Conflict and Welfare: Famine in Gaza and Yemen
Open Discussions
in association with
Gulf Cultural Club
invites you to a seminar and discussion titled:
Conflict and Welfare:
Famine in Gaza and Yemen
Speakers
*Desmond Thompson (former publisher and distributor)
**Dr Stephen Sizer (founder and director of Peacemakers)
***Ahmed Al Moayyad (political analyst from Yemen)
Images of starvation among children in several places have circulated widely in recent weeks. While military conflicts have caused enormous casualties, the blockade that the attackers often imposed on others had often led to hunger. Gaza has been on the brink of famine since Israel launched its war six months ago. In the past few years Yemen faced the worst humanitarian crisis in modern history as a result of the Saudi-led war nine years ago. Somalia faced similar fate. The link between conflict and welfare will form the theme of this month’s seminar.
6.30 pm, Tuesday, 16th April 2024
Venue: Abrar House, 45 Crawford Place, W1H 4LP
Dinner will be served at 8.00 pm
You can also participate on Zoom using this link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85680888416?pwd=THBPWHhCRkxEeWtMQWlJVHBycExOUT09
Meeting ID: 856 8088 8416
Password: 000000
Admission is Free. Please register for catering purposes – email: d05sa@yahoo.co.uk or text 07795 660 438
*Desmond Thompson is a former publisher and sales and marketing person with several companies.. He studied in Ireland, South Africa and Denmark. He also worked as a Marine Engineer with the RAF and a mechanic with Mercedes-Benz. He worked as a distributor of movies supplying cinemas and TV stations. He is also a film and TV producer. He became interested in the Palestinian case in 1967 and has been an activist in this area for sometime.
**The Revd Dr Stephen Sizer is the founder and director of Peacemakers, a charity which seek to be catalysts for peacemaking, especially where minorities are persecuted, where justice is denied, human rights are suppressed or reconciliation is needed. Stephen is chair of the Convivencia Alliance and an executive member of the Israeli Committee Against House demolitions (ICAHD). Stephen is a retired Anglican priest. His PhD was a ground-breaking critique of Christian Zionism. He is the author of two books on Christian Zionism.
***Ahmed Al-Moayyad is a political analyst and commentator, and an activist with Sheba for Democracy and Human Rights. Over the past four years he has campaigned for the war on Yemen to stop. He appeared on many TV shows and debates. Ahmed had also participated in the negotiations to end the war, in Stockholm five years ago.