Feb 26 2024

Book Talk: My Brother, My Land

Nadwat Series

February 26, 2024

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Location

101 Taft Hall

Address

826 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607

Light Green Flier with text in black boldface. A book cover image is on the right. It has drawings of houses and trees and a person wearing a long dress with long curly black hair walking away from the viewer. Logos of sponsoring orgs is in the bottom. Three red paint brush strands are on the left with black text over them.

Join the Arab American Cultural Center, Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine, Cultural Workers for Palestine, Jewish Fast for Gaza-Ta'anit Tzedek for a book talk and conversation.

My Brother, My Land: A Story From Palestine by Sami Hermez with Sireen Sawalha

Sami Hermez, PhD, is direcotor of the Liberal Arts Program and Associate Professor in Residence of anthropology at Northwestern University in Qatar. Sami authored War is Coming: Between Past and Future Violence in Lebanon (UPenn 2017).

Sireen Sawalha is from Jenin, Palestine. In 2022, Cornell University recognized her for her outstanding contributions to education. She serves as a social studies teacher in New Jersey and works to raise awareness about Palestinian culture and the struggle for freedom. My Brother, My Land is the story of her family.

space is accessible by wheelchair. For questions, email us: arabamcc@uic.edu

Contact

Arab American Cultural Center

Date posted

Feb 22, 2024

Date updated

Feb 22, 2024