit the camps and enter into lost villages in this second session.

October 26 "Be It Ever So Humble"
Life in Palestinian villages today is quite different from life in "the West" and even from life in Middle Eastern cities. This presentation will visit several villages and introduce you to a life that is beautiful and threatened.

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St. Stephen's Lutheran Church
5700 Pheasant Hill Rd.
Monona, WI
608-222-1241

September 21, 2003
Preaching at 8:00 am and 9:30 am worship
Adult Forum at 10:30 am: "The Roadmap to Peace – A Theological Perspective"

Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek is founder and director of Sabeel, the Ecumenical Palestinian Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem. Rev. Ateek, a Palestinian Christian, became a refugee in 1948 when his hometown of Beisan was destroyed by Israeli forces and his family fled. He is currently Canon of St. George's Cathedral in Jerusalem.