[Imc] Fisk talk - 3d try

[John F. Garcia]

Friends,

Iowans for Peace with Iraq of Iowa City are offering a rare chance to 
meet and hear Robert Fisk of the London Independent.  Please 
disseminate this urgent press release in the Champaign-Urbana area. 
We have delayed this announcement because Fisk is expecting to be 
despatched to Afghanistan at any moment.  Note that this means 
eleventh-hour cancellation of these appearances is POSSIBLE.  We have 
been in contact with him, however, and chances seem good that he can 
come.  But please use the contact information in the press release to 
check with us BEFORE  you make the drive.  I estimate about a five 
hour drive from Champaign-Urbana to IC, which is one hour west of the 
Quad Cities on I-80 (highway exits direct you to campus).  All events 
but one are on the east-side campus of the Univ. of Iowa in downtown 
IC, and directions to the individual venues are easy to get from 
anywhere in the center of campus.

Tierra y Libertad

JFG

September 17, 2001

MIDDLE EAST EDUCATION WEEK TO START OCTOBER FIRST IN IOWA CITY

For Immediate Release

Contact: (Quinn, Yelena, Monica, Franklin, Mike, Darrell)


In the wake of the immense tragedy of the suicide attacks on civilian
workers in New York and military personnel in Washington, many Americans
are striving to understand what drives some people to carry out such
atrocities, sacrificing their own lives in the process. What has caused
such desperation, fury, and hatred? What are these people hoping to
achieve? Here is a chance to find out. A world renowned journalist, who
has personally interviewed the suspected mastermind of several terrorist
attacks on America, Osama bin Laden, will be keynote speaker during the
Middle East Education Week (October 1 through October 5) coordinated by
University of Iowa student organizations.  Robert Fisk, an award-winning
British journalist known for his coverage of the Middle East and other hot
spots around the world, will give a public lecture on Tuesday, October 2,
at 7:30 p.m. in the Main Lounge, Iowa Memorial Union. The topic of
the lecture is "Reporting the Middle East: Israel, Palestine, and Iraq --
How to Tell a Fanatic from a Terrorist."

In another public appearance, Fisk will read from his highly acclaimed
book, "Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War," at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday,
October 3, at the Iowa City Public Library, Room A. In this book, Fisk
details his eyewitness account of the immediate aftermath of the attacks
on the Marine barracks and American Embassy in Beirut in 1983, which
killed over 300 people.

Also on Wednesday, October 3, residents of Iowa and Illinois may listen to
Fisk and phone in their questions when he is the guest of Iowa Talks, a
live call-in show on WSUI AM 910, from 10 to 11 a.m. To ask questions call
466-9100 in Iowa City/Coralville and 1-866-780-9100 toll-free in Iowa and
Illinois.

Other events of this week include a lecture panel in Shambaugh Auditorium
on Monday, October 1, at 7:30 p.m. The panel will focus on international
laws guiding human rights principles as applied in the Middle East.
Panelists include Bruce Nestor, National Lawyers Guild President and Iowa
City activist; Marcella David, Professor at the UI School of Law, who has
studied the impact of economic sanctions on Iraq; and Jennifer
Loewenstein, an American Jewish human rights activist from Madison,
Wisconsin, who lived in Israel and made several trips to Lebanon to
volunteer as an English teacher in a Palestinian refugee camp. The panel
will be moderated by the UI Center for Human Rights, represented by Rex
Honey, UI Professor of Geography, Chair of the Global Studies Program, and
UICHR Associate Director.

The Middle East Education Week has been coordinated by student
organizations -- Iowans for Peace with Iraq, The General Union of
Palestinian Students and the Iowa International Socialist Organization  as
well as by Iowa City and Coralville community members. The program was
funded by the University of Iowa Student Government, UI School of
Journalism and Mass Communications, UI Global Studies Program, UI Center
for Human Rights, and Iowa City Foreign Relations Council. The UI Lecture
Committee has organized the Tuesday lecture with Robert Fisk.  The reading
on Wednesday is cosponsored by the Iowa City Human Rights Commission. A
list of events is attached. For more details please go to
http://www.uiowa.edu/~ipiraq/meew or e-mail ipi at uiowa.edu. A copy of Mr.
Fisk's book  -- Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War -- will be made available
upon request.

MIDDLE EAST EDUCATION WEEK SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 7:30 pm, Shambaugh Auditorium, Main Library
APPLYING HUMAN RIGHTS PRINCIPLES IN THE MIDDLE EAST: INTERNATIONAL LAW VS.
REALITY
A joint lecture panel with Marcella David, UI School of Law
Bruce Nestor, National Lawyers Guild President
Jennifer Loewenstein, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Moderated by Rex Honey, UI Global Studies Program Chair and UI Center for
Human Rights Associate Director

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, Noon, Congregational United Church of Christ, 30 N.
Clinton St., Iowa City
POLITICS OF DELUSION IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Talk by Robert Fisk at the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council luncheon
(for reservations call 335-0351)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 7:30 pm, Main Lounge, Iowa Memorial Union
REPORTING MIDDLE EAST: ISRAEL, PALESTINE & IRAQ--HOW TO TELL A FANATIC
FROM A TERRORIST
Lecture by Robert Fisk

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Robert Fisk replies to listeners
of Iowa Talks on WSUI AM 910. To ask questions call 466-9100 in Iowa
City/Coralville and 1-866-780-9100 toll-free in Iowa & Illinois

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 7:30 pm, Iowa City Public Library, Room A
ROBERT FISK READS FROM HIS BOOK "PITY THE NATION: LEBANON AT WAR"

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, Noon
Black Hawk Mini-Park, Ped Mall, Iowa City
RALLY FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
-- 
John F. García
Assistant Professor
Department of Classics
202 SH
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa 52242

tel.: 319-335-1996
fax.: 319-335-2326
email: jf-garcia at uiowa.edu
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