Referentin: Dr. Zahiye Kundos (Gastprofessorin für Arabisch-Israelische Koexistenz)
The first question this lecture poses is: in these dark times, marked by unfolding tragedies within Palestinian and Jewish-Israeli societies, how is it possible to begin to talk about mothers as hybrid beings? Can Arabic and Hebrew — two ancient interlinked Semitic languages — bear the weight of current events without risking their own existence?
The purpose of this lecture is not to spread despair. By bringing these serious questions to the forefront, the idea is to imagine a different reality in the region, one that reclaims coexistence not as an empty political gesture but as a historically tested truth.