Bringing our own lens: Visualising conflict in Palestine

Bringing our own lens: Visualising conflict in Palestine by Allan LEONARD 15 March 2016 The rear room at Common Grounds Cafe was the venue for a display of three types of imagery — participatory, documentary, and expository — for the Imagine! Festival of Ideas & Politics event, Visualising Conflict in Palestine, which was attended by … Continue reading Bringing our own lens: Visualising conflict in Palestine

Hope must lie with the children of Israel/Palestine

Hope must lie with the children of Israel/Palestine: Professor Padraig O’Malley talk at Queen’s University Belfast by Allan LEONARD 21 October 2015 Professor Padraig O’Malley gave a bleak prognosis of the Israel/Palestine peace negotiations, calling the two-state proposal ‘delusional’. At an event hosted by the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation and Social Justice … Continue reading Hope must lie with the children of Israel/Palestine

Women: Dealing with the past: WRDA workshop

Women: Dealing with the past: WRDA workshop by Allan LEONARD 12 November 2013 Well over 100 women participated in a workshop event on the topic of dealing with the past. Organised by the Women’s Resource & Development Agency (WRDA), there were summaries of previous workshops as well as keynote speeches from Reverend Dr Lesley Carroll … Continue reading Women: Dealing with the past: WRDA workshop

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Cartoons in Conflict

As part of its 2010 Summer School, Community Dialogue (www.communitydialogue.org) hosted an exhibition of international cartoonists' contributions to The Parents Circle - Families Forum (www.theparentscircle.com), which is a grassroots organisation based in the Middle East. The Parents Circle - Families Forum represents more than 500 families, both Israeli and Palestinian, who have lost a family … Continue reading Cartoons in Conflict