Impressive gathering for Palestine convention in Chicago

Hundreds of people from around the country converged on the 12th Palestine Convention 2019 Chicago. Convention become the largest gathering for Palestine in the US hosted by the American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) on Nov. 28 – 30, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel at O'Hare Airport in Chicago, Illinois.

Each year during Thanksgiving weekend in Chicago, AMP holds its annual convention for Palestine in the US, the largest gathering for Palestine solidarity activists in the country. Each year, thousands of Muslims, mostly were Arab, Palestine and Pakistan came in Chicago for Convention But large numbers of American also attended. Many attendees came with the entire family.

The theme of this convention was "Election 2020... Palestine: Working for Justice"

The American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) is national grassroots and a totally nonprofit organization, whose mission is to educate the American public and media about issues related to Palestine. AMP is building a grassroots movement that is pressuring Congress to create a more fair and balanced foreign policy in the Middle East.

This year the attendees are more than 3,000 participants from within the United States. The three-day conference was held over three days, where it witnessed many educational, educational, educational, educational, recreational and workshops on various topics related to the Palestinian issue and the 2020 U.S. elections. Where nearly 28 speakers from the United States and abroad participated. The closing ceremony was the participation of Congressman Rashida Talib, who praised the efforts of the conference organizers to educate and educate the American community and society in general about human rights violations and laws.

The Executive Director of the American Muslim Foundation for Palestine, Dr. Osama Abu Arshad, said that the goal the year of the conference is to remind the members of the community about the Palestinian issue, and the need for the Palestinian to stick to his identity, and that the Arab and Muslim within the states adhere to the centrality of Palestine at the cultural level. That this generation will have an active impact within American society through its presence in universities, schools and various institutions, pointing to the efforts of the Foundation in all states to raise awareness and prepare these young people to be effective and successful to support the Palestinian cause and positive impact in the upcoming U.S. elections in favor of justice in Palestine.

. This year’s speakers include an impressive list of world-renowned scholars and speakers such as author Illan Page, Dr. Hatem Bazian (President and Chairman, AMP), Nihad Awad (National Executive Director, CAIR), Lesley Williams, Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, Linda Sarsour, Sheikh Abdelfattah Mourou, Dr. Manal Fakhoury, Dr. Mohammad Abbasi, Dr. Osama Abuirshaid, Dr. Mohammad Abbasi, Professor Nur Masalha, Dr. Osama Abuirshaid, Dr. Abdallah Marouf, Safa Zarzour, Ibrahim Dardasawi, Raja Abdul haq, Kifah Mustapham, Ariel Gold, Golbarg Bashi, Sheikh Hassan Mostafa Aly, Hafsa Kanjwal, Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid, Jennifer Bing, Ghada Oueiss, Kyle Cristofalo, and many others.

Speakers encouraged the audience and demand to the us government inclusion congress and senate We need fair and balanced foreign policy in the Middle East.

Convention hosts film screenings, book signings, a Campus Activism track; youth and young adult programs and a children’s school as well as a vibrant bazaar, full of Palestinian and Islamic treasures.

A bazaar was also located in the convention center right sides the hall and was brimming with vendors who had set up their stalls to sell jewelry, Pakistani and Arabic clothes, Islamic artwork, books, Islamic clothing, non-alcoholic perfume, Publishers selling Quranic translations and commentary in dozens of languages and vendors distributing brightly-colored head scarves and abaya.