In 2016 the Nakba Tour brought 21-year-old Amena Elashkar and 86-year-old Nakba survivor Mariam Fathalla to 26 venues in North America.  In 2017, Amena journeyed with 85-year-old Khawla Ibrahim to another 29 venues. This year, Amena is returning with another stateless Nakba survivor to share her personal story of the most tragic event in Palestinian history.

Invite these two stateless Palestinian refugees to speak in your community.

The tour will begin in Washington DC on March 3, 2019, and will travel by car south toward New Orleans, then north through the Midwest to Minnesota before ending in Chicago in early May.

We need your help to tell their story.

• Book a spot along the Nakba Tour route (included below). 

The local sponsors of the event will be the primary organizers, but we will help and advise you with protocol, advice, logistics and outreach, including advertising. We will make sure the speakers and field coordinator / tour driver / videographer Samir Salem are able to travel to your venue.

• If you do not see your city or town on the route, but are interested
  in sponsoring an event please contact us to see if we can find a way to
  reach your destination.
• If you do not live along the route, contact us about hosting a live-streaming event.
• Donate!
• Contact us to help organize! We are always in need of volunteers.
• And, most importantly: forward this announcement to all of your lists and follow us on Facebook!

Costs for hosting an event:

Our costs are estimated to be $1500 per event. We need to raise these funds to make the tour possible, but we are asking each host of an event along the Tour to provide a minimum payment of $500.  If you, your organization or institution can afford more, there is no doubt that we will need it.We want to ensure the event affordable for student groups and others that cannot afford to pay the total cost.  We also hope to raise much of the cost from generous donors that may or may not be on the tour route.  We will need $200 in advance to reserve your event and at the remaining balance at the event itself. We also ask you to provide lodging and meals for the speakers and field coordinator during their visit to your community (homestays and shared rooms are very acceptable).

Universities are asked to provide a minimum of $500 honorarium and make similar housing and meal arrangements. We will also make informational materials available for use along the Tour.

Go to nakbatour.com for more information or email us at info@nakbatour.com.