Join Zochrot and This is Not an Ulpan at the House of Solidarity as we host an engaging conversation between two distinguished scholars, Roey Gafter and Muzna Awayed-Bishara.

Roey will explore the crucial historical role that colonialism has played in shaping our understanding of language. He will delve into linguistic power dynamics across colonial, post-colonial, and not-so-post colonial societies. Additionally, Roey will focus on the linguistic landscape in Israel/Palestine, considering the asymmetrical power relationship between Hebrew and Arabic against the backdrop of the recent demotion of Arabic from an official language to a "language with special status."

Muzna will then present a pedagogical account of the Arabic term 'sumud,' or steadfastness, through analyzing decolonial modes of expression among Palestinian youth in Israel. She will reflect on events during the 2021 uprisings in East Jerusalem, when Palestinian youth within Israel engaged in street demonstrations to show solidarity with Palestinians in Jerusalem and Gaza. Taking into consideration the Israeli education system's denationalization of the Palestinian community within its borders, she will examine how Palestinian political ideals, cultivated outside the formal educational system, open new possibilities for political organizing and expression.

The event will be held in English (as decolonized as possible)

*התשלום לאירוע במתכונת שלם.י כפי יכולתך כאשר כל ההכנסות תרומה למערך סלי המזון של תרבות של סולידריות.
*תתאפשר כניסה של 18+ בקניית כרטיסים מראש. קניית כרטיס בכניסה תתאפשר ל23+/21+ בהתאם להנחיות הבית רומנו.
*בבית של סולידריות אין מקום להתנהגות גזענית, טרנספובית, סקסיסטית והטרדות/אלימות מכל סוג.
*ישנו מעלון המהווה הסדר נגישות לבית של סולידריות, אנא צרו איתנו קשר מראש לתיאום גישה עבור נכים.