BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:31417@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230731T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230731T200000 DTSTAMP:20230719T111109Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/erasing-palestine-a-busboys-and-poe ts-books-presentation/ SUMMARY:ERASING PALESTINE | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\nWASHINGTON\, DC\n\nThe widespread adoption of the IHR A definition of antisemitism and the internalization of its norms has set in motion a simplistic definitional logic for dealing with social problems that has impoverished discussions of racism and prejudice more generally. It has encouraged a focus on words over substance.\n\n \;\n\nWhile th e redefinition of antisemitism has transformed the conversation around Isr ael during the twenty-first century\, Palestine itself has been gradually erased from the map\, its territory continually annexed by Israel. Now\, i n ERASING PALESTINE: Free Speech and Palestinian Freedom\, Rebecca Ruth G ould tells the story of exactly how this happened by examining the history of antisemitism since the beginning of the twentieth century.\n\nErasing Palestine draws on anti-Zionist critiques of antisemitism – in particula r\, the groundbreaking analysis of Leon Abram – to develop a materialist approach to antisemitism that is better suited to our political present t han the definition-based approaches that dominate discourse today. Gould a lso examines the relationship between free speech and Palestinian freedom\ , focusing in particular on US and British universities over the last few decades.\n\n \;\n\nRebecca Ruth Gould and Ramsey Hanhan are joining us on the Busboys stage to shed insight on the erasure of Palestine and face ts that played a role in this tragedy. Copies of the book will be availabl e for purchase during and after the event\, and the author will be signing following the program.\n\nThis 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 ERASING PALESTINE will be available for purchase before and after the e vent. Please note that this event is IN PERSON and will NOT be livestream ed.\n\nWe ask that guests RSVP in order to receive direct updates about th e event from Busboys and Poets Books\n\n \;\n\nRebecca Ruth Gould is the author of numerous works at the intersection of aesthetics and politic s\, including Writers and Rebels (2016) and The Persian Prison Poem (2021) . With Malaka Shwaikh\, she is the author of Prison Hunger Strikes in Pale stine (2023). She has written for the general public in the London Review of Books\, the Global &\; Mail\, and World Policy Journal and her writi ng has been translated into eleven languages.\n\nRamsey Hanhan is the aut hor of Fugitive Dreams: Chronicles of Occupation and Resistance\, a litera ry memoir illustrating through personal stories five decades of the Palest inian experience. He writes to transcend culture\, speak for the voiceless \, and uncover the beauty of the ordinary. He was formerly a physics profe ssor noted for his computer models that describe and predict complexity in nature. Nowadays\, you can find him on a jogging trail\, deep in the fore st\, at an airport\, or in a coffee shop. For his next titles\, he is fini shing a romantic novella and a collection of essays. Hanhan holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Michigan.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-19-at-2.08.53-PM.png CATEGORIES:Arab American,Community,culture,Discussion,Lecture,Religous LOCATION:Busboys and Poets\, 2021 14th St NW\, Washington\, DC\, United Sta tes GEO:38.91799200000001;-77.03186299999999 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2021 14th St NW\, Washingto n\, DC\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Busboys and Poets:geo:38 .91799200000001,-77.03186299999999 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR