Symposium Program
HIKMA Palestine Genocide Symposium | HBKU, Doha, Qatar
Program Overview
HIKMA Palestine Genocide Symposium
The HIKMA Palestine Genocide Symposium brings scholars, technologists, humanitarian experts, and AI researchers together to present cutting-edge analysis of the ongoing genocide, apartheid structures, and human-rights violations in Palestine.
All sessions combine: Academic presentations, AI-assisted research demonstrations, survivor testimony, data and satellite analysis, and ethical and legal discussions.
π Day 1 β Understanding the Genocide
Opening Remarks
HIKMA Team, HBKU College of Science and Engineering
Survivor Testimony 1 β Nermin Shaath
Testimony by: Palestinian survivor from Gaza
Nermin Shaath survives a devastating airstrike that destroys her home and family just as she is about to give birth. Awakening in the hospital to the loss of her unborn baby and her leg, she later learns that her husband, daughter, and close relatives were all killed. Amid overwhelming grief, she searches the ruins and finds only a wedding ring and albumβfragile memories of a life that vanished in an instant.
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Session 1: Genocide Documentation
Research presentations documenting systematic destruction and genocidal conditions
Paper 1: Discursive Frameworks and Moral Resistance
Paper ID: 20251020_171508 | Track: Genocide Documentation
Authors: Tane Parata, Rangi Ngata
Title: "Discursive Frameworks and Moral Resistance: Analyzing Institutional Language and Palestinian Steadfastness in Genocide Discourse"
Paper 2: The Calculus of Reason
Paper ID: 20251020_162206 | Track: Genocide Documentation
Authors: Dancing Wolf, Swift Eagle
Title: "The Calculus of Reason: Enlightenment Rationality and the Administration of Genocide"
Paper 3: Chains of Command
Paper ID: 20251020_132212 | Track: Genocide Documentation
Authors: Johan Andersson, Sofia Martinez, Alessandro Rossi
Title: "Chains of Command: from Eichmann to the Drone Operator β Moral Distance and the Bureaucratization of Killing"
Paper 4: The Grammar of Erasure
Paper ID: 20251020_111357 | Track: Genocide Documentation
Authors: Arjun Patel, Ravi Kapoor
Title: "The Grammar of Erasure: from Nazi Classification to Zionist Containment"
Paper 5: Obstruction as Intent
Paper ID: 20251016_161128 | Track: Genocide Documentation
Authors: Swift Eagle, Thunder Cloud
Title: "Obstruction as Intent: Starvation, Humanitarian Denial, and the Conditions of Life in Gaza (2023--2025)"
Survivor Testimony 2 β Ayman Al-Jadi: What will we say now to your first child?
Testimony by: Palestinian survivor from Gaza
Written as a heartfelt message to a child born after his father was killed in the war, this reflection captures the pain of a life that began moments after another ended. The author speaks of a love never expressed through touch or presence, emphasizing that while loss may be widespread, each grief is deeply personal. The child is portrayed as a living storyβof absence, of love that waited, and of a world entered without a father's embrace.
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Session 2: Legal & Accountability
Legal frameworks, international justice, and accountability mechanisms
Paper 1: Justice Deferred
Paper ID: 20251022_144302 | Track: Legal & Accountability
Authors: Amir Al-Rashid, Zara Mansour
Title: "Justice Deferred: the Paradox of Recognition and Responsibility in the Palestinian Holocaust"
Paper 2: The Spectator's Conscience
Paper ID: 20251020_132327 | Track: Legal & Accountability
Authors: Carlos Hernandez, Lucia Garcia, Carmen Rodriguez
Title: "The Spectator's Conscience: Indifference from Auschwitz to Gaza"
Paper 3: Genocide as Colonial Erasure
Paper ID: 20251016_181347 | Track: Legal & Accountability
Authors: Ayana Diallo, Kwame Osei
Title: "Genocide as Colonial Erasure: Mixed-methods Analysis of UN Dataset A/79/384 and Complementary Humanitarian Evidence (2023--2025)"
Paper 4: Corporate Complicity and Digital Accountability
Paper ID: 20251016_160955 | Track: Legal & Accountability
Authors: Boris Petrov, Natasha Sokolov
Title: "Corporate Complicity and Digital Accountability: a Mixed-methods Analysis of the Tech for Palestine Boycott Dataset (2023--2025)"
Paper 5: Mapping Moral Visibility
Paper ID: 20251012_131131 | Track: Legal & Accountability
Authors: Somchai Prasert, Nguyen Tran
Title: "Mapping Moral Visibility: Communicative Credibility in Reporting the 2023--2025 Palestine--israel Conflict"
Lunch Break
Survivor Testimony 3 β Nour Al-Huda Al-Nabiha: What memory can I carry when I have witnessed the killing of my two children?
Testimony by: Palestinian mother from Gaza
Nur Al-Huda Al-Nabiha's ordinary morning with her husband and two children ends in unimaginable loss when their home is bombed. In moments, laughter turns into grief as she discovers both Ahmed and Rasha have been killed. Left with only small belongings and memories of their voices, she carries a mother's painβand an enduring love that violence could not erase.
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Session 3: Memory & Archives
Digital preservation, testimonies, and archiving genocide
Paper 1: Faith Under Fire
Paper ID: 20251020_171412 | Track: Memory & Archives
Authors: Jasmine Williams, Antonio Garcia
Title: "Faith Under Fire: the Divine Silence and the Persistence of Belief in the Palestinian Holocaust"
Paper 2: Postcolonial Labor Metrics
Paper ID: 20251013_181220 | Track: Memory & Archives
Authors: Layla Hassan, Noor Ibrahim, Karim Aziz, Zara Mansour
Title: "Postcolonial Labor Metrics: Quantifying Inequality and Resilience in Occupied Palestine"
Paper 3: Patterns of Violence and Digital Testimony
Paper ID: 20251013_181247 | Track: Memory & Archives
Authors: Carlos Hernandez, Lucia Garcia
Title: "Patterns of Violence and Digital Testimony in the Palestine--israel Conflict (2023--2025)"
Paper 4: From Witness to World
Paper ID: 20251011_121905 | Track: Memory & Archives
Authors: Selena Martinez, Marcus Baptiste
Title: "From Witness to World: How Global Protest Solidarity Constructs Credibility in the Israel-palestine War"
Paper 5: Witnessing the Unseen
Paper ID: 20251010_231734 | Track: Memory & Archives
Authors: Mikhail Ivanov, Boris Petrov, Natasha Sokolov
Title: "Witnessing the Unseen: Hybrid Moral Testimonies in the Digital Narratives of the Palestinian Occupation (2023--2024)"
Coffee Break & Networking
π Day 2 β Apartheid, Memory & Accountability
Survivor Testimony 4 β Lutfa Al-Qattaa: Motherhood delayed for six years, ending beneath the rubble
Testimony by: Palestinian mother from Gaza
After waiting six years to become a mother, Latifa Al-Qatta' loses her young daughter Sama in a bombing that also leaves her husband critically injured. Learning of her child's death on a hospital floor, she is left stunned and hollow, holding only memories, faith, and patience. Sama's gentle words and light remain Latifa's guide as she endures a grief she describes as beyond endurance.
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Session 4: Apartheid & Colonialism
Structural violence, colonial economy, and apartheid systems
Paper 1: The Architecture of Detention
Paper ID: 20251016_234356 | Track: Apartheid & Colonialism
Authors: Kenji Tanaka, Yuki Nakamura
Title: "The Architecture of Detention: Administrative Control, Torture, and Epistemic Trust Under Gaza Hostilities (2023--2025)"
Paper 2: From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide
Paper ID: 20251016_181244 | Track: Apartheid & Colonialism
Authors: Kaimana Kealoha, Tane Parata
Title: "From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide: a Mixed-methods Analysis of Structural Violence and Corporate Complicity in Palestine (2023--2025)"
Paper 3: Food Security Under Siege
Paper ID: 20251016_141623 | Track: Apartheid & Colonialism
Authors: Karim Aziz, Omar Khalil, Noor Ibrahim, Amir Al-Rashid
Title: "Food Security Under Siege: Mixed-methods Evidence from UNRWA Situation Report and Corroborating UN Sources (oct 2023βaug 2025)"
Paper 4: Protection Under Fire
Paper ID: 20251016_131455 | Track: Apartheid & Colonialism
Authors: Nguyen Tran, Budi Santoso
Title: "Protection Under Fire: Unrwa, Humanitarian Access, and Civilian Safety in Gaza (2023--2025)"
Paper 5: Structural Violence and Human Security
Paper ID: 20251015_144526 | Track: Apartheid & Colonialism
Authors: Mei-Ling Chen, Jian Li
Title: "Structural Violence and Human Security Under Siege: Mixed-methods Evidence from the Gaza Strip (2023--2025)"
Paper 6: Resilience Under Occupation
Paper ID: 20251011_172758 | Track: Apartheid & Colonialism
Authors: Thabo Mthembu, Kofi Mensah
Title: "Resilience Under Occupation: Mixed-development Indicators of the West Bank and Gaza (1995β2023)"
Paper 7: Unequal Modernities, Unequal Measures of Trust
Paper ID: 20251011_142445 | Track: Apartheid & Colonialism
Authors: Rangi Ngata, Moana Tui, Leilani Kahele, Tane Parata, Rangi Ngata, Kaimana Kealoha
Title: "Unequal Modernities, Unequal Measures of Trust: Macro-asymmetries and Credibility Construction in the Israel-palestine Context"
Coffee Break
Session 5: Public Health Crisis
Health system collapse, mental harm, and reproductive violence
Paper 1: Gender-based Violence and Reproductive Harm
Paper ID: 20251016_181051 | Track: Public Health Crisis
Authors: Jasmine Williams, Rafael Diaz
Title: "Gender-based Violence and Reproductive Harm in the Gaza Conflict (2023--2025): a Mixed-methods Analysis of the UN Commission of Inquiry Report"
Paper 2: Causing Serious Mental Harm
Paper ID: 20251016_141352 | Track: Public Health Crisis
Authors: Marie Dubois, Marie Dubois
Title: "Causing Serious Mental Harm: Psychosocial Evidence of Genocidal Conditions in Gaza (2023--2025)"
Paper 3: Procedural Absolution and the Double Bind
Paper ID: 20251223_144817 | Track: Public Health Crisis
Authors: Karim Aziz, Noor Ibrahim, Layla Hassan
Title: "Procedural Absolution and the Double Bind: Institutional Discourse and the Erasure of Palestinian Suffering in Healthcare Access"
Lunch Break
Survivor Testimony 5 β A Mother's Testimony: The Loss of Ahmed and Rasha
Testimony by: Palestinian mother from Gaza
A mother recounts the devastating loss of her two children, Ahmed and Rasha, during a sudden strike that destroyed their home. What began as an ordinary family morningβwalking together to buy vegetablesβturned into tragedy when violence shattered their lives. In the aftermath, she and her husband searched desperately through the rubble, calling the names of Ahmed and Rasha. She found her son, Ahmed, lifeless beneath the debris, recognizing him only by his hair. She held onto hope for her daughter, Rasha, who was initially still alive and fighting for survival. That hope was later extinguished when she was told that Rasha had also passed away. Now living with overwhelming grief, the mother describes the silence left behindβechoes of Ahmed and Rasha's laughter replaced by memories preserved in small belongings: a watch, a notebook filled with dreams, a favorite colored pencil. Though violence took the futures Ahmed and Rasha were meant to live, she affirms that it could not take her love. She carries both of them in her heart, keeping their memory alive with every breath.
Original Article: A Gaza child's last will - Al Jazeera
Session 6: Continuing Documentation & Accountability
Additional genocide documentation and legal accountability research
Paper 1: Humanitarian Collapse and Genocidal Conditions
Paper ID: 20251016_103155 | Track: Genocide Documentation
Authors: Kavita Singh, Arjun Patel, Sanjay Kumar, Kavita Singh
Title: "Humanitarian Collapse and Genocidal Conditions in Gaza (2023--2025): a Mixed-methods Analysis of OCHA Situation Update and Complementary Data Sources"
Paper 2: Water as a Weapon
Paper ID: 20251015_144313 | Track: Genocide Documentation
Authors: Thabo Mthembu, Ayana Diallo, Kofi Mensah, Ayana Diallo
Title: "Water as a Weapon: Humanitarian Deprivation and WASH System Collapse in Gaza (2023--2025)"
Paper 3: The Law Speaks for the Silenced
Paper ID: 20251010_215149 | Track: Genocide Documentation
Authors: Omar Khalil, Noor Ibrahim
Title: "The Law Speaks for the Silenced: Trust, Moral Witnessing, and Communicative Authority in the South Africa V. Israel Genocide Proceedings (2023--2024)"
Paper 4: They Call It Defense
Paper ID: 20251010_203225 | Track: Genocide Documentation
Authors: Klaus Mueller, Sofia Martinez
Title: "They Call It Defense: News Discourse on Civilian Harm in Gaza"
Paper 5: Numbers Don't Speak, People Do
Paper ID: 20251008_213738 | Track: Genocide Documentation
Authors: Kofi Mensah, Amara Adeyemi
Title: "Numbers Don't Speak, People Do: Trustworthiness in Humanitarian Casualty Reporting During the Gaza War (2024--2025)"
Closing Session & Next Steps
HIKMA Palestine Genocide Research Roadmap 2025 - Future directions for documentation, accountability, and justice
Virtual Venue Information
π Virtual Location
HBKU Virtual Conference Room
Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Education City, Doha, Qatar
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UTC+3 timezone
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