This year we have a bigger tent – more people, more speakers! These are listed below together with a short biography of each
| Who | Title | Day / Time |
|---|---|---|
| Short film | On our Land (Film) | Saturday 12.45-1.15 |
| Fuad Abu Saif (via zoom) | The reality of Food Sovereignty amidst the Israeli genocide war in Palestine | Saturday 1.30 – 2.15 |
| Taysir Abassi | Fair trade and farming for export under occupation | Saturday 2.30 – 3.15 |
| Morgan Cooper | Traditional agriculture under occupation | Saturday 3.30 – 4.15 |
| Sahar and Musheir | Gaza and famine and what we can do | Saturday 4.30 – 5.15 |
| Jawad and Ruba | Control of land and movement in the West Bank. (Jawad and Ruba will serve a Palestinian breakfast during the discussion) | Sunday 10.00 – 11.00 |
Fuad Abu Seif
Fuad Abu Seif (Twitter: @Fuadas6) is a Palestinian activist combining expertise in agriculture, environment, and social activism. he dedicates himself to improving the lives of Palestinian farmers. Through social development initiatives, he fights poverty by designing projects that empower farmers and promote sustainable practices.
Fuad Abu Seif stands as a respected activist , a powerful voice for sustainable agriculture, environmental protection, and human rights in Palestine.
Fuad will be speaking about food sovereignty and what it means for Palestine
Taysir Abassi
Taysir Arbasi a member of Zaytoun CIC, based in Palestine.
Working with farming communities since 20 years, advocating for Fair trading and produce quality, liaising for Zaytoun and farmer cooperatives for marketing.
Taysir will be speaking about his journey with farmers and the difficulty of production under occupation.
A Zaytoun stall will be present at small park BIG RUN stacked with Palestinian olive oil, dates and grains
Morgan Cooper
Morgan is a prolific and powerful instagramer (see below) where she documents her experience of the occupation as a US citizen married to a Palestinian man with land in Area C just outside Ramallah. Their land is a space they are using to grow back Palestine – sowing heritage trees, plants and crops.
Morgan will be speaking about traditional agriculture and her life under occupation in Palestine
Sahar and Musheir
Sahar and Musheir are Palestinians who live in Sheffield
Sahar, a doctor, has been a prominent campaigner throughout the genocide and set up the Justice Now camp in front of Sheffield Town Hall in January 2024
Mushier has been a tieless campaigner for justice for Palestine for many years. Chair of Palestine Solidarity Campaign in Sheffield, he has made several films documenting life under Israeli occupation, most recently Shanshula, a moving account of fishermen and fisherwomen in Gaza. Made just before the war on Gaza, all the boats and houses they lived in and shown in the film have been destroyed.
Sahar and Musheir will talk about the situation in Gaza and in particular the famine
Jawad and Rubba
Jawad, whose father was from a village near Nablus and was made a refugee in 1948 during the Nakba, has lived in Sheffield for many years and is a co-organiser of small park BIG RUN
Rubba was born in Nablus and has recently moved to Sheffield for work