UNDERSTANDING HAMAS AND WHY IT MATTERS | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation
Date and Time
Oct 3, 2024 6:00 pm
Location
Brookland
625 Monroe St NE, Washington, District of Columbia, 20017
Oct 3, 2024 6:00 pm
Brookland
Across Western mainstream discourse, the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has been subjected to intense vilification. Branding it as “terrorist” or worse, this demonization intensified after the events in Southern Israel on October 7, 2023.
This book does not advocate for or against Hamas. Rather, in a series of rich and probing conversations with leading experts, it aims to deepen understanding of a movement that is a key player in the current crisis. It looks at, among other things, Hamas’s critical shift from social and religious activism to national political engagement; the delicate balance between Hamas's political and military wings; and its transformation from early anti-Jewish tendencies to a stance that differentiates between Judaism and Zionism.
Both accessible and authoritative, Understanding Hamas provides much-needed insight into a widely misunderstood movement whose involvement in a just resolution of the Israel/Palestine conflict will be critical.
Writer and editor Helena Cobban is joining us on the Busboys stage to share her newest release focusing on Palestinian resistance, Hamas, and the importance of Palestinian self determination in resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict with Israeli-American activiat and author Miko Peled. Copies of the book will be available for purchase during and after the event, and Cobban will be signing following the program.
This event is free and open to all. Our program begins at 6:00 pm, and will be followed by an audience Q&A. Copies of UNDERSTANDING HAMAS AND WHY IT MATTERS will be available for purchase before and after the event. Please note that this event is in person and will not be livestreamed.
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Helena Cobban is a writer and researcher on international affairs who lives in Washington DC. In 1984, Cambridge U.P. published her seminal study The Palestinian Liberation Organisation. Three of her six other sole-authored books dealt with political and strategic developments in the Arab-Israeli theater, the rest with more global matters. For 17 years she contributed a regular column on global issues to The Christian Science Monitor and Al-Hayat (London). In 2010 she founded Just World Books, which has published ground-breaking titles by Palestinian, Zionism-questioning Jews, and other authors; and in 2016 she was a co-founder of Just World Educational, which she now serves as president. Her current main writing platform is Globalities.org
Miko Peled is a writer and human rights activist born and raised in Jerusalem. He is one of the clearest voices calling for justice in Palestine, support of the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), and the creation of a single democracy with equal rights on all of historic Palestine. He is a gripping public speaker with a very wide following on social media. He has lectured around the world in his campaign to promote justice, democracy, and equal rights for Palestinians and Israelis. The General's Son has been translated into a dozen different languages.
