„Despite the long history of Palestinian resistance, current popular action remains limited to small-scale participation. One has to ask, what went wrong?“
Abir Kopty’s talk will address the current situation in Palestine, how Oslo influenced the will to resist among Palestinians and what are the ways to overcome those obstacles and challenges.
Abir Kopty is  is a leading social, feminist and political activist born in Nazareth. She completed her BA at Haifa University in Economic and accountancy. She then moved to work in the media and communication field in Palestinian civil society organizations. In 2006-2007 she was a Chevening Scholar of the British Council and completed her MA in Political Communication at the City University of London. Currently, she is a PhD candidate in the Institute for Media and Communication Studies, Freie Universität Berlin under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Carola Richter. Her research interest includes political participation and the New Media.
Die Vorlesung findet statt im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung Globale Herausforderungen zum Thema: Upheavals in the Middle East: Dictatorships, Wars and Revolutions – Perspectives of Social Movements
Eine Veranstaltung von: Global Studies und Geographies of Uneven Development