Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi, a director of Arab Media Watch, is to speak this Saturday, April 17, at a conference organised by the Stop The War Coalition entitled "Lies, Propaganda and the Attack on Iraq".
Details are as follows:
Venue: Carrs Lane Church Centre, Carrs Lane, Birmingham
Programme
12.00 - Registration (??4 waged, ??2 unwaged)
12.30 - Plenary: Myth and reality about the war with Iraq
David Miller, Stirling Media Research Institute
Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi, Arab Media Watch
Kamil Mahdi
13.45 - Break
14.00 - Alternating Workshops (workshops changeover at 14.45)
1) Al Jazeera's War - Khaled Hroub
2) Why the BBC ducks the issue of Palestine - Shaista Aziz
15.45 - Break
16.00 - Plenary - Ending the lies fighting for peace
Salma Yaqoob, Chair, Birmingham Stop the War Coalition
Jeremy Dear, General Secretary National Union of Journalists (invited)
Anas Altikriti, Muslim Association of Britain
17.15 Ends