Hello friends, I’m truly grateful to have recently connected with Dr. Izat El Amoor. After a few thoughtful virtual conversations, I feel honored to be welcoming him as a guest speaker on October 8, 2025. Dr. El Amoor is a queer Palestinian citizen of Israel, and he will be sharing his personal journey and lived experiences across Palestine, the U.S., and beyond. Too often, discussions about queer Palestinians are shaped by Israeli lobbyists and supporters, rather than by queer Palestinians themselves. This conversation is an important opportunity to listen directly to Dr. El Amoor, to learn from his story, and to center Palestinian voices rather than Israeli propaganda. Agenda: Izat El Amoor (he/him) is a queer Palestinian (citizen of Israel) who will share his personal journey of coming out in the Palestinian society and family, combined with political and social reflections on queer life broadly. Izat will speak on his research on queer Palestine, and share his experience in academia being a queer scholar who recently decided to quit a job as a college professor in the U.S. and return to Palestine. https://www.linkedin.com/in/izat-el-amoor-ph-d-08745a374/ https://culturico.com/2025/04/15/dear-western-world-it-is-time-you-relearn-queer-palestine/ https://www.apogeejournal.org/pieces/queer-visions-capturing-life-and-identity-in-palestine https://journal.fi/sqs/article/view/154750