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Glasgow: Forthcoming public meeting with Palestine ambassador

KT | 14.03.2007 13:56 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Palestine | World

Public meeting with Professor Manuel Hassassian, the Ambassador from Palestine to the UK.

Fri -Mar 16 Public meeting with Palestine ambassador

6:45 PM-9:00 PM Charles Wilson Building, University of Glasgow
(junction Gibson St and University Av)


Public meeting with Professor Manuel Hassassian, the Ambassador from Palestine to the UK. The Ambassador will be speaking for over thirty minutes and there will be ample time for discussion regarding the current crisis in Palestine, both in the West Bank and Gaza. A collection for the Palestine Student Fund will be held.
Hosted by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (UK) - Glasgow Branch

Manuel Hassassian has served Bethlehem University and
the Palestinian people with distinction for twenty
five years. He is a dynamic professor of political
science and has demonstrated brilliant leadership in
several key administrative roles at the University:
Dean of Students, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and
Chair of the Humanities Department and for some years
was the Executive Vice President, during which time he
also served as the President of the Rectors'
Conference of the Palestinian Ministry of Higher
Education and President of the Palestinian-European
American Cooperation in Education (PEACE) program.
During his tenure at Bethlehem University Professor
Hassassian made significant scholarly contributions in
the field of political science with the publication of
over 100 reviews, articles and chapters, including
Palestinian Political Culture, Civic Society and the
Concept of Citizenship, The Transformation of
Palestinian Civil Society and its Role in Developing
Democratic Trends in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and
Historical Justice and Compensation for Palestinian
Refugees. Professor Hassassian has also served the
Palestinian people as a consultant to the Higher
Ministerial Committee for Church Affairs, the Ministry
of Planning and International Cooperation, UNESCO, the
Palestinian Negotiating Team on Refugee Final
Settlement, the Orient House P.L.O. Office in
Jerusalem as Chief Political Advisor to the late Mr.
Faysal Husseini, Minister of State Affairs – Head of
the Jerusalem File, and the Ministerial Commission on
Refugees, among others. He took up his position as
Ambassador of the Palestinian General Delegation to
the UK in November 2005.

KT

Additions

Audio of speech he did in Sheffield

14.03.2007 14:38

In late February 2007, Dr Hassassian, the Palestinian Delegate to the U.K, came to speak to Sheffield PSC.

You can listen to his speach here  http://www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk/drh.m3u or download it from here (40MB)  http://icecast.commedia.org.uk:8000/ypce/drh.mp3

Worth a listen, is anyone going to record the speech and discussion in Scotland and post it here...?

Chris
- Homepage: http://www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk/drupal/dr_hassassian_recording


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