{"id":57539,"date":"2023-12-12T13:27:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T13:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/?post_type=event&#038;p=57539"},"modified":"2023-12-12T14:06:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T14:06:06","slug":"is-there-a-future","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/is-there-a-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Is There a Future?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><em>Is There a Future?<\/em><br \/>\nConversation between Mazen\u00a0Maarouf and Vi\u00f0ar \u00deorsteinsson on the situation and history of Palestine.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>The Israeli &#8211; Gaza war has reached an unprecedented level in terms of number of civilians killed, more than 7000 of which are children. Millions of people around the world are demanding an immediate ceasefire and reviving the peace process. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">What history lays before the 7th of October and how <\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">did <\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">the international community fail to guarantee peace after Oslo accords in 1993? <\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">W<\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">hat future awaits Gaza Strip afterall? Writer and journalist Mazen Maarouf along with <\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">activist and labor strategist<\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"> Vi\u00f0ar \u00deorsteinnson discuss the situation and try to shed a light over the background of the war both from a personal and historical perspective.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Conversation: 17:00 &#8211; 18:00<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Open for questions: 18:00 &#8211; 18:30<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>This\u00a0conversation will be in\u00a0English.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><em>Mazen Maarouf <\/em><\/strong><em>is an award winning Palestinian writer, poet, translator, and journalist who was born in Beirut to a family of Palestinian refugees. He has published one novella, three collections of poetry, and three sho<\/em><em>rt story collections including \u201cJokes for the Gunmen\u201d that was longlisted for Man International Booker Prize in 2019.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-style: italic;\">Vi\u00f0ar \u00deorsteinsson <\/strong><i>has been active in Palestine solidarity work for over 20 years. He is the director of education and membership affairs at Efling Union.<br \/>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Accessibility: Elissa (Auditorium) is accessible for wheelchairs, restrooms are accessible and gender neutral.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is There a Future? Conversation between Mazen\u00a0Maarouf and Vi\u00f0ar \u00deorsteinsson on the situation and history of Palestine. The Israeli &#8211; Gaza war has reached an unprecedented level in terms of number of civilians killed, more than 7000 of which are children. Millions of people around the world are demanding an immediate ceasefire and reviving the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":57540,"template":"","event-categories":[],"class_list":["post-57539","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","no-banner-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/57539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=57539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}