Imperial College Friends of Palestine

📣RALLY + management meeting feedback🚨

This Thursday morning, students representing a coalition of societies will meet with management to present their demands for the college. Join us afterwards for a rally and an update on the outcomes of the meeting.

🗓️ Thursday 23rd May
⏰ 12:30pm
📍 Queen’s Lawn, Imperial College

Students and staff from a number of groups and societies on campus have established a list of demands for Imperial College London. These demands will ensure an end to the college’s complicity in Israeli occupation, apartheid, and genocide, as well as furthering support to Palestinian students. 🇵🇸

Join us this Wednesday for poetry for Palestine!

🗓️ Wednesday 22nd May
⏰ 3 pm
📍Alert statue outside SAF

Hope to see you all there!

We’re very excited to announce that Grassroots Al-Quds will be giving us a virtual political tour of Jerusalem. 🇵🇸

The tour describes the political reality from the perspective of a Palestinian living under Israeli occupation, covering the Israeli policies which are designed to displace Palestinians from Jerusalem.

🗓 Wednesday 29th May
⏰ 13:00 BST
📍 Online
🎟 Cost of Ticket: £7.90 ($10)

❗️SIGN UP LINK IN BIO❗️

Payment link will appear after form submission and will also be sent to your email.

Cost of ticket will go to support Grassroots Al-Quds’ work and part of it will go to international organisations in Gaza, to contribute to mitigating the humanitarian crisis there.

Join us tomorrow in our march for justice and a free Palestine. A march against apartheid, genocide and ethnic cleansing.

Join us for our fresher’s dinner! 🥳🥳

We’ll be dining in an authentic Palestinian restaurant! Come along and meet committee and fellow members of the society! 🥰🫶

All you have to do is fill in this google form (which is also linked in our bio!) https://forms.gle/reiqoRvRk6brqecj8

THIS SATURDAY

With a brush,
that touched no paint,
A pen inked with blood,
Coated with grief,

For the fear is not,
that one might bleed,
but that one continues to breathe,
In a world scarred with images so obscene,

Who attacks people worshiping?
Journalists? Nurses?
Children in the street?

Was Shireen AbuAkleh's voice,
A personal threat to your safety?

Perhaps we should just be quiet,
Is there need to speak?
Adhere to the norm,
Of millions blanketed in debris?

But I started to write.
The light of the day wilted,
But nor was it night,
And nor was it right,
That I write once again about diminished dreams,
That I write once again about lives taken too soon,
Or that I write perhaps at all.

For who am I to speak?

For the millions dreaming to be free?
For the children suffering from disturbed sleep?
For those whom family left home and returned only to the unseen?
For those with shattered dreams?
Scimpered across lands with wounds still yet to heal,
Life still left to see,
Voice still left to scream,
How many tears left to stream?
Refugees seeking to just ... be

Refusing to flee.

Wondering, and wandering.
Drowning in thoughts.
Children washing up,
On washed up shores.

Just podcast content,
Whilst doing the chores,
As I wander and wonder.
Is this ... war?

Thoughts of families unable to sleep,
Little children hearing sirens,
And trying not to scream,
Hunger and PTSD,
Just common commodities,

And yet the headlines still read,
In a manner that beggars belief,
With words like 'conflict' and 'clashes',
Can they not see?

This. is. not. war.

It's terror...
Rotten to its core.

“It might not be easy to change the reality but at least I could bring their voice to the world."🇵🇸✊🏽

🚨 Join us to commemorate the life of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abuaqleh, and all Palestinian journalists martyred by Israel trying to bring the truth to the world.

📍Location: BBC Headquarters, Portland Place W1A 1AA
📆 Day: Thursday May 12th
⏰Time: 5.30pm

Bring candles, flags and photos & please pass this message.

We are excited to announce that for our first Israeli Apartheid Week event, in collaboration with 21 Palestine Societies nation-wide, Mohammed el-Kurd will be joining us on zoom in conversation on “Resisting Apartheid” and in reading his newly-released poetry book “Rifqa”.

Mohammed el-Kurd is a Palestinian writer and poet from Sheikh Jarrah in occupied Jerusalem. His work has featured in multiple international platforms and is currently the Palestine Correspondent for The Nation. He is the author of poetry book “Rifqa”, which lays bare the brutality of Israeli settler-colonialism, and has been described by Mariam Barghouti as “a testament to overcoming fear in expression, a book that will resonate with you, one you hold and return to over and over again.”

The sign up link for either zoom or in-person is available in our bio! There are limited space for the in-person events so be quick!

LONDON (in person):

City University London
Northampton Square
EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom

🇵🇸 Imperial Friends of Palestine are excited to present our Palestinian Advocacy Workshop aimed at BEGINNERS.🇵🇸

This workshop will provide participants with an introduction to Palestine by going through the history, exploring the present day situation and explaining key terms and concepts that underpin the struggle for Palestinian rights.

In order to attend, please register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7sEAs-d-9Dkt9b3vDdhjLElQJ8nQjMieFcRo1kU1OFqsxYw/viewform

SPACES ARE LIMITED - Sign up NOW to avoid disappointment! Successful applicants will receive a confirmation email.

When? 6pm, Next Monday, 14th March

Where? SK campus

HAPPENING ONLINE TOMORROW!

We are delighted to be collaborating with ICSM Psychiatry Society for Part 2 of this series.

‘Rebuilding lives’ is a focus on Gaza’s Mental Health crisis based on recent military bombardments on top of the pre-existing trauma from decades of violence, in a community already crushed by economic blockade. The mental trauma of fearing for your life, of seeing your home in ruins and of the financial hardship forms a constant for inhabitants of the world’s largest open air prison. The head of mental health services in Palestine once said her people do not suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder because their trauma is ongoing; “present-traumatic stress disorder may be a more fitting description of their experience.”

Part 2 brings you stories of those at the frontlines from both the heart of Gaza and abroad. We are delighted to be inviting ​the current director of the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme, Dr. Yasser Abu Jamei and from abroad, MSF Dr Juan Paris.

Speaker bios are as below.

*NEW* Zoom Link: https://york-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/91930269185?pwd=VHdkc091L3BLeTF6dFFSVGNsNng2QT09
Meeting ID: 919 3026 9185
Passcode: filasteen

With her husband, Francis Khoo, and others, Dr Swee Ang, an orthopaedic surgeon, helped to form the British Charity, Medical Aid for Palestinians, following the 1982 massacres. In 2018, Swee joined the Freedom Flotilla, al-Awda for Gaza.

We were unfortunately not able to host Dr Swee to share her incredible work with Palestinians since the 1980's in our last event due to her health recently. We ask you to keep her in your prayers. Instead, she has kindly shared with us a recently co-hosted webinar exploring Breast Cancer care in Gaza and the immense challenges Palestinian women face.

This webinar is an opportunity to hear from Dr Suhaila Tarazi, Director of Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City. Along with members of her team, Dr Tarazi discussed Al Ahli’s breast cancer screening programme which is at the heart of Amos Trust’s Women 4 Women campaign.

She discussed the challenges of running a hospital under blockade and the lasting impact of Covid-19 on Gaza. Dr Tarazi and team were in conversation with Dr Swee Ang, consultant orthopaedic surgeon at St. Bartholomew’s and the Royal London hospitals and co-founder of Medical Aid for Palestinians.

Watch it here: https://vimeo.com/637826868

Rosy October 2021 with Al Ahli Hospital and Dr Swee Ang A rare opportunity to hear from Dr Suhaila Tarazi, Director of Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City. Along with members of her team, Dr Tarazi discussed Al Ahli’s…

It was a pleasure to host our first in-person speaker event of the year (and first hybrid event with some of our attendees joining us on zoom): Gaza Series Part 1.
A massive thank you to all our attendees and in particular, to our speakers for their time this evening. We are grateful for their efforts working with the Palestinians and the insights they shared with us today.
We look forward to exploring other parts of the Gaza series amongst the other events we have planned for our second term.

We are very excited to announce our next event ‘Why Palestine is not a Trend’ in which we are joined by Rapper and Activist, Lowkey! 🗣🇵🇸

This event is in collaboration with KCL, LSE, UCL, QM, SOAS, Cambridge, Brunel, City, Goldsmiths, Reading and St. Georges Palestine Societies and UOW Students against State Violence.

To mark the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, we are happy to announce that this is one of the biggest organised collaborations yet! 🤩

🗓 Monday 29th November
🕡6:00pm
📍KCL - Guy’s Campus

The talk will also be followed by a Q & A session at the end.

Tickets are available at the link below! There are limited spaces available, so please hurry and make sure you get your tickets now as once they’re gone, they’re gone!! 🚨

**Event is open to students only**

https://www.kclsu.org/ents/event/10242/

Thank you to all those who joined our Freshers Dinner today and a thank you to restaurant for hosting us! We look forward to seeing you next at the exciting events we have lined up for the year.

Joint Statement of Solidarity with the Palestinian People by 59 Imperial Clubs & Societies

The recent attacks and violence against Palestinians, as well the forced displacement of Palestinian citizens highlights that there is never a more important time to act than the present.

A united resistance to oppression is the pathway to justice.



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Hey everyone! Make sure you sign up to this amazing talk and film screening with Palestinian filmmaker Farah Nabulsi next Wednesday, March 3rd!

Link: https://forms.gle/cZHAZpkPRyYSfoBP6

Introducing our new upcoming event - a film screening and talk with Palestinian filmmaker Farah Nabulsi!⁣
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KCL Students For Justice For Palestine are excited to be hosting this event in collaboration with Queen Mary Friends Of Palestine, Nottingham Palestinian Society, Portsmouth Palestine Solidarity Society, Imperial Friends of Palestine, Plymouth Friends Of Palestine and the Association of Student Activism for Palestine.⁣
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Farah Nabulsi is a Palestinian British filmmaker and human rights advocate. In 2019, she directed her first film, The Present, which she also co-wrote. The film stars renowned Palestinian actor, Saleh Bakri. It premiered at Festival du Court Metrage de Clermont-Ferrand 2020 (Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival) and won the coveted Audience Award for Best Film. It had its North American premiere at the Cleveland International Film Festival, where it won the Jury Award for Best Live Action Short, qualifying it for the 2021 Oscars.⁣
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While The Present continues to pick up numerous audience and jury awards as it continues with film festivals around the world, it has since been short listed for the Oscars 2021, and long listed for the BAFTAs as well.⁣
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We look forward to seeing you there! 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸⁣
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Sign up link:⁣
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https://forms.gle/cZHAZpkPRyYSfoBP6

As the sanctuaries of a home are left lay to bare,
Darkened corners crawling beyond streets and glare,
From lamps that burn but do not glow,
Graveyards of homes everywhere you go.

A faint whiff of past splendour,
Comes as quick as it goes,

A blast from the past,
Or so one might say,
Except in this case,
It can be taken in more than one way,

As those street lights that flicker,
At the darkest times before dawn?
Are the times when Israel 'mows the lawn',
A blast from the past?
Has a whole different kind of way,
A blast to the past,
Might be more accurate to state,
As streets are bombed,
Way back to the stone age.

A treatment that is chronic,
But acute in pain,
For millions who've lost love ones,
Martyred and slain,

They're city... left bleeding,
In immeasurable strain,
For how long we don't know,
Deep wounds precisely engrained,
Battle tested weaponry,
What's there more to say?

Perhaps it started with Trump,
Or back with Clinton in his day?
But annexation of this place happened in '67,
Well over 50 years from today

And If we were complicit?
Would that be a difficult pill to chew?
Sat in starbucks, ordering a drink or two?
Discussing change, ignorant to the proof,
That was in the pudding we ordered too.
To make a difference comes with more than knowing who's who.

'They are right...They are wrong',
If ever there was an oppressor's favourite song,

For the illusion of making a difference,
With words alone,
Is what has kept this system breeding,
On and on,

Read, learn, educate too.
Empower the youth.

Boycott, Divest and Sanction the few,
Who pillage and ransack from Al-Quds to Peru,
Stay resilient to the abuse,
And hold to the truth,

This one's for Jerusalem,
Let it one day be true,
That she's free from her chains,
And her people no longer subdued.