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Speakers' Bureau Dr. Naseer Aruri Canadian Visit
November 27-28, 2006
Co-sponsored by: Introduction Dr. Naser Aruri, Chancellor professor (emeritus) of political science at the University of Massachusetts and an expert on Palestinian refugee issues, will be visiting Canada from November 27-29 as part of a visit co-sponsored by Libby Davies, MP Vancouver East and the National Council on Canada-Arab Relations (NCCAR). Dr. Aruri has been invited by Canadian Palestinian
Educational Exchange (CEPAL), www.cepal.ca,
as part of their 10th Annual Commemoration of the United Nations Day of
SOlidarity with the Palestinian People. Backgrounder Dr. Naser Aruri is chancellor professor (emeritus) of political science at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. He is chair of the board of directors of the Trans-Arab Research Institute (Boston), a member of the Palestine Center Committee (Washington, D.C.), and a member of the Board of Directors of the International Institute for Criminal Investigations (The Hague). He is a member of the Independant Palestinian Commission for the Protection of Citizens Rights (Ramallah) since its inception in January 1994, a founding member of the Arab Organization for Human Rights, Cairo and Geneva in 1982, and a member of the Board of Directors of the New York-based Human Rights Watch/Middle East, 1990-1992, and a three-term member of the board of directors of Amnesty International, USA (1984-1990). He has lectured at more than 250 universities in North America and widely throughout the world on the Middle East and human rights issues, including the keynote address on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights at the UN headquarters in New York. Dr. Aruri's publications include The Palestinian Resistance to Israeli Occupation (1970), Enemy of the Sun : Poems of Palestinian Resistance, with Edmund Ghareeb (1970), Occupation : Israel Over Palestine (1983), The Obstruction of Peace : The U.S., Israel and the Palestinians (1995), and Palestinian Refugees: The Right of Return ( Pluto, 2001). His latest book is Dishonest Broker: The U.S. Role in Israel and Palestine, published (March, 2003) by South End Press in Cambridge, MA. He is also co-author (with Professor Samih Farsoun) of Palestine and the Palestinians: A Social and Political History. Second Edition, Westview Press (2006). In addition to books, Dr. Aruri has published numerous articles in scholarly journals and magazines, which appear in various languages.
Organizers/Sponsors NCCAR has taken on the role of organizing Mr. Rempel's meeting arrangements with members of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT), the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). CEPAL will be hosting two lecture events in Ottawa and Montreal featuring guest speaker Dr. Naser Aruri. He will address current issues facing the Palestinian refugees in light of recent international and regional developments and the issue of the Right of Return. Libby Davis, MP Vancouver East (NDP) assisted CEPAL in the coordination of the lecture venue at Parliament Hill, and is an adamant advocate on human rights issues.
Schedule
Monday, November 27
Tuesday, November 28
"RECIPES FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS: Ottawa - November 27 @ 6:30 pm
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East Meeting Montreal - November 28 @7:30 pm For further information contact:
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