Behind You Is the Sea: Stories and Visions for a Just Peace in Palestine
Sunday, June 2 | 2:45 PM - 3:30 PMMLK Stage
- BIPOC voices
- Current events
Three panelists–Palestinian and Jewish–have written about Palestine from vastly different perspectives and across different genres. Susan Muaddi Darraj’s debut novel, Behind You Is the Sea, gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American community in Baltimore whose lives intersect across divides of class, generation, and religion. Hatem Bazian, PhD, is on the UC Berkeley faculty and is the author of ErasingThe Human: Collapse of the Postcolonial World and Refugee Immigration Crisis. He is also a leading scholar in Islamophobia Studies. Penny Rosenwasser, PhD, is a white Ashkenazi Jewish intersectional feminist and author of the award-winning Hope into Practice, Jewish Women Choosing Justice Despite our Fears, which links healing from internalized anti-Semitism to working for the liberation of Jews, Palestinians, and all people–including ending the occupation of the West Bank and the siege of Gaza. All three of these authors delve deeply into different aspects of what it means to live as part of a community in diaspora, and how to stand for justice in the shadow of horrific violence. Moderated by Karen Lee Erlichman D.Min, LCSW,a spiritual director, psychotherapist, writer and mentor, and serves as co-chair of the Professional Advisory Group for the Spiritual Care Services Department at UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco
Book signing information: Pegasus Books (between MLK Stage and Allston Stage)
Sponsored by T.M Scruggs