Oct. 25 - QAIA with Haneen & Saadia: Queers, Islamophobia & Apartheid!

NYC QUEERS AGAINST ISRAELI APARTHEID

host
HANEEN MAIKEY
alQaws for Sexual & Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society
and Palestinian Queers for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions

and
SAADIA TOOR 
CUNY Associate Professor for Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work CUNY Associate Professor for Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, and NYC queer and Muslim activist

Moderated by Emmaia Gelman, NYC QAIA

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25th, 6:30-8:30pm

@ the North Star Fund, 520 Eighth Ave, 22nd Floor (near W. 36th St.)

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New York City after 9/11, bolstered by intensive pro-Israel organizing, became a cauldron of Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism. Constant racial profiling of Muslims by police and media fuels the specter of “Middle Eastern terror”, which in turn is used to justify U.S. wars and U.S. support for Israel's apartheid against Palestinians.

Queers are drawn into the fray as Israel actively “pinkwashes” its apartheid by touting its (meager) support for gay rights, mainly as a way to demonize Muslim and/or Arab people.

IN THIS CONVERSATION, Palestinian queer activist Haneen Maikey and NYC queer Muslim activist Saadia Toor sift through the links between racist Islamophobia and queers: from New York, to the U.S., to Israel/Palestine. They will also discuss how queer challenges to empire-building can make deep changes.
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$10 suggested, please donate more if you can.
No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

**Proceeds will support alQaws.**
alQaws for Sexual and Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society is the leading Palestinian LGBTQ organization and the only group working (on both sides of the Green Line) directly with Palestinian civil society to create a sustainable, persistent, community-based social change movement.


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