Join the Center for Civil Rights and Racial Justice in a conversation with Baher Azmy (Legal Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights) and professor Jules Lobel about the case defense of Children International-Palestine v. Biden, filed by the CCR in November 2023.
A production inspired by real people in real situations, Cheating Fate is a compelling exploration of the human condition, emphasizing the triumph of perseverance over adversity. Comprised of four interrelated stories set within a single apartment building in Beirut in 2020, it foregrounds the enduring power of unity and resilience, delving into the everyday lives of the building's diverse inhabitants as they each wrestle with their own unique challenges.
The checkpoint is closed: “Detour, detour!” shouts a taxi driver, announcing the beginning of yet another uncertain search for a way around the barriers curtailing Palestinian movement in the West Bank.
Infiltrators is a visceral “road movie” that chronicles the daily travails of Palestinians of all backgrounds as they seek routes through, under, around, and over a bewildering matrix of barriers.
Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID)-Georgetown University
The Palestinian case is extreme, but it is only one among many in the Arab/Muslim world of democracy denied. The gains made by pro-democracy movements in the 2010-2011 “Arab Spring” have all been reversed, and anti-democratic forces have spread beyond the Arab/Muslim world. This conference will address the lessons learned from these and other cases, critique the policies that have allowed anti-democratic forces to proliferate, and recommend policies based on those lessons and critiques.
