Palestinian Territories: ASWAT's 5th Anniversary Conference

01/29/2007

IGLHRC is pleased to post this invitation from our colleagues at ASWAT (a Palestinian gay women's group from Haifa, Israel) and congratulate them on their five year anniversary. We were honored to celebrate the accomplishments of Rauda Morcos, ASWAT's General Coordinator, with our Felipa Award in 2006 at our A Celebration of Courage event in New York City and San Francisco.

We, Aswat – Palestinian gay Women, are happy to invite you to:

"Five Years for Aswat's conference"
On the 28th of March 2007 in Haifa.

On this day Aswat celebrates five fruitful years of social change and raising awareness in the Palestinian Community. Aswat also proudly lunches the first published book in Arabic: Home and Exile in Queer Identity:A Collection of Articles about Lesbian and Homosexual Identity

Program:

10:00 -10:30: Registering and Welcoming
10:30-11:00: Press Conference.
11:00- 12:00: Opening of the event
12:00- 12:15: Interval, artistic show

12:15-13:30: First panel: "Homosexuality and Lesbianism in the Arab Community."

13:30-14:30: Lunch Break
14:30- 14:45: interval, artistic show
14:45-16:45: Second Panel: Home and Exile in Queer Experience
16:45- 17:15: Break
17:15-18:45: Artistic Performance
P.S. A more detailed Program will be published soon.

For registration and more information please write to: ipcoordinator@aswatgroup.org, call: +97248662357, or fax +97248641072

You can also visit http://www.aswatgroup.org

"Five Years for Aswat's conference" On the 28th of March 2007 in Haifa.

Program:

12:15-13:30: First panel: "Homosexuality and Lesbianism in the Arab Community."

"Five Years for Aswat's conference"
On the 28th of March 2007 in Haifa.