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SUMMARY:Makan – Communications & Advanced Debating (Online)
DESCRIPTION:This workshop aims to provide attendees with skills and tools to engage with different audiences and to effectively deal with difficult questions in potentially high-pressured situations. Each participant will put their knowledge and communication skills to practice by engaging in a one-on-one debate roleplay with Makan facilitators. Each debate is then followed by detailed facilitated feedback. \nTuesday 2nd June\, 6:00-8:30pm \nApply for your spot here
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/makan-communications-advanced-debating-online-2/
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SUMMARY:Palestine\, Brazil & South Africa: Contending with Christian Zionism’s disruption of South to South Solidarities: A conversation with Isabela Agostinelli and Fathi Nimer
DESCRIPTION:Book your place today by registering here \nJoin Al-Shabaka & Makan’s upcoming conversation with Isabela Agostinelli and Fathi Nimer\, who will provide a comparative analysis of the mobilisation of Christian Zionism across Brazil and South Africa historically and today. The discussion will delve into the ways in which this transnational movement is being deployed across the global south and how to build more robust south to south solidarities. \nThere is often a misconception that peoples across the Global South are inherently on the side of the Palestinian liberation movement. This not only flattens and homogenises the complex histories of south-south solidarity\, it erases the history and development of Christian Zionism and its impact on global majority relationships. In recent years\, Israel and the United States have systematically disrupted global south solidarity with Palestinians by mobilising Christian Zionism across civil societies institutions\, particularly in the cases of Brazil and South Africa.  \nWednesday 17th June on Zoom at 5pm – 6.15pm (London time) \nAbout Isabela Agostinelli  \nIsabela Agostinelli is the Professor of International Relations at Fundação Escola de Comércio Álvares Penteado (FECAP)\, São Paulo\, Brazil. She is a researcher at the International Conflict Studies Group (GECI) at PUC-SP and the National Institute of Science and Technology for United States Studies (INCT-INEU). She holds a PhD in International Relations from the San Tiago Dantas Graduate Program (UNESP\, UNICAMP\, PUC-SP). Her research focuses on Palestine Studies with an emphasis on the Gaza Strip; United States Foreign Policy in the Middle East\, with a focus on the Gulf.   \nAbout Fathi Nimer \nFathi is Al-Shabaka’s Palestine policy fellow. He previously worked as a research associate with the Arab World for Research and Development\, a teaching fellow at Birzeit University\, and a program officer with the Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies. Fathi holds a master’s degree in political science from Heidelberg University and is the co-founder of DecolonizePalestine.com\, a knowledge repository for the Palestinian question. Fathi’s research revolves around political economy and contentious politics. His current focus is on food sovereignty\, agroecology\, and the resistance economy in Palestine. \nAbout Al Shabaka: \nAl-Shabaka\, The Palestinian Policy Network\, is an independent\, non-partisan\, and non-profit organization whose mission is to educate and foster public debate on Palestinian human rights and self-determination within the framework of international law. Al-Shabaka\, which means “The Network\,” is a think tank without borders or walls that aims to: \n\nDraw upon the vast knowledge and experience of the Palestinian people\, whether under occupation\, in exile\, or in Israel\, so as to engage the broadest spectrum of perspectives in debate on policy and strategy.\n\n\nCommunicate ideas and strategies on resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict to Palestinian communities as well as to Arab and other policy communities and interested parties worldwide\n\nAbout Makan: \nMakan is an independent\, non-partisan organisation dedicated to interconnected 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/palestine-brazil-south-africa-contending-with-christian-zionisms-disruption-of-south-to-south-solidarities-a-conversation-with-isabela-agostinelli-and-fathi-nimer/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260618T183000
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SUMMARY:From the Favelas and Rural Brazil to Gaza: How militarism and greenwashing shape relations\, resistance\, and solidarity with Palestine in Brazil
DESCRIPTION:Join Makan & TNI’s joint upcoming online webinar that will provide an overview of Andressa Oliveira Soares’s article\, “From the Favelas and Rural Brazil to Gaza: How militarism and greenwashing shape relations\, resistance\, and solidarity with Palestine in Brazil”\, featured as a part of TNI’s Palestine Liberation Series. This session will: \n\nexplore relations between Brazil and Israel\, providing some historical context and setting out the countries’ military cooperation\, agribusiness deals\, oil trade\, and diplomatic postures – especially in the past 20 years\nexamine how resistance and solidarity with Palestine\, specifically BDS\, has developed in Brazil over the last decade.\ndiscuss the challenges currently faced in pro-Palestine solidarity\, and how to overcome them\, including priority targets and a promising path forward\n\nThe session will include a 1 hour talk and a Q&A. It will take place on Thursday 18th June\, 6.30pm London time.  \nSecure your spot here \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. \nAbout TNI: \nThe Transnational Institute (TNI) is an international research and advocacy institute committed to building a just\, democratic\, and sustainable planet. For over 50 years\, TNI has served as a unique nexus between social movements\, engaged scholars\, and policymakers. TNI envisions a world of peace\, equity and democracy on a sustainable planet brought about and sustained by an informed and engaged citizenry\, and whose research uniquely combines a ‘big picture’ analysis with proposals and solutions that are both just and pragmatic. Our capacity to build long-term respectful mutual relationships with strategic social movements is helping put radical ideas into movement.
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/from-the-favelas-and-rural-brazil-to-gaza-how-militarism-and-greenwashing-shape-relations-resistance-and-solidarity-with-palestine-in-brazil-makan-x-tni/
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SUMMARY:Zionism\, Gender\, and Sexuality
DESCRIPTION:In the first part of our ‘Gender\, Sexuality\, and Anti-Colonial Struggle in Palestine’ workshop series\, we examine the relationship between colonialism and gender broadly\, and examine how this applies in the context of Palestine. This workshop will focus specifically on the role of gender in the construction of Israeli society historically\, during the early days of the Zionist movement and the foundation of the Israeli state\, before examining how the role of gender in Israeli society has adapted and shifted over time\, co-opting progressive ideas but maintaining colonial goals.   \nRegister now! \nDeadline: Tuesday 7 July
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/zionism-gender-and-sexuality/
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SUMMARY:Israel’s Weaponisation of Gender & Sexuality
DESCRIPTION:In the second part of this series\, this workshop aims to promote a deeper understanding of gender and sexuality not just as social issues but as material and political issues in the Palestinian context. This session specifically examines how Zionism constructs racist\, colonial stereotypes of Palestinian men and women\, and weaponises gender stereotypes of masculinity and femininity to further the oppression of Palestinians. \nRegister now! \nDeadline: Tuesday 21 July
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/israels-weaponisation-of-gender-sexuality/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260811T183000
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SUMMARY:Palestinian Resistance to Gendered\, Sexual and Colonial Oppression
DESCRIPTION:In the third part of this workshop series\, this workshop focuses on Palestinian resistance to gendered and sexual oppression\, highlighting feminist and queer Palestinian movements and organising. By situating gender and sexuality as central to the Palestinian struggle\, we will discuss how the Palestinian anti-colonial resistance has historically gone hand in hand with struggling against internal patriarchal structures as well as Israel’s weaponisation of gendered stereotypes. \n  \nRegister now!\nDeadline: Tuesday 4 August 
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/palestinian-resistance-to-gendered-sexual-and-colonial-oppression/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260825T183000
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SUMMARY:How to Talk About Gender\, Sexuality\, & Palestine
DESCRIPTION:This workshop aims to help people expand their skills when talking about Palestine in relation to topics of gender and sexuality by offering communication tips on how to engage in such conversations and how to respond to various arguments. Through facilitating a safe discussion space\, we go through a variety of recurring talking points regularly heard in the media and the wider public conversation on this topic\, and we collectively analyse these arguments and how to respond to them. \n  \nRegister now!\nDeadline: Tuesday 18 August
URL:https://www.makan.org.uk/event/how-to-talk-about-gender-sexuality-palestine/
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