Webinar:
Understanding the US/Israeli Aggression in West Asia

Wednesday May 20
4pm PT / 5pm MT / 6pm CT / 7pm ET / 8pm AT

Register at tinyurl.com/Webinar-WestAsia

Today the US/Israeli war drive continues with the genocide in Gaza, the bombing of Lebanon and the war against Iran, while on and off negotiations between the US and Iran open many questions for the future of West Asia. Join the Canada-Wide Peace and Justice Network to discuss the far reaching implications of the US/Israel war on Iran, and the ongoing struggle for self-determination in Palestine, Lebanon and Iran against imperialist and Zionist aggression.

Featured speakers:

Dr. Marwa Osman
Lebanese academic, journalist, and political commentator. Host and producer of PressTV show The MidEaStream. University Lecturer at the Lebanese International University and Maaref University

Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi
Palestinian feminist intellectual, scholar-activist and professor. Founding Director and Senior scholar of Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies Program at San Francisco State University. PI of Teaching Palestine: Pedagogical Praxis and the Indivisibility of Justice. Dr.Abdulhadi continues to resist ongoing Zionist attacks aimed at shuttng down her Teaching Palestine program.

Mona Ghassemi 
Mona (they/them) is a first generation Iranian-Canadian raised and based in Montreal. They currently serve as President of the Board of Directors of the Iranian Canadian Congress (ICC), where they support civic participation, community advocacy, and dialogue within the Iranian-Canadian community. Previously, as Vice President, they were one of the organization’s official representatives to Canada’s 2023 Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference, advocating in Ottawa for the rights and dignity of Iranian-Canadians.

Ali Mallah
anti-war and community activist, who served on the National Steering Committee of the former Canadian Peace Alliance, the coordinating committee of the Toronto Coalition to Stop the War, and as board member of the Centre for Social Justice. Ali is also a union activist (CUPE), former Vice-President of the Canadian Arab Federation, and member of the Board of Directors of Alternatives Canada, Urban Alliance on Race Relations, and the Anti-Racism Task force.

Zafar Bangash – Director of the Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought and author of several books. For four decades, he has been on the editorial board of Crescent International, a Canadian magazine that specializes in Iranian and Middle East affairs. He has visited Iran many times including the war front during the Iraq-Iran war and was the first to report on Iraq’s use of chemical weapons. He served on the Steering Committee of the Canadian Peace Alliance

Moderated by:
Janine Solanki – Antiwar and social justice organizer based in Vancouver, Canada. Chair of Mobilization Against War and Occupation (MAWO), Coordinator of Metro Vancouver United for Palestine, and Coordinating Committee member of the Canada-Wide Peace & Justice Network