Co-sponsored by J Street and the Adult Learning Committee of Beth El Temple Center.
WHEN: Wednesday, March 4 | 7pm
WHERE: Beth El Temple Center (2 Concord Avenue, Belmont, MA 02478)
DETAILS: Join J Street Boston for a screening of Naila and the Uprising, followed by a discussion with Suhad Babaa, media strategist, human rights advocate and executive director of Just Vision.
A dessert reception will follow.
ABOUT THE FILM: When a nationwide uprising breaks out in 1987, a woman in Gaza must make a choice between love, family and freedom. Undaunted, she embraces all three, joining a clandestine network of women in a movement that forces the world to recognize the Palestinian right to self-determination for the first time.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Suhad Babaa is a media strategist, producer, human rights advocate and the executive director of Just Vision, an organization that researches, documents and disseminates the stories of Palestinians and Israelis working to end the occupation and build a future of freedom, dignity and equality for all.
CONTACT: Leora Nevins, leora.nevins@jstreet.org.
Co-sponsored by J Street and the Adult Learning Committee of Beth El Temple Center.
WHEN: Wednesday, March 4 | 7pm
WHERE: Beth El Temple Center (2 Concord Avenue, Belmont, MA 02478)
DETAILS: Join J Street Boston for a screening of Naila and the Uprising, followed by a discussion with Suhad Babaa, media strategist, human rights advocate and executive director of Just Vision.
A dessert reception will follow.
ABOUT THE FILM: When a nationwide uprising breaks out in 1987, a woman in Gaza must make a choice between love, family and freedom. Undaunted, she embraces all three, joining a clandestine network of women in a movement that forces the world to recognize the Palestinian right to self-determination for the first time.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Suhad Babaa is a media strategist, producer, human rights advocate and the executive director of Just Vision, an organization that researches, documents and disseminates the stories of Palestinians and Israelis working to end the occupation and build a future of freedom, dignity and equality for all.
CONTACT: Leora Nevins, leora.nevins@jstreet.org.