ARDD’s Question of Palestine program in collaboration with its program on Migration, Forced Displacement, Asylum and Statelessness in the Arab World, and as part of its commemoration of both the Nakba and Naksa, invite you to the online seminar titled:

UNRWA Under Attack: Existential Challenges and their Implications

13:00 - 14:30 Session 1 - Attacks on Multiple Fronts 

Attacks on UNRWA in Gaza and their Implications on the International Humanitarian System

Dr. Mar Logrono, ARDD’s Senior Advisor on Inclusive Social Protection and Access to Justice programs 

Attacks Against UNRWA in Jerusalem and their Impact on the Agency’s Operations in the West Bank

Anas Ambri, Investigative Journalist and Researcher at The New Arab Investigative Unit

Attacks on UNRWA’s Education Program, Including Textbooks used in Agency Schools

Dr. Jo Kelcey, Assistant Professor of Education in the Department of Social and Education Sciences at LAU

Attacks on UNRWA USA

Mara Kronenfeld, Executive Director, UNRWA USA

30 Minutes Break

15:00 – 16:30 Session 2 - Financial and other Implications

Suspension of Funding and Further Donor Reactions 

Dr. Anne Irfan, Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcolonial Studies at University College London (UCL)

Implications of the Attacks on the Global Refugee System: a Contribution from MARF

Dr. Oroub el Abed, Associate Professor at Birzeit University and Amman based Researcher on Refugee Issues in the Middle East 

Legal Implications of the Israeli Attacks and Suspension of Donor Funding

James Henderson, Legal Researcher at Law for Palestine 

Implications and the Way Forward from UNRWA’s Perspective TBA 

Monday 3rd of June 2024

16:30 - 13:00 Amman Time (+3 GMT)

Zoom meeting is streamed on https://www.facebook.com/ArabRenaissance

The webinar will be conducted in English