Yasser Arafat at the United Nations, 1974: Palestinian Nationalism on the World Stage

Name: Yasser Arafat at the United Nations, 1974: Palestinian Nationalism on the World Stage
Start: 2025-11-23T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-11-23T14:00:00+02:00
Location: The Sullivan Lounge

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Sun, Nov 23, 2025

1 PM – 2 PM (GMT+2)

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AUC Avenue, P.O. Box 74, New Cairo, 11835, Egypt

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Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, addressed the United Nations General Assembly on November 13, 1974. The invitation for him to speak at the UN, and the speech itself, are landmarks in the history of Palestinian nationalism.

Join Michael Reimer, professor of history, Sultan Al-Qasimi Department of History, for a talk that reflects on the text and context of the speech, focusing on Arafat's interpretation of Zionist history and his comments about the nature of the conflict over the land of Palestine.

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The Sullivan Lounge

AUC Avenue, P.O. Box 74, New Cairo, 11835, Egypt

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Michael Reimer

Professor at the Department of History

The American University in Cairo

Michael Reimer has taught history at The American University in Cairo (AUC) since 1990. His courses explore: state and society in the modern Middle East; the history of how America and Americans have interacted with governments and peoples of the Middle East; Zionism and modern Judaism, the state of Israel, and the Arab-Israeli conflict; Second Temple Judaism/early Christianity, including the modern quest of the historical Jesus.

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