The Center for Palestine Studies, Deep Dish TV, and Maysles Institute present a film screening of Where Should the Birds Fly. Maysles Cinema, 343 Malcolm X Blvd, between 127th and 128th Streets
A film by Fida Qishta on the reality of the Israeli siege on Gaza, Palestine.
Screening followed by Q&A with the director and Lila Abu-Lughod, Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University, Director of Middle East Institute, co-editor of Nakba: Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory and author of Do Muslim Women Need Saving?, and Brinkley Messick, co-director of the Center for Palestine Studies, Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University and author of The Calligraphic State: Textual Domination and History in a Muslim Society.
Reception featuring Palestinian cuisine following the discussion.
$10 suggested donation at the door.
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