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:35162@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251019T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251019T150000 DTSTAMP:20250929T033346Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/the-israel-occupation-tech-lab/ SUMMARY:The Israel Occupation Tech Lab DESCRIPTION:\nSynopsis:\nFrom spyware and facial recognition to drones and biometric databases\, technology has become one of the Israeli occupation ’s most powerful tools of control. These systems are not only deployed a gainst Palestinians\, but also marketed globally as “battle-tested\,” fueling a growing industry of surveillance and repression.\nIn this Roundt able\, we will explore how the occupation has turned Palestine into a test ing ground for technologies of domination which have\, in the United State s\, abetted the decay of privacy and other civil rights. Panelists will di scuss the global reach of these tools\, their impact on human rights\, and the urgent need to imagine collective alternatives rooted in justice and freedom.\n\nPanelists:\nOmar Zahzah is an Assistant Professor of Arab\, M uslim\, Ethnicities and Diaspora Studies (AMED) in the Department of Race and Resistance Studies (RRS) at San Francisco State University. He was Edu cation and Advocacy Coordinator of Eyewitness Palestine. A scholar-activis t of Lebanese Palestinian descent\, Omar has published (or has forthcoming ) works in academic journals such as Critical Ethnic Studies\, and in jou rnalistic publications such as The Electronic Intifada\, Mondoweiss\, and Palestine Chronicle. His book\, Terms of Servitude: Zionism\, Silicon Vall ey\, and Digital/Settler-Colonialism in the Palestinian Liberation Struggl e was just published by The Censored Press in partnership with Seven Stor ies Press.\nMohammad Natsheh is a long-time Palestinian grassroots activis t in the Southern West Bank (Hebron and Bethlehem Governorates). He’s be en working in the field for more than 2 decades and has helped communities facing the brunt of the Israeli occupation by meeting their survival need s on a daily basis\, including building (and rebuilding) projects\, suppor ting schools and students with special education needs\, and alleviating f ood insecurity in the affected villages. Mohammad and his community cope w ith the ubiquitous Israeli surveillance and facial recognition technologie s daily.\nHelga Tawil-Souri is a Palestinian-American scholar and Associa te Professor at NYU in the Department of Media\, Culture and Communication and the Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. Her work investigates how med ia\, technology\, culture\, territory and politics intersect in the Middle East\, with a particular focus on Palestine. Helga has published a wide r ange of articles and chapters on checkpoints\, borders\, infrastructure\, media and telecom\, surveillance\, and other topics. Helga has also made d ocumentaries such as Not Going There\, Don’t Belong Here (2002) and i .so.chro.nism: Twenty-Four Hours in Jabaa (2004)\, which capture everyday life and resilience under occupation.\n\nBianca Peracchi (Moderator) is a human rights activist at Nonviolence International\, working on projects to raise awareness and solidarity with people living in occupied regions\, such as Palestine and Western Sahara. She is the co-founder of Esperanç a Solidária\, a grassroots NGO in Brazil\, that supports children and wo men living in the favelas. She holds a Master’s in International Relatio ns\, focusing on Palestinian women’s resistance movement\, and a post-gr aduate degree in International\n Visit the collection of 62 edited\, reco rded Salon videos at https://www.voicesfromtheholyland.org/salonrecording s\n \;\n   How this will work:\n1 - Register here for the Voices fr om the Holy Land Online Film Salon:\nTinyurl.com/VFHL-October2025.\n\n2 – Once you register\, you will get a confirmation email from Zoom (no-re ply @ zoom.us) with a link to the meeting and a link to watch the film. ( Save that confirmation email message. The meeting link is unique to your e mail address\, and you must have your link to enter the Zoom on the day of the event.)\n\n3 - Watch the film at your convenience before the event. T hen join us with your thoughts and questions for our speakers at the Q& \;A Discussion on October 19\, 2025 at 3:00pm ET.  For questions &\; comments\, please\n\nContact us:  vfhlonlinefilmsalon@gmail.com\nVisit o ur website: www.voicesfromtheholyland.org\nCheck out our Instagram: www. instagram.com/voicesfromtheholyland/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/09/Screenshot-2025-09-28-at-8.33.28-PM.png CATEGORIES:#arabic END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR