Except Palestine: Gaza, the Global Graveyard of Children and the Politics of Unchilding

The event is in two parts; a town-hall discussion from 4-6pm, followed by an opportunity to look at the Letters To Palestinian Childhoods Exhibition from 6-7pm. There will also be tea, coffee and snacks. Please register to attend.

Town-Hall discussion ( 4-6pm)

This event is the fourth in a series of town-hall discussions, this one co-organised by UCL Middle East Research Centre, SOAS Centre for Palestine Studies, LSE Human Rights and King's College London. 

This panel focuses on the impact of what experts are calling "a textbook case of genocide" on Palestinian children and childhood. Panellists will explore how young Palestinians are both targeted and used by political Zionism to build, maintain, and justify the Israeli ethno-nation. They will bring their expertise on childhood to discuss the implications for solidarity – both how the supposedly ultra deserving figure of the child as victim falls apart when it comes to Palestine and the problematics of tying solidarity movements to accounts of the exceptionalism of childhood.

Confirmed speakers

• Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian (Queen Mary, University of London)
• Mai Abu Moghli (Centre for Lebanese Studies, University of Cambridge)
• Rana Abu Zhaya (University College London)
• Yara Derbas (Palestine Youth Movement)
• Shereen Fernandez (London School of Economics)
• Rachel Rosen (University College London)
• James Smith (Medical Aid for Palestinians)
• Chair: Feryal Awan (University College London)

Event image credit: Britt Permien. 
 

Letters To Palestinian Childhoods Exhibition (6-7pm) 

The event will include an exhibition of moving and powerful letters, poems and artwork dedicated to the children of Palestine. 

More details on this “Letters to Palestinian Childhoods” initiative can be found online and on Instagram

“Except Palestine” Townhall Series 

• First panel - Except Palestine: Law, Humanity and Politics , November 9, 2023, organised by the LSE Human Rights and LSE Law 
• Second panel - Except Palestine: Solidarity, Rights and Activism, November 29, 2023 organised by SOAS Centre for Palestine Studies.
• Third panel - coming soon, organised by King's College London. 
• Fourth panel - Except Palestine: Gaza, the Global Graveyard of Children and the Politics of Unchilding, February 7, 2024 organised by UCL Middle East Centre and Critical Childhood Studies Research Group