Book Launch: Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders & Intel

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<h1>Middle East Monitor invites you to the book launch of Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders &amp; Intellectuals Speak Out, Dr Ramzy Baroud’s new publication. </h1><p>The event will include a panel discussion featuring the book’s co-editors Dr Ramzy Baroud and a host of contributing writers Dr Ghada Karmi, Founder of the Palestinian History Tapestry Project Jan Chalmers and Co-Chair Jehan Alfarra. A selection of original embroidered panels from the tapestry, which tells the story of the indigenous people of Palestine through traditional Palestinian embroidery, that feature in the book will also be on display. </p><h3>Join us for the launch of this extraordinary book which aims to challenge several strata of the current Palestine discourse that have led to the present dead end. </h3><p>Drawing on their own remarkable personal experiences and successes - as archaeologists, artists, authors, community leaders, educators, filmmakers, historians, human rights activists, journalists, lawyers, spiritual leaders, political prisoners, and the like - the authors will address what now, what next is to be done, in a manner that reflects not only Palestinian aspirations, but their view of what is possible.</p><p>A book signing session will be held at the end of the panel discussion with Dr Ramzy Baroud.</p><p>Our panellists include Dr Ramzy Baroud, Dr Ghada Karmi and Founder of the Palestinian History Tapestry Project Jan Chalmers and Co-Chair Jehan Alfarra.</p><p>Join us for free on Friday, 10 June 2022 at 6pm GMT (7pm UK), in person near Euston.</p><p><strong>Reserving a ticket does not guarantee entrance. Seats are allocated on a first-come-first-serve basis - once capacity is reached, we will not be allowing any further entries. </strong></p><p>—---------------------------</p><h3>Reviews of Our Vision for Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders &amp; Intellectuals Speak Out</h3><p>&quot;The first-hand testimonies in this collection of essays send a clear message to the racist apartheid occupiers of Palestine: your attempts to obliterate us have failed. Here we stand....&quot; </p><p>- JEREMY SALT, The Unmaking of the Middle East</p><p>&quot;This book deserves a warm welcome. It celebrates the achievements of Palestinians and the rich diversity of their culture. Clearly, their spirit of resistance is alive and well. &quot;</p><p>- KEN LOACH, Renowned British filmmaker</p><p> —--------------------------- </p><h3>About Authors</h3>

<p><strong>Dr. Ramzy Baroud</strong> is a Palestinian-American journalist and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of five books. His latest is These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons (Clarity Press). His books include The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story and My Father Was A Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story. Baroud is a Non-resident Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA) and also at the Afro-Middle East Center (AMEC). He lives in Seattle, WA.</p>

<p><strong>Prof. Ilan Pappe</strong> is an Israeli historian and socialist activist. He is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter, director of the university's European Centre for Palestine Studies, and co-director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies. His latest book is Ten Myths About Israel. His books also include The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine and The Idea of Israel: A History of Power and Knowledge. Pappe's research focuses on the modern Middle East and in particular the history of Israel and Palestine.</p>

<p><strong>Ghada Karmi</strong> is a physician, academic and writer. She is a prominent advocate of the Palestine cause, and the author of several books, including the widely acclaimed memoir, In search of Fatima, and a second memoir, Return. Her articles have appeared in The Guardian, Middle East Eye, and other online publications.</p><p> —--------------------------- </p><h3>Profiles from Palestinian History Tapestry Project</h3>

<p><strong>Jan Chalmers (Founder)</strong> is a nurse and embroiderer who worked for UNRWA in Gaza in 1969/70. She founded the Palestinian History Tapestry Project in 2011. Her idea for a Palestinian history tapestry was prompted by her experience in working with South African village women to  create the Keiskamma History Tapestry. With Palestinian colleagues, Jan coordinates the Tapestry panel production.</p>

<p><strong>Jehan Alfarra</strong> is Co-chair and Business developer of the Palestinian History Tapestry Project. She is a Palestinian writer and journalist born and raised in Gaza, where she first worked as a freelance reporter. Jehan later moved to Sweden to complete her studies before moving to the UK.  She became involved in the Tapestry Project during her time in Oxford where she was completing her masters degree in Computing at Oxford Brookes University. Now, she is a full-time multimedia journalist covering Middle Eastern affairs and specialising in Palestinian political news and social issues.</p>

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