What does a free Palestine mean, and what does freedom mean for Palestinians in the wake of colonialism, apartheid, illegal occupation, and genocide? Why does the realisation of the indigenous people\u2019s freedom and rights require decolonisation that is, the dismantling of colonial rule?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lina Jarallah<\/strong>, Vice Chair of the Finnish Palestine Network discusses the significance of decolonisation and freedom for Palestinians as well as why Finns and those who benefit from Israeli colonialism should advocate for Palestinian freedom. The discussion will be moderated by Sumud Advocacy Coordinator Lili De Paola<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The programme is in English. You can watch the programme at the festival\u2019s Speaker\u2019s Stage at Bio Rex or via livestream on the festival\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lina Jarallah is a Finnish-Palestinian activist, yoga teacher, and voice therapist, as well as the Vice Chair the Finnish Palestine Network, who is deeply concerned about the lack of equality, justice, and truth in the world. She has served as the Finnish Palestine Network\u2019s vice chair since June 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lili De Paola is the Advocacy Coordinator for the Finnish Palestine Network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The structures of colonialism and apartheid perpetuate oppression. Palestinian freedom requires the dismantling of these structures. \u2013 Lina Jarallah<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What does a free Palestine mean, and what does freedom mean for Palestinians in the wake of colonialism, apartheid, illegal occupation, and genocide? Why does the realisation of the indigenous people\u2019s freedom and rights require decolonisation that is, the dismantling of colonial rule? Lina Jarallah, Vice Chair of the Finnish Palestine Network discusses the significance…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":8554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":""},"tags":[],"mec_category":[],"hf_cat_mec-events":[],"class_list":["post-8555","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/www.sumud.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/54580866934_ae3b256e8e_k-1-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Sumud Office","author_link":"https:\/\/www.sumud.fi\/en\/author\/sumud-office\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sumud.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/8555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sumud.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sumud.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sumud.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sumud.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8555"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sumud.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sumud.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sumud.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8555"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sumud.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=8555"},{"taxonomy":"hf_cat_mec-events","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sumud.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hf_cat_mec-events?post=8555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Lina Jarallah<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Lili De Paola<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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