James Graff Memorial Lecture: Rafeef Ziadah
September 2, 2016Northrop Frye Hall – NF003 73 Queen’s Park Crescent East , Toronto, QC M5S 1K7
Tuesday, 20 September 2016 7:00 PM (EDT)
Rafeef Ziadah is an acclaimed Palestinian refugee poet and human rights activist. Her poems ‘We Teach Life, Sir’ and ‘Shades of Anger’ went viral within days of their release. ‘We Teach Life, Sir’ is an impassioned attack on media misrepresentation of the Palestinian cause as well as the title of her latest album. Rafeef is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at SOAS, University of London. We are honoured and excited to hear her lecture and perform at this year’s James Graff Memorial Lecture.
Click here to see Rafeef performing: http://bit.ly/2c55xSz
The annual James Graff Memorial Lecture was established in beloved memory of University of Toronto philosophy professor, husband, father, and tireless peace advocate. Dr. James Graff founded NECEF (Near East Cultural and Education Foundation), Canada’s earliest Middle East peace education NGO, now amalgamated with Friends of Sabeel Canada. In October 2005, Jim was still teaching as well as actively working for peace before he died later that month.
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Canadian Friends of Sabeel is a Christian ecumenical organization seeking justice and peace in the Holy Land through non-violence and education. Sabeel, or ‘the way’, is an international peace and justice movement initiated by Palestinian Christians. Learn more about us at https://friendsofsabeel.ca/
The lecture/performance is graciously co-sponsored by Emmanuel College, a theological college of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. Informed by its Christian heritage, relationship with both church and university, and its Canadian, urban, and pluralistic location, Emmanuel College provides an education characterized by rigorous theological inquiry, contextual analysis, commitment to justice, and inclusive practice. Learn more about Emmanuel College at www.emmanuel.utoronto.ca
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