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DESCRIPTION:American Friends Service Committee is pleased to host Yousef Aljamal, 
 journalist and contributor to the anthology, "Light in Gaza: Writings Born 
 of Fire", on a speaking tour to several west coast U.S. cities. \n\nWe are 
 grateful to the many hosts and local organizers for making this visit 
 possible!\n\nInfo: https://afsc.org/light-gaza-speaking-tour\n\nOAKLAND: 
 10/11 at 6:30 – 8pm PT\nLakeshore Avenue Baptist Church, 3534 Lakeshore 
 Ave, Oakland 94610\nCo-host: Bay Area World Without Walls\n\nSANTA CLARA: 
 10/12 at 7:00 - 8:15pm PT\nMCA Khadijah Hall, 3003 Scott Blvd, Santa Clara 
 95054\nCo-host: Muslim Community Association Social Committee of Santa 
 Clara\n\n\nGaza, home to two million people, continues to face suffocating 
 conditions imposed by Israel. For sixteen years Palestinians in Gaza have 
 lived under a brutal blockade, isolated from the rest of historic Palestine 
 and the world. \n\nAFSCs new anthology, Light in Gaza: Writings Born of 
 Fire, imagines the future of Gaza beyond the cruelties of occupation and 
 Apartheid.  It imagines what the future of Gaza could be, while reaffirming 
 the critical role of Gaza in Palestinian identity, history, and 
 liberation.\n\nLight in Gaza is a wide-ranging anthology that includes new 
 works by eleven Palestinian writers and poets. It constitutes a collective 
 effort to organize and center Palestinian voices in the ongoing struggle 
 for liberation and justice. It explores the central question: can a better 
 future for Gaza be imagined as a part of a broader vision for ending the 
 Nakba through return, restoration of rights, and achieving justice?\n\nWe 
 hope that Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire will serve as a powerful 
 intervention at an important political moment.\n\n\nABOUT: American Friends 
 Service Committee 
 (AFSC)\n\nhttps://gazaunlocked.org/anthology\n\nhttps://gazaunlocked.org/about-afsc\n\nThe 
 American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization that 
 includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, 
 peace, and humanitarian service. Its work is based on the Quaker belief in 
 the worth of every person and faith in the power of love to overcome 
 violence and injustice.\n\nSince 1948, AFSC has worked in the United 
 States, Israel, and the occupied Palestinian territory with Palestinians, 
 Israelis, and other committed activists to support nonviolence, challenge 
 oppression, and—since 1970—to end Israel’s occupation of the 
 Palestinian territory. \n\nThis work is guided by our "Principles for a 
 Just and Lasting Peace in Palestine and Israel." These principles support 
 the implementation of international human rights and humanitarian law and 
 call for an end to Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territory, 
 implementation of refugees' right of return, equality, and justice for 
 Palestinians and Israelis.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/10/08/18859426.php
SUMMARY:"Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire" - Book Talk w/ Contributing Author, Y. Aljamal
LOCATION:Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church\n3534 Lakeshore Ave\nOakland, CA 
 94610\n\nOr join the Oakland livestream via YouTube: 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVJdQSaBY_U
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/10/08/18859426.php
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