Jerusalem in Palestinian and Israeli Imaginations

Jerusalem in Palestinian and Israeli Imaginations:
A discussion of poems by Mahmoud Darwish
and Yehuda Amichai
Professors Vered Karti Shemtov
and
Khalil Barhoum
Saturday, 6 March 2010, 7:30 pm
Burlingame Hall, 252 West Spain Street

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict captures the daily news: images of both violence and attempts at peace have become routine items in broadcast and print media. How is this conflict seen by the two peoples involved? What are the meanings assigned to it by Palestinians and Israelis? And, with Jerusalem being a principal point of contention, what are the perceptions of this holy city? This forum will explore the literary portrayals of Jerusalem, drawing on the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish and Yehuda Amichai.

Professors Karti Shemtov and Barhoum have taught several successful seminars at Stanford University on Israeli and Palestinian, Hebrew- and Arabic language literature, focusing class discussions on such issues as the literary representation of land, “the other,” and most recently cities of the Middle East.

March 6, 2010

7:30 p.m.

Burlingame Hall

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