Public Talk organised by JUST

You are cordially invited by JUST to attend a Public Talk entitled -

Deadly Distortion: American News Coverage of Israel-Palestine and its effect on the alleged 'Clash of Civilizations'

Date: 31 May 2007

Time: 8.00 – 10.00 pm

Venue: Sin Chew Daily (Hall B2), 19 Jalan Semangat, 46200 Petaling Jaya

Speaker: Ms. Alison Weir

Journalist Alison Weir is Executive Director of “If Americans Knew”, an organization that provides Americans with information on Palestine and that analyzes US media coverage (www.ifamericansknew.org). The organization was founded following her trip throughout Gaza and the West Bank as a freelance journalist in 2001. In 2002 she was denied entrance and incarcerated by the Israeli government. Ms. Weir writes and speaks extensively, and has given briefings on Capitol Hill. She received The Truth and Justice Award from American Muslims for Jerusalem, the Islamic Community Award for Courage, and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Award for journalism. In 2004 she was inducted into honorary membership of Phi Alpha Literary Society, founded in 1845 at Illinois College, the award citing her as a: “Courageous journalist-lecturer on behalf of human rights. The first woman to receive an honorary membership in Phi Alpha history.”

For more information kindly refer to the attachment or contact : Mohamed Osman Ibrahim, Coordinator, INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR A JUST WORLD (JUST), Tel: (603) 7960-3207 / 3869 / 3872