Event Details

Date/Time: 

Mar 14 2010 7:00pm - 9:15pm

Price: 

$25, $22, $20 (Levantine members, seniors, students)

Where: 

Greenway Court Theatre
544 N. Fairfax Ave.
Los Angeles CA 90036

Salam ShalomTalkback Series: Theatre and the Middle East following SALAM SHALOM, Enemies...Another Love Story" written by Saleem, directed by Ty Donaldson, plays runs through April 17th. Read more/get tickets here. Talkbacks on March 14 and March 28 ("The Israeli/Palestinian Conflict on Stage: Challenges and Breakthroughs." Info here.)

Sexuality, Nationality and the Occupation in the lives of Israelis and Palestinians

March 14th, 2010 - 7pm curtain

How do competing nationalisms play into the ways Israelis and Palestinians treat homosexuality? As the LGBT communities in Israel fight for equal recognition under state law that is dictated by the orthodox community, to the Palestinian LGBT community experiencing oppression both by Israeli occupation and by the weight of religion and tradition. What is the future for LGBT people in Israel and Palestine, and how can their common experiences be used as avenues for peace?

Speakers Include

Rabbi Lisa Edwards. From the world's first LGBT synagogue, Beth Chayim Chadashim
Ally Bolour. Attorney specializing in immigration law
Ziad Abu Rish. Former counselor with Seeds of Peace
Saleem the playwright, and the cast of Salam Shalom