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Distorting Justice? Israel/Palestine & U.S. 'Terrorism' Law
Both supporters and critics have cited Israel as an example for the U.S. to emulate in combating "terrorism." How has Israel shaped -- either by example or more directly -- U.S. law and policy on "terrorism"? How has cooperation between the two governments affected the Palestinian diaspora in the U.S.? We will bring together litigators, analysts, and prisoners' advocates to explore these questions.
PANELISTS
REMI BRULIN, Visiting Scholar, Journalism Institute, NYU
Remi Brulin's doctoral thesis (Sorbonne Nouvelle, 2011, highest honors) is on the birth and evolution of the American discourse on "terrorism." First at the Media, Culture and Communication Department and then at the Journalism Institute, he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses on media criticism, with a focus on political discourse and the definition of "terrorism." Currently, he is working on a related book and a series of articles.
MICHAEL DEUTSCH, Partner, People's Law Office of Chicago
Michael Deutsch is a partner in the People's Law Office of Chicago, and has been defending political activists and militants for over 40 years. His clients have included the Attica Prisoners, Puerto Rican Independentistas, those active in the Black Liberation Movement, and anti-war protesters. He was the lawyer for Palestinian-American Muhammad Salah who was tortured by the Israeli security police (Shin Bet) and yet acquitted in 2007 in U.S. Federal Court of RICO conspiracy charges. Mr. Salah, a U.S. citizen, was a listed as a "special designated terrorist," and was finally de-listed after 17 years in response to litigation.
Mr. Salah's case is documented in a two-part article appearing in the Journal of Palestine Studies (2008). Mr. Deutsch is presently representing U.S. based Palestinian organizer Hatem Abudayyeh, executive director of the Arab-American Action Network (AAAN), who has has been under investigation by the U.S. Government for over two years.
NOOR ELASHI, Advocate for Defendants in the Holy Land Foundation Case
Noor Elashi is a writer and gluten free baker based in New York City. With a Creative Writing MFA from The New School, she has spent the past several years advocating for her father who was a defendant in the Holy Land Foundation case.
TAREK ISMAIL, Counterterrorism & Human Rights Fellow, Human Rights Institute, Columbia Law School
Tarek Z. Ismail researches the intersection of human rights and U.S. counterterrorism policies affecting Muslim, Arab, Middle Eastern, and South Asian communities in the United States, including racial profiling, selective prosecution, and the use of informants and sting operations in domestic preventative law enforcement. He holds a JD from Columbia Law School and a BA from the University of Virginia.
Respondent: DARRYL LI, Post-doctoral Research Scholar, Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University. Darryl Li holds a J.D. from Yale and Ph.D. in Anthropology from Harvard.
Kindly note, all non-Columbia University attendees must RSVP to palestine@columbia.edu by Monday, May 6th at 11AM.
Monday, 6 May 2013
3:00 - 5:30 PM
Heyman Center, Second Floor Common Room
74 Morningside Drive (enter through East Campus dormitory)
Other Events
ALWAN FILM FESTIVAL 2013
Curatorially, the 2013 Alwan Film Festival has a strong focus on new narrative and documentary feature films from the Middle East and North Africa. Short films and documentaries are noticeable absent compared with previous years. With the availability of tablets and smart phones, and the option of immediate distribution channels such as YouTube, reddit, and twitter, there emerged the citizen filmmaker/journalist responding to current events, often while they are happening, and often influencing mainstream media in new ways. These shorts and political documentaries are often quite accomplished and provocative, and that's why we show a good deal of them in our monthly screening series and in our annual Short Video Slam in collaboration with 3rd i NY and numerous colleagues in the activist and academic spheres. Films of the diaspora have proliferated and taken a life of their own, perhaps to the extent to which they have become there own cultural species, deserving of a separate forum, especially in the context of the range of political transitions taking place throughout the region since the mass strikes, demonstrations, and uprising of the so-called "Arab Spring" captured the attention of the world. All of which leads us to what we are actually showing, which attempts to provide a survey of the concerns, aesthetic trends, and most importantly, how the political is approached in Arab filmmaking today.
To browse the schedule and screenings, please visit: http://alwanfilmfestival2013.com/calendar/
April 25 - May 5, 2013
- THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF PALESTINE, Mayssoun Succarrie, Anthropology V3887
Monday 11am-12:50pm, Call Number: 23322 - ISLAMIC MOVEMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, Rashid Khalidi, History G8701
Tuesday 2:10-4:00pm, Call Number: 62841 - ORIENTALISM AND HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE OTHER, Rashid Khalidi, History W4713
Tuesday 11:00am-12:50pm, Call Number: 77356 - THE LAW OF OCCUPATION, Katherine Franke & Dean Spade, Law L8993
Tuesday 4:20pm-6:10pm, Call Number: 60797 - INTERNATIONAL LAW & ITS OTHERS: RACE, RELIGION AND THE QUESTION OF "CIVILIZATION," Darryl Li, Law L8021
Monday 4:20pm-6:10pm, Call Number: 80537 - MODERN HISTORY OF PALESTINE, Rashid Khalidi, History G9713
Tuesday 2:10-4:00 PM, Call Number: 72343 - HISTORY OF THE MOD MIDDLE EAST, Rashid Khalidi, History W3719
Tuesday/Thursday 8:40-9:55 AM, Call Number: 20904 - PARADIGMS: GENDER, CULTURE, Lila Abu-Lughod, Women's Studies G6001
Monday 4:10-6:00 PM, Call Number: 23766 - THRY & METHODS-MID EAST & ASIA, Timothy Mitchell, Middle East G4000
Monday 4:10-6:00 PM, Call Number: 18453 - THEORY,HIST,PRAC OF HUM RIGHTS, Mahmood Mamdani, International Affairs U8172
Tuesday 4:10-6:00 PM, Call Number: 91199 - THE INTERPRETATION OF CULTURE, Brinkley Messick, Anthropology V1002
Tuesday/Thursday 10:10-11:25 AM, Call Number: 74178 - WRITTEN CULTURE, Brinkley Messick, Anthropology W4172
Wednesday 2:10-4:00 PM, Call Number: 61450 - THEORIES & CULTURE: MID EAST/S, Gil Anidjar, Middle East W3005
Wednesday 2:10-4:00 PM, Call Number: 19762 - Anthropology V3887
The Anthropology of Palestine, Section 001, Call Number: 87282, Points: 4
Instructor: Rhoda A Kanaaneh
Day/Time: W 2:10pm-4:00pm - Anthropology G6602
Questions in Anthropological Theory II: Texts, Section 001, Call Number: 03136, Points: 3
Instructor: Nadia Abu-El-Haj
Day/Time: R 2:10pm-4:00pm - Asian Civilization: Middle East V2008
Contemporary Islamic Civilization, Section 001, Call Number: 88397, Points: 4
Instructor: George Saliba
Day/Time: MW 2:40pm-3:55pm - Religion V2305
Islam, Section 001, Call Number: 27646, Points: 3
Instructor: Peter Awn
Day/Time: MW 5:40pm-6:55pm - Religion V3314
The Qur'an: A Comparative Perspective, Section 001, Call Number: 00350, Points: 3
Instructor: Najam Haider
Day/Time: MW 1:10pm-2:25pm - Anthropology W4282
Islamic Law, Section 001, Call Number: 19699, Points: 3
Instructor: Brinkley Messick
Day/Time: F 10:00am-12:00pm - Comparative Literature: Middle East G4228
Revolution In Arabic: Lit-War, Section 001, Call Number: 72750, Points: 3
Instructor: Muhsin Al-Musawi
Day/Time: W 11:00am-12:50pm - Comparative Literature: Middle East G4228
Islamic Context Arabian Nights, Section 001, Call Number: 13450, Points: 3
Instructor: Muhsin Al-Musawi Day/Time: R 11:00am-12:50pm - History W3705
Modern Egypt, Section 001, Call Number: 70952, Points: 3
Instructor: Marwa Elshakry
Day/Time: TR 1:10pm-2:25pm - History W47555
Oil & History of Arab Gulf States, Section 001, Call Number: 28252, Points: 4
Instructor: Rosie Bsheer
Day/Time: R 11:00am-12:50pm - Middle East G4760
Shi'ites and Shi'ism, Section 001, Call Number: 92898, Points: 3
Instructor: Hamid Dabashi
Day/Time: W 2:10pm-4:00pm - Religion W4335
Shi'ism, Section 001, Call Number: 07862, Points: 4
Instructor: Najam Haider
Day/Time: W 4:10pm-6:00pm - Comparative Literature: Middle East G6020
Colonialism, Section 001, Call Number: 63534, Points: 3
Instructor: Timothy Mitchell
Day/Time: F 11:00am-12:50pm - International Affairs U6712
Political Islam, Section 001, Call Number: 96598, Points: 3
Instructor: Ousmane Kane
Day/Time: T 2:10pm-4:00pm - Middle East G6600
Postcolonial Theory, Section 001, Call Number: 77201, Points: 3
Instructor: Hamid Dabashi, Mamadou Diouf
Day/Time: W 11:00am-12:50pm - Fall 2011 Anthropology W4277
ANTHROP OF THE MID EAST (Call No. 04002). 3 points.
Thursday, 2:10-4:00 PM, 307 Milbank Hall (Barnard)
Instructor: Nadia Abu El-Haj - Fall 2011 Anthropology V3465
WOMEN, GENDER POL-MUSLIM WORLD (Call No. 88447). 3 points.
Monday/Wednesday, 11:00 AM-12:15 PM, 413 Kent Hall
Instructor: Lila Abu-Lughod - Fall 2011 Middle East W3000
THEOR-CULTURE: MID EAST/S ASIA (Call No. 87097). 4 points.
Tuesday/Thursday, 2:10-4:00 PM, 313 Fayerweather
Instructor: Gil Anidjar - Fall 2011 Religion W4330
SEMINAR ON CLASSICAL SUFI TEXTS (Call No. 53346). 4 points.
Friday, 11:00-12:50 AM, 401 Hamilton Hall
Instructor: Peter Awn - Fall 2011 Political Science W4445 (Barnard)
PLTCS MID EAST & NORTH AFRICA (Call No. 02425). 3 points.
Tuesday/Thursday, 10:35-11:50 AM, 504 Diana Center
Instructor: Mona El-Ghobashy - Fall 2011 Middle East W3923
CNTRL QUESTIONS IN ISLAMIC LAW (Call No. 96099). 3 points.
Tuesday, 2:10-4:00 PM, 103 Knox Hall
Instructor: Wael Hallaq - Fall 2011 CSER W3970
PALESTINE & THE PALESTINIANS THROUGH LITERATURE & THEATER (Call No. 82949). 4 points. *NEW COURSE
Instructor: Nathalie Handal
Tuesday, 2:10-4:00 PM, 420 Hamilton Hall
This course explores contemporary Palestinian culture, history, and society through literature and theater produced by Palestinian writers and playwrights, including those in the West Bank, Israel, other Arab countries, and the West. The course will examine Palestinianess, looking at the various cultural and socio-political issues prevalent in plays, poetry, non-fiction and fiction. Discussions revolve around styles and aesthetics as well as identity and cultural politics. Students will also read critical and theoretical works in order to better help them understand the works. Some of the writers the class will cover include, Mahmoud Darwish, Faqwa Tuqan, Sayed Kashua, Mourid Barghouti, and Naomi Shihab Nye. - Fall 2011 History W3719
HISTORY OF THE MOD MIDDLE EAST (Call No. 53496). 3 points.
Tuesday/Thursday, 9:10-10:25 AM, 417 International Affairs Building
Instructor: Rashid Khalidi - Fall 2011 History G8712
U.S.,MID EAST & THE COLD WAR (Call No. 27779). 4 points.
Tuesday, 2:10-4:00 PM, 208 Knox Hall
Instructor: Rashid Khalidi - Fall 2011 Anthropology - Middle East G6406
THE MOD ST & THE COLONIAL SUBJ (Call No. 71502). 4 points.
Monday, 4:10-6:00 PM, 963 Schermerhorn
Instructor: Mahmood Mamdani - Fall 2011 Anthropology V3933
ARABIA IMAGINED (Call No. 60800). 4 points.
Friday, 10:00-12:00 PM, 467 Schermerhorn Hall
Instructor: Brinkley Messick - Fall 2011 Middle East W3260
RETHINKING MIDDLE EAST POLITCS (Call No. 92597). 3 points.
Monday/Wednesday, 2:40-3:55 PM, 103 Knox Hall
Instructor: Timothy Mitchell - Fall 2011 Middle East G4261
ISLAM ON THE STREET (Call No. 84700). 3 points.
Wednesday, 11:00-12:50 PM, 403 Knox Hall
Instructor: Muhsin Al-Musawi - Fall 2011 Middle East G4228
REVOLUTION IN ARABIC:LIT-WAR (Call No. 62283). 3 points.
Thursday, 11:00-12:50 PM, 403 Knox Hall
Instructor: Muhsin Al-Musawi - Fall 2011 Middle East V2003
INTRO TO ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION (Call No. 61497). 4 points.
Monday/Wednesday, 2:40-3:55 PM, 501 Schermerhorn Hall
Instructor: George Saliba - Spring 2011 Middle East W4053
THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT. 3 points.
Instructor: Salim Tamari - Spring 2011 Middle East G6225
BIOGRAPHY & SOCIAL HISTORY. 3 points.
Instructor: Salim Tamari - Spring 2011 Anthropology V3887
THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF PALESTINE. 3 points.
Instructor: Rhoda Kanaaneh - Spring 2011 English BC3149
CULTURES OF COLONIALISM: PALESTINE/ISRAEL (09734); 3 points
Instructor: Bashir Abu-Manneh
Tuesday & Thursday, 2:40-3:55 PM, Room TBA The significance of colonial encounter, statehood, and dispossession in Palestinian and Israeli cultures from 1948 to the present, examined in a range of cultural forms: poetry, political tracts, cinema, fiction, memoirs, and travel writing. Authors include: Darwish, Grossman, Habibi, Khalifeh, Khleifi, Kanafani, Oz, Shabtai, Shalev, and Yehoshua. - Fall 2010 History G8716
POLTICS OF TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST; Politics of Truth and Reconciliation in the Middle East; 4 points
Instructor: Thomas Hill
W 2:10-4, 311 Fayerweather. - Spring 2010 History G9713
THE MODERN HIST OF PALESTINE; 4 points
Instructor: Rashid Khalidi
Tuesday 2:10pm-4:00pm 208 KNOX HALL.
