Join us for a dynamic webinar on Palestinian Resistance, featuring influential voices like John Jeffery, Anti-Aparthied activist and South Africa’s deputy minister of Justice of South Africa (until June 2024); Fathi Nemer, Al-Shabaka Palestine Policy Fellow & Co-founder of Decolonize Palestine; Khaled Barakat, Palestinian writer and member of the Executive Committee of the Masar Badil; Shahd Hammouri, Lecturer in Law at the University of Kent.
This event, part of the BDS International Week of Action, will explore grassroots activism, anti-apartheid efforts, and legal perspectives on Palestinian liberation. Together, we’ll delve into South-South solidarities during the ongoing genocide, international solidarity, and strategies for advancing justice for Palestine. Engage in meaningful discussions to challenge the systems enabling oppression and advocate for Palestinian freedom.
Featured Speaker
Shahd Hammouri is a lecturer in International Law and Legal Theory at the University of Kent and Senior Legal Consultant at Law for Palestine. She is the author of the forthcoming Corporate War Profiteering and International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2026). Shahid’s work examines public and international economic law from a critical and decolonial perspective. In 2023, she drafted submissions for the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. She holds a PhD in International Law from the University of Manchester.
Fathi Nimer is Al-Shabaka’s Palestine policy fellow. He previously worked as a research associate with the Arab World for Research and Development, a teaching fellow at Birzeit University, and a program officer with the Ramallah Center for Human Rights Studies. Fathi holds a master’s degree in political science from Heidelberg University and is the co-founder of DecolonizePalestine.com, a knowledge repository for the Palestinian question. Fathi’s research revolves around political economy and contentious politics. His current focus is on food sovereignty, agroecology, and the resistance economy in Palestine.
Online Webinar
