New College, Oxford • 5 pm • Monday 4 May (second week)

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Samer Sinijlawi is a reformist member of Palestine’s Fatah party. He is a Palestinian Jerusalemite and founding chairman of the Jerusalem Development Fund. He holds degrees from Birzeit University and the Hebrew University. He spent five teenaged years in Israeli gaol.

Sinijlawi has led youth mobilisation and worked on relations with Israel and the international community. He advocates reform, democracy and Palestinian–Israeli coexistence.

Often described as a ‘leader of the opposition’, Sinijlawi directly addresses both Palestinian and Israeli audiences. He has criticised Hamas and corruption in the Palestinian Authority.

Oxford’s Dr Nadia Jamil (Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies), a Palestinian Jerusalemite, will interview Sinijlawi. Her research concerns early Arabian poetry and Norman Sicily. Her current work focuses on the foundations of multifaith coexistence in Norman and Hohenstaufen Sicily. She also teaches Arabic at the Faculty of Oriental Studies.

Not in Oxford that day? Our partners at We, Democracy are hosting Sinijlawi in London on 3 May, where he’ll be joined by Josh Glancy of The Times.

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