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Day of the Palestinian Land
April 24, 20187:00 p.m.
MADRID
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62).
7:00 p.m.
Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached.
In Spanish.
On the occasion of this anniversary, Casa Árabe and the “Jerusalem”
Association of the Spanish-Palestinian Community have organized a round
table discussion in Madrid.
The event will include presentations by Vanesa Angustias, a senator for the political party Izquierda Unida; Carlota Merchán, a member of parliament for the political party PSOE; Antonio López, of the International Secretariat of the UGT labor union; Alejandra Ortega, of the International Secretariat of the CC.OO.labor union, and Dina Bousselham, Secretary of Communication for the political party Podemos in the Autonomous Region of Madrid.
The event will be presented by Pedro Martínez-Avial, the General Director of Casa Árabe, and Jamil Mahmoud Abu Saada, president of the “Jerusalem” Association of the Spanish-Palestinian Community.
The Day of the Palestinian Land has been celebrated by Palestinians and the diaspora every March 30 since 1976 to call for the end of the confiscation of their lands. Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, who dedicated his work to the Palestinian cause, speaks to us about this in his poem “On This Land”:
ON THIS LAND
There’s on this land what is worth living:
There’s on this land, the lady of lands,
the mother of the beginnings and of the ends.
It was called Palestine. Its name later became Palestine.
My lady: I deserve, since you’re my lady,
I deserve life
Mahmoud Darwish
Conference information sheet
The event will be presented by Pedro Martínez-Avial, the General Director of Casa Árabe, and Jamil Mahmoud Abu Saada, president of the “Jerusalem” Association of the Spanish-Palestinian Community.
The Day of the Palestinian Land has been celebrated by Palestinians and the diaspora every March 30 since 1976 to call for the end of the confiscation of their lands. Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, who dedicated his work to the Palestinian cause, speaks to us about this in his poem “On This Land”:
ON THIS LAND
There’s on this land what is worth living:
There’s on this land, the lady of lands,
the mother of the beginnings and of the ends.
It was called Palestine. Its name later became Palestine.
My lady: I deserve, since you’re my lady,
I deserve life
Mahmoud Darwish
Conference information sheet
El sausan (iris) es una flor autóctona de Palestina y del norte de Cisjordania y está considerada la flor nacional de Palestina.