Registration | Coffee & Pastries (JB-113)

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Welcome Remarks (JB-120)

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Dr. Isis Nusair

Gendered, Racialized and Sexualized Torture by Israeli Soldiers of Palestinian Prisoners in Gaza

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Dr. Tahrir Hamdi (Online)

Imagining Palestine, a Discourse of Hope, Liberation and Return

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Break

10 min

Dr. Mohamad Mokdad (Online)

Judaization and Israelization between prevention and control: a new Palestinian strategy

12:10 PM - 12:40 PM

Dr. Shafiqur Rahman

The Moment and the Media: How Zen Z Tik Tokers Shook the Dominant Israel-Palestine Narrative Over Israel’s War on Gaza

12:40 PM - 1:10 PM

Lunch

1:10 PM - 2:10 PM

Yussif Kanbar

Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Third-Culture Building Among Muslim University Students

2:10 PM  - 2:40 PM

Prof. Sadeem El Nahhas

Shahrazad's Legacy: Uncomplicating Genocide Through Literature

2:40 PM - 3:10 PM

Break

10 min

Dr. Sabith Khan

Middle East Peace Talks : Examining the US Role as a Spoiler.

3:20 PM - 3:50 PM

Dr. Ece Algan

Pro-Palestine Protests in Turkey: Media Coverage Across Ideological Divisions

3:50 PM - 4:20 PM

Dr. Yusuf Baker

Beyond Bordered Logics and Towards a Relational Approach to International Studies: Reflections on Teaching Palestine and the Middle East

4:20 PM - 4:50 PM

Dinner

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

(Dinner Served)

Dr. Amira Jarmakani

Keynote

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Dr. Salah Asfour (Psychiatrist)

From Gaza to Diaspora: Nurturing Mental Wellness

Special presentation: CSUSB’s Inaugural Arab American Heritage Month, co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Muslim and Arab Worlds

6:40 PM - 8:00 PM

Registration | Coffee & Pastries (JB-113)

9:45 AM - 10:15 AM

Welcome back (JB-120)

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Panel - Online

Dr. Hani Haidoura

The Media's Role in Framing the October Seventh Aftermath: A Critical Analysis of Liberal and Neoliberal Narratives

Dr. Hussein Nabulsi

Environmental And Health Crisis In The War Impact Zone: The Devastating Impact of Illegal Weapons in Gaza

Dr. Saher Annan

Digital Activism and Global Solidarity Movement for Palestine: Social Media for Change

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Presentations

11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

Q&A

Break

10 min

Dr. Jamal Wakim (Online)

Lebanese University (Title, forthcoming)

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Dr. Sahar Al-Shoubaki

It Is Both A Blessing And A Curse To Feel Everything So Very Deeply: Steadfastness and STS in the Wake of the Genocide in Gaza

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Dr. Salam Mir (Online)

Transnational Alliances: Reengagement and Disengagement

2:00 PM  - 2:30 PM

Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb

Presenting No Evidence as Evidence: The Case of the NYT Rape Article

2:30 PM - 2:40 PM

Break

10 min

Dr. Fahed Masalkhi

Today's Men in the Sun: Palestinians Then and Now

2:50 PM - 3:20 PM

Dr. Tayseer Abu Odeh

Gaza: Civilization and Its Discontent in the Work of Joe Sacco

3:20 PM - 3:50 PM

Break

10 min

Dr. Ibrahim Aoudé

October Seventh: Regional and Global Impacts

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb | Naim Aburaddi, PhD Student

The Phoenix of Gaza XR Project Intro

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Dinner

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

(Dinner Served )

Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi

Keynote: Where are the Bodies? Rising from the Rubble of Genocide and Resistance

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

- A Virtual Reality Expedition Into Pre and Post-War Realities

 Dr. Ahlam Muhtaseb | Naim Aburaddi, PhD Student

- Conference Closing

6:40 PM - 8:00 PM