Conversations about Non-violence, 17 May
This is a partnership event between SPARK Social Justice, the J&P Commission, Pax Christi in the Leeds Diocese and the Leeds Palestinian Film Festival.
Given the death and destruction there, it may sound ridiculous – but Non-violence is a response to Israeli aggression that has significant support amongst Palestinians.
Join a conversation on the issue of non-violence with Palestinian activist and academic Mahmoud Zwahre and Andrew Rigby, Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies
Illustrated with film by West Bank filmmakers
Includes updates from the West Bank and the significance of ‘Sumud’ in the Palestinian struggle.
Mahmoud Zwahre is a leading activist and organiser in popular non-violent resistance against settler violence in the West Bank and currently a scholar at Coventry University
Andrew Rigby has researched and written about unarmed resistance in the Occupied Palestinian Territories since the 1980s, activities informed by his deep commitment to nonviolence as practice and principle.
Use the link below to book a place (£5 waged, £3 unwaged)