Georgetown University in Qatar will host the Reimagining Palestine conference September 20 - 22, 2024. Some of the world’s leading academics and practitioners will gather for a thought-provoking exploration of such pressing, forward-looking questions as the future of Gaza and how to make it livable again, to pathways toward a viable Palestinian political future, and the regional implications of the current moment. This conference aims to advance academic discourse on Palestine, meaningfully engaging participants in dialogue that challenges the status quo and envisions new possibilities for justice and peace. 

Center for Constitutional Rights Senior Staff Attorney Diala Shamas will join the session, “The Diaspora: Mobilizing for Impact,”  which will investigate the disparate responsibilities and opportunities of diasporic communities in supporting the Palestinian cause and maintaining a connection to their homeland. Panelists will discuss how the diaspora can effectively engage with global movements, direct their energies and resources, and contribute to a just future for Palestine.

Speakers:

• Nadya Sbaiti (Moderator),  Assistant Professor of History at Georgetown University in Qatar
• Diala Shamas, Senior Staff Attorney Center for Constitutional Rights
• Khaled Al-Hroub, Professor in Residence of the faculty of liberal arts at Northwestern University in Qatar
• Nadim Bawalsa, historian of modern Palestine and author of Transnational Palestine: Migration and the Right of Return before 1948 (Stanford University Press, 2022)
• Wadie Said, Professor of Law and Dean’s Faculty Fellow at the University of Colorado School of Law
• Muna Sukthian, board chair of Microfund for Women, Jordan’s largest not-for-profit microfinance institution
• Zeina Zaatari, Director of the Arab American Cultural Center at the University of Illinois, Chicago