[Mitai-announce] The View from Palestine: Development Under Occupation TUES. June 1

[Susan Frick]

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The View from Palestine: Development Under Occupation

A presentation by Professor Mohammad Sawalha

Tuesday, June 1st, 4:00-5:30 PM
E38-615 (292 Main Street, MIT Center for International Studies 6th floor 
conference room, Kendall Square)
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Professor Mohammad Sawalha is a professor of Linguistics and Translation at 
An-Najah University in Nablus and the founder and director of the 
Palestinian House of Friendship.  The Palestinian House of Friendship is a 
non-governmental organization that is focused on developing constructive 
activities for young people in Nablus and engaging in democracy and human 
rights education among university students. Professor Sawalha's most 
current research is on the changing meanings of words in Palestine as a 
window to understanding the transformations within Palestinian society under
occupation.

Please join us in hearing Professor Sawalha, an activist as well as 
academic living under military occupation, present his work and share his 
insight into everyday life in Nablus.

Co-sponsored by the MIT Center for Reflective Community Practice and 
Program on Human Rights and Justice. Please contact Susan Frick at the 
coordinates below with questions or for directions.

Susan Frick
Program Assistant
Program on Human Rights and Justice
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E38-600, 292 Main Street
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
Tel: 617 258 7614
Fax: 617 452 3962
Email: fricks at mit.edu
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