Palestine Conference 2008

As part of a vision to actively engage in raising awareness amongst the British public about the history of Palestine and current issues surrounding it and its people, and to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe), the Federation of Student Islamic Societies in the UK and Eire (FOSIS) is proud to announce its holding of the first of a series of annual academic conferences.

The first conference, 'Nakba: 60 Years of Hurt and Hope', will be held on Saturday 1st November 2008 at the University of Nottingham in the English Midlands. A selection of the most well defined international and domestic intellectuals and experts on the Palestinian issue will come together to deliver a quality convention in which the Nakba of 1948 and its effects on the Palestinian population then, and its consequences 60 years on, will be explored and analysed. Attempts at possible solutions to the aftermath of the Nakba will also be explored through workshops and discussion panels.