29Feb/12
The Harvard College Palestine Solidarity Committee & Progressive Jewish Alliance present:
"Tel Aviv Night Clubs & West Bank Checkpoints: The Politics of Being Fabulous in the Holy Land"
Please join us Monday, March 5 at 7:30 pm in Sever 103 for a discussion with Sa'ed Atshan, Harvard doctoral student and member of Al Qaws, a grassroots organization of LGBTQ Palestinians throughout Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories who work collaboratively to break down gendered and hetero-normative barriers.
He will discuss the various ways in which discourses of LGBTQ rights are deployed strategically by Israel and Palestinians as a part of the conflict.
The event will begin at 7:30 PM in Sever 103 on the evening of Monday, March 5.
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