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One Book, Many Communities Campaign: Amman

April 17, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm


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Date:
April 17, 2017
Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Jadal for Knowledge and Culture جدَل للمعرفة والثقافة
يقع جدل على درج الكلحة الواصل بين شارع السلط (وسط البلد) وجبل اللويبدة، عمّان، الأردن. Downtown, King Hussein's st. Al Kalha stairs Amman
Amman, Jordan
Phone:
0799195993

Join the Librarians and Archivists with Palestine annual international reading campaign: One Book, Many Communities, in collaboration with members of All That’s Left: Anti-Occupation Collective.
http://librarianswithpalestine.org/campaigns-2/onebookcampaign/

This year’s reading is “Returning to Haifa” by Ghassan Kanafani, a novella in the collection Palestine’s Children. Kanafani was a Palestinian author, educator, journalist and a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Text PDF HERE: http://bit.ly/2mYmPZv
Read and come ready to discuss! Donations of 1 JD+ are requested to support the lovely Jadal for Knowledge and Culture جدَل للمعرفة والثقافة staff.

This campaign is designed to introduce readers to the richness of Palestinian literature, and create a broader awareness and understanding of Palestinian history and the struggle for self-determination. Librarians and Archivists with Palestine is a network of self-defined librarians, archivists, and information workers in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for self-determination. The hashtag for the campaign is: #lap1book

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