Speaker Series & Events
Conversations on history, law, and lived experience. We gather to listen, reflect, and turn empathy into concrete action.
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Ruwāyah: Stories of Sumud
"We do not need to be born into a struggle to care. We only need to witness, to choose to engage and resist."
Ruwāyah means story, while Sumud means steadfastness. This session convenes a dialogue on the ethics of witnessing and the durability of resistance.
Jason Soo
Director of Al-Awda. Reflecting on his time with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (2018) and the act of documenting "from the sea to the screen."
Wei
Nineteen years of experience. Sharing insights from on-ground work in Gaza alongside medical teams, discussing ethical support structures.
Archive
AWDA: Return & Hope
Marking the International Day of Solidarity. We explored the Right of Return through legal frameworks and personal memory.
- 01 Personal accounts of displacement and resilience.
- 02 Heritage and land as evidence of continuity.
- 03 Regional solidarity beyond borders.
Watermelons Dreams
Palestinian art and music as resistance. Witnessing creativity as a form of steadfastness.
Fragments of Memory
A virtual art exhibition hosted on Artsteps and Padlet, preserving Palestinian identity through digital mediums.
Archive Launch
Internal team review of archive structure and initial data ingestion protocols.