On 22 June 2021, Caabu hosted an online panel discussion on COVID-19 and the Middle East, with Dr. Yara Asi, post-doctoral scholar in health management, Professor of Political Science Dr. Bessma Momani and journalist and the Guardian's former Middle East Editor, Brian Whitaker. The panel was moderated by Scottish National Party (SNP) MP and health spokesperson and consultant breast surgeon, Dr. Philippa Whitford.
A battle on all fronts: How the pandemic has plunged Arab refugees into new depths of disaster
Article by Chris Doyle in the New Arab, 18 June 2021
Caabu invites you to an online briefing on Tuesday 6 July at 2pm (UK time) on climate change in the Middle East, an overview of regional impacts and responses with Dr.
Caabu invites you to an online panel discussion on Tuesday 22 June at 2pm (UK time) on the Middle East and COVID-19. Register, here.
Caabu, together with MBA Students and Alumni hosted an online panel discussion on 3 June on the current and future status of the Palestinian struggle for freedom and justice. The speakers included former Jordanian foreign minister Marwan Muasher, former Human Rights Watch MENA director Sarah Leah Whitson, and Senior Analyst at the International Crisis Group Tareq Baconi. The panel was moderated by prize-winning author, journalist, and war correspondent Janine Di Giovanni.
55 former European foreign ministers, prime ministers & senior international officials call on Europe to stand up for the International Criminal Court - including on Palestine (Letter in the Guardian - 1 June 2021)
Caabu and MBA Students and Alumni invite you to an online panel discussion on Thursday 3 June at 6pm (UK time) 7pm (CET) on the current and future status of the Palestinian struggle for freedom and justice. Register for The Future of Palestinian Human Rights: Online panel discussion on the current and future status of the Palestinian struggle for freedom and justice, here.
Chris Doyle quoted on Al Jazeera about the Syrian Presidential elections (25 May 2021)
In a speech in the House of Lords on 19 May 2021, Caabu patron, co-Chair of the Britain-Palestine All Party Parliamentary Group, and Conservative Peer Baroness Sayeeda Warsi condemned the UK government's failure to uphold it's own policy on Palestine. On 13 May she wrote this article in Politics Home: It’s time the UK government takes action to stop Israeli war crimes. The full video of her speech can be watched here:
On 19 May, Caabu hosted an online emergency briefing on the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel.
We heard from Laila Barhoum, Policy and Campaign Officer with Oxfam, based in the Gaza Strip, Inès Abdel Razek, Advocacy Director for the Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy (PIPD), based in Jerusalem, Sami Abu Shehadeh, a Palestinian citizen of Israeli and member of the Knesset based in Jaffa, and Daniel Seidemann, an Israeli attorney and political analyst based in Jerusalem.
