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SUMMARY:Critical Global Politics Talk - Dr Amira Halperin
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DESCRIPTION:The Critical Global Politics Cluster will be hosting a talk b
 y Dr Amira Halperin on the topic of ’The Palestinian Refugees- from Gaza
  & the West Bank to the UK - Past\, Present and Future Perspectives’. It
  will be held on Wednesday 20th of March 3.00-4.00pm. Please see below f
 or more information about this talk. This will be a hybrid event so you 
 will also find details of the zoom link that you need if you are joining
  us online for this talk as well as the room details (for those joining 
 us in person). Please also fee free to share with students who you belie
 ve may be interested. \n\nTime and Date: Wednesday 20 March 3-4pm \nRoom
 : ALB boardroom\nZoom link: https://zoom.us/j/94598599902\nMeeting ID: 9
 45 9859 9902\n\n\nAbstract: \n'Following the outbreak of Israel - Hamas 
 War\, a new refugee crisis in the Middle East erupted\, with the displac
 ement of millions of Palestinians in Gaza. The UK Government potential s
 upport became an issue of a political debate. Dr Amira Halperin’s talk f
 ocuses on her pioneering research of the Palestinian community in the UK
 \, a community in which many of the members define themselves as refugee
 s. Her work is based on first sources of information\, as she achieved u
 nprecedented access to the Palestinian community in the United Kingdom. 
 The talk would shed a light on the Palestinians political aspirations an
 d activism in the online sphere\, and the refugee status of the Palestin
 ians. Amira would engage the audience with the challenges she encountere
 d being an outsider researcher\, interviewing the other side of the vici
 ous ongoing Israeli - Palestinian conflict.’\n\n\nBio\nDr Amira Halperin
  (Collaborator\, The University of British Columbia Centre for Migration
  Studies) is a media scholar who specializes in migration and communicat
 ion technology. In the last decade\, she has been working in Europe\, No
 rth America\, East Asia and the Middle East. During this period\, she ha
 s been collaborating with Nongovernmental Organizations\, and the UK and
  the Canadian Governments. Her book\, ‘The Use of New Media by the Pales
 tinian Diaspora in the United Kingdom’ (Cambridge Scholars Publishing\, 
 2018)\, is based on pioneering research of the Palestinian community in 
 the UK. Amira has been interviewed in the international media as an expe
 rt of migration policy\, Middle Eastern refugee integration\, policy and
  emerging technologies. Her recent media article was published in China 
 Daily Global Edition: “Tech can help address refugee crisis beyond Ukrai
 ne”\, March 2022. Previously\, Amira worked as an Investigative Broadcas
 t Journalist for large media organisations\, including BBC Television. D
 r Amira Halperin holds an MA in International Journalism and a PhD in Co
 mmunication and Media from the University of Westminster.
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LOCATION:Hanson Room\, Humanities Bridgeford Street\, Manchester
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