Oriented: Film Screening and Panel Discussion
When:
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Venue:
Birkbeck Main Building, Malet Street
No booking required
Birkbeck Gender and Sexuality (BiGS) together with the Palestinian Arts Festival
Film screening: 'Oriented' (Dir. Jake Witzenfeld, 2015)
A documentary exploring the lives of three gay Palestinian friends living in Tel Aviv
Followed by a panel discussion about sexuality in the middle east with:
Dr Nour Abu-Assab and Dr Nof Nasser-Eddin (Directors of the Centre for Transnational Development and Collaboration, CTDC); Saleem Haddad (author of Guapa, Europa Editions, 2016).
Chair: Ash Kotak (writer)
Convenor: Daniel Monk (Birkbeck, Law/BiGS)
Free event, open to all: Book your place
BiGS provides a forum for innovative interdisciplinary collaboration and exchange in gender and sexuality studies. It brings together scholars working in the arts and humanities and the social sciences and encourages dialogue with practitioners in the creative industries as well as with non-academic constituencies.
More information about the Palestinian Arts Festival
Contact name:
Madisson Brown