On Our Land - Protecting cultural heritage in South Hebron Hills: Caabu briefing
Over the past two years around 30 young people from 33 Bedouin communities in South Hebron Hills, occupied Palestinian territories, have interviewed older generations to gather intangible cultural heritage.
Caabu is pleased to be able to invite you to a briefing with representatives of the youth research team, Sameeha Huraini, Khalil Makhamra and Fatima Nawaja (details at the bottom of this email), will be visiting the UK to embark on a speaking tour, in order to share their work to preserve the heritage of Bedouin Palestinian communities for future generations.
Refugee Council
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General foreign policy
Articles and reports on general UK foreign policy.
The impact of returning UKIP voters on Conservative foreign policy
Sophia Gaston, British Foreign Policy Group, 5 November 2019
According to research from the British Foreign Policy Group, there are five main findings on how Brexit Party/UKIP voters impact Conservative Party foreign policy.
Alex Armitage (Hackney North and Stoke Newington)
Alex Armitage (Hackney North and Stoke Newington)
Twitter: @alexjarmitage. More information can be found here.
1. Do you agree that the UK should recognise Palestine? What would be your reasons for and against recognition?
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