We are honored at the Mossawa Center to invite you to participate in the Conference on Cultural National Diversity - Between War and Elections, which will be held on Friday, 3.5.2024 from 9:00 to 15:00 at the Beitenu Community Center - Hadar, 29 Yerushalaim Street, Haifa (next to Haifa Theater).
Since 7.10.2023, we have been living in a state of frustration and anger, after many years of deadlock in the relations between the two peoples. This is a situation that requires us to explore possibilities for action.
The local authority elections have ended, and we do not know when we will go to parliamentary elections. However, we have been living through crises and wars since 1997, and we see no vision for a better future.
Cultural and national diversity is an idea worth exploring.
We initiate this conference to engage in dialogue, think, and try to find a vision for a better future than the reality we are living in.
This is an invitation to participate in the discussion about our future. Let us try
to break out of the circles of despair.
Conference Program:
09:00-09:30 Registration & Networking
09:30-10:00 Opening Remarks
Adv. Alber is a member of the Mossawa Board of Directors
Mr. Muhammad Barakeh- Head of the Follow-Up Committee of the Arab Citizens in Israel
Adv. Sarit Golan Steinberg- Deputy Mayor, Municipality of Haifa
Mr. Christopher Hull - Charge d’Affaires, Embassy of Canada
Opening Panel
10:00 -11:30: National, Social and Cultural Diversity: Opportunities and Challenges
Moderator: Mr. Jafar Farah - General Director of Mossawa Center
Prof. Amal Jamal- Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Tel Aviv University.
Prof. Oren Yiftahel- Political, Legal Geography and City Planning, a researcher in ethnic and Arab-Jewish relations.
Ms. Olga Bakushinskya- Journalist and TV presenter.
Prof. Nurit Alfasi- Urban Planning Sciences, Ben Gurion University,
Dr. Maison Irshid-Shehadi- researcher and lecturer, Bar Ilan University & the Open University.
Igor Kaminyk -General Director, Dor Maria organization.
11:30-13:00 Round Table: The Impact of Activism on Fostering Solidarity in Local Councils
Moderator: Ms. Galia Eviani- Coordinator of the advancement of the shared life program at the
Department of Social Welfare - Municipality of Haifa
Dr. Nuha Bader- Member of Maghar Municipal Council.
Ms. Shula Keshet- Mizrahi feminist activist, executive director of the “Achuti” movement, and member of Tel Aviv- Yafo municipal council.
Ms. Daria Starikshkina- PhD candidate and researcher, a co-founder of “Arterra” for civil education in Haifa
Adv. Ameer Badran- Member of Tel Aviv- Yafo municipal council, Kolna el-Blad List.
Ms. Lamees Salameh Mousa -Member of Nof Hagalil Municipal Council
Adv. Inbal Bet-Halahmi -Member of Haifa municipal council.
Dr. Meirav Ben-Nun- “Min HaBe’erot “ Project Manager at “Shalom Hartman Institute”, leading board of “ Yad bi-Yad “, Haifa.
11:30-13:00 Round Table: Women Platforms: Between Solidarity and Separation.
Moderator: Mrs. Suha Salman Mousa- Executive Director of Mossawa Center
Adv. Neta Amer-Shif - Director-General of Collective Mizrahi Izrahi.
Mrs. Nisreen Morkus - General Secretary of Tandi, Democratic Women Movement
Ms. Masha Hinich- Journalist and researcher on women’s influence on culture.
Oshra Friedmann - Deputy Director General of the Authority for the Advancement of the Status of Women
Dr. Rana Zaher-Karayanni- lecturer at Haifa University, Emeq Izrael College, and a sociology researcher at Ben Gurion University.
Nurit Hajaj- Mizrahi Feminist and social activist, member of “Ha-Keshet Ha-Mizrahit”, and Women Waging Peace activist
13:00-13:30 Break
13:30-15:00 Round Table: The Role of Alternative Media on Shaping Public Discourse
Moderator: Dr. Ornat Tourin - Gordon College, a former member of Haifa municipal council- Hadash party,
Journalist Einab Halabi-Yidiot Ahronot and Ynet‘s Palestinian affairs correspondent
Journalist Alla Borisova- Editor of projects of the publishing house “Book Sefer”
Journalist Einat Fishban- correspondent on the “Hamakom Hachi Ham bi-Gehenom” website, Board Member at the Independent Journalism Union.
Journalist Baker Zu’ubi- editor on Bokra news website, and writer on “Siha Mikomit” website.
Mr. Nikinta Arnov- Journalist and “Details” website editor.
13:30-15:00 Round Table: Higher Education and Universities - Spaces for Dialogue and Impact.
Moderator: Adv. Alya Zoabi- Lecturer at Ono College, PHD candidate in Law
Dr. Yael Barda- Sociology and Anthropology Department, Hebrew University, assistant professor at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Prof. Riad Igbaria- Pharmacy and Medicine Department - Ben GurionUniversity
Dr. Larisa Fialkova - Professor in the Hebrew Literature Department, and Comparative Studies, Haifa University.
Saleh Igbaria - National coordinator of Students’ Front
David Margalit- Tel Aviv University student, editor in Zu Haderech newspaper and website, founder of Students Against War
Ms. Olga Orlov- editor-in-chief of T-Invariant academic media community,
15:00-15:30 - Closing Remarks and Lunch
