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Details: Dr. Shafeeq Ghabra will discuss the history of the Nakba and what it means to Palestinians. During his presentation he will answer some major questions on the establishment of Israel, the forced ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian population, stories about the land, and refugees. He will conclude with an analysis of the present situation in Palestine as a case of ongoing and deepening ethnic cleansing and apartheid.

Dr. Shafeeq Ghabra has been a Professor of Political Science at Kuwait University since 1987, and was a founding president of the American University of Kuwait from 2003 to 2006. He also directed the Kuwait Information Office in Washington, DC from 1998 to 2002, as well as the Center of Strategic Studies at Kuwait University from 2002 to 2003. Dr. Ghabra earned his BA from Georgetown University in 1975, his MA from Purdue University in 1983, and his PhD in Political Science from the University of Texas at Austin in 1987. He is the author of eight books and numerous studies, including Palestinians in Kuwait: The Family and the Politics of Survival and The Nakba and the Emergence of the Palestinian Diaspora in Kuwait. Dr. Ghabra has also been a regular columnist and guest of various international and Arab media outlets since 1988.

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