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SUMMARY:'The imprisonment of our people and our archives': A conversation with Makan\, Alia Al Sabi and Zena Agha (In-person event)
DESCRIPTION:Book your place here \nThe genocide in the Gaza Strip represents an intensification and acceleration of Israel’s colonial practices against Palestinians living on the ground and in exile.  At the same time\, education\, research\, the university\, and archives are sites where these colonial practices coalesce. \nFor decades\, Israel has targeted Palestinian educational institutions through raids\, closures\, and bombardments\, routinely stealing and destroying archives and records\, while educators and students have been subjected to scholasticide\, kidnappings\, torture\, and imprisonment\, with at least 10\,000 Palestinians currently being held captive inside of Israeli prisons. \nAnd today\, following the physical destruction of every university building in Gaza\, an urgent question Palestinian scholars have been contending with since the Nakba is how do we do the work of producing knowledge\, archiving our histories\, and mapping out our futures under a settler colonial and apartheid regime that seeks to erase our existence? \nMakan’s upcoming conversation with scholars Alia Al-Sabi and Zena Agha will explore the nature of archiving in this context and how conditions of oppression manifest for Palestinian researchers and archivists working in different locations. \n\nWhere:  Reference Point\, 2 Arundel St\, Temple\, London WC2R 3DA\nWhen: 28th of February\nTime: Doors open at 7pm. Conversation begins at 7.30 and will last until 9.00pm.\nPlease note this is an in-person event and registration is needed in order to attend.\nThe Syrian Sunflower will be providing snacks at the event\n\nAbout Alia Al Sabi\n\n\nAlia is a writer and researcher based in Brooklyn\, New York. She is currently a PhD Candidate in the Performance Studies department at NYU\, where she is researching prison literatures in various archives in Palestine. Her research focus considers theories of movement and subversion within logics of surveillance and confinement through examining the textual practices produced within carceral structures.\n\n\n\nAbout Zena Agha\nZena is a Palestinian-Iraqi writer\, poet and multi-disciplinary artist from London. She previously served as the US Policy Fellow for Al-Shabaka: the Palestinian Policy Network\, where her areas of expertise include Israeli spatial practices\, climate change and Palestinian adaptive capabilities. She  was awarded the Kennedy Scholarship to undertake a Masters in Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University\, and is currently an ESRC-funded doctoral candidate at Newcastle University exploring colonial cartography in Palestine.\n\n\nAbout Makan:\nMakan is an independent\, non-partisan organisation dedicated to intersectional learning. Our approach is grounded in a belief that education is a liberatory act that can lay the ground for structural change. Situating Palestine within the context of other human rights\, social justice and global liberation movements\, we work towards transformation by adopting educational approaches that capture the history of the Palestinian struggle and the realities on the ground. We aim to support advocates as part of a community that is not only well-informed\, interconnected\, and empowered\, but passionately committed to cultivating a future for Palestinians built on freedom\, justice\, and dignity.
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/imprisonment-of-our-people/
LOCATION:Reference Point\, 2 Arundel St\, Temple\, London\, WC2R 3DA
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