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 In commemoration of the 60th year of the Palestinian Nakbah Badr Islamic Centre, CJPP (Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine) and SPHR present renown journalist, political analyst, and Editor in Chief of Al-Quds Al Arabi, Abd Al-Bari Atwan in a lecture titled: " Palestine: The Way Forward"
Mr. Atwan will give two lectures in Montreal one in English and the other in Arabic with immeadiate translation into French.
Events info:
#Friday, March 14th @ 7:00pm. McGill university, FDA Auditorium. 3450 Univeristy Street. (English)
#Saturday, March 15th @ 5:00pm. Université de Montréal, Pavillon Claire McNicoll, salle Z110. (Arabic with French translation) Contact:
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for info. Abdel Bari Atwan - Editor in Chief of Al-Quds Al Arabi
Mr. Atwan was born in 1950 in a refugee camp in Gaza, In 1989, al-Quds al-Arabi was founded by expatriate Palestinians a! nd Abdel Bari Atwan was offered the job as editor-in-chief, which he has held since. The paper has as of 2007 grown into one of the major pan-Arab dailies, and is known for its strident Arab nationalism and defense of the Palestinian cause. It has been banned and censored repeatedly in several Arab countries for vocal criticism of what the paper alleges is their autocratic rule and excessive deference to and the . As editor of al-Quds al-Arabi, Abdel Bari Atwan has become a well-known Arab public figure, and is a regular guest on BBC World, Sky News and CNN World, as well as on several Arabic TV networks. |
