"Gaza: Beneath the Bombs" - Author Sarah Irving

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - 19:00 to 21:50

The Israeli offensive in Gaza was described by Amnesty international as '22 days of death and destruction'. This eyewitness account brings home the horror of life in Gaza beneath the bombs.

Sarah Irving is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Electronic Intifada, Guardian Online and New Internationalist. She was a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement in Palestine in 2001-2 and co-ran Olive Co-operative, leading solidarity tours to the West Bank and sourcing fairtrade Palestinian products, in 2003-6. She helped to launch the Free Gaza movement in the UK in 2007. She is also the author of two forthcoming books, a new edition of the Bradt Guide to Palestine (2011) and a biography of Palestinian fighter Leila Khaled (2012).

Where: Hunter Community Environment Centre, 169 Parry St, Hamilton East 2303
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