(tentative--check our tent near registration for updated schedules)
The “Nahr Al-Bared Palestine Tent” will offer a mix of cultural, political, and cross-movement activities going on all day, every day! Stop by for cultural events, film screenings, and presentations; attend gatherings for progressive Arab activists and anti-Zionist Jewish activists; join discussions about Palestine & Middle East solidarity work; pick up t-shirts, DVDs, books, fair trade Palestinian olive oil, and much more at the vendor tables; and check out our amazing “Picture Balata” and “Birthright Re-plugged” photograph exhibits.
Exhibits 6/27 - 7/1
PICTURE BALATA - Picture Balata puts the camera into the hands of the children born and raised inside the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Participants ranging from ages 11 to 18 photograph their situation as they live it in Balata Refugee Camp.
BIRTHRIGHT RE-PLUGGED – Photo exhibit by children from Balata Refugee Camp documenting their journey to Jerusalem, the sea, and their ancestral lands.
Wednesday 6/27
1:30 PM - Palestine Solidarity Contingent in Opening March
Look for the Palestinian flags at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive & Washington/Courtland. MARTA station: GA State (walk South Piedmont toward the Capitol; turn right on MLK Drive).
Thursday 6/28
9 PM – Palestine Solidarity Tent Opening Celebration!
Don't miss the incredible line up of performers and speakers at our opening event! Updates on the current situation in Gaza and on the emergence of encouraging new Palestine solidarity and liberation organizations and networks in the USA. Plus complimentary food and beverages, music & vendors.
Friday 6/29
Time TBD- New Afrikan/Black and Arab Unity in the U.S., Part 1 (IN KATRINA TENT)
Movements converge sharing history, experience, histories of resistance, investigating historic conditions and current conditions, as well as histories of colonialism, imperialism, and diaspora. Contact Kristy for further details: 818-585-2395; schedule subject to change!
3 - 5 PM - New Afrikan/Black and Arab Unity in the U.S., Part 2 (IN PALESTINE TENT)
Movements identify areas of solidarity and collaboration: Palestine, apartheid wall, Katrina, political prisoners, state repression, anti-war, etc. Contact Kristy, above.
5 PM - Photographic Journey through Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon
Sharon Wallace has just returned from Lebanon where she was hosted by Ghassan Kanafani’s wife and traveled throughout the country documenting scenes from daily life.
7:30 PM – “Confronting the Wall: Art & Resistance in Palestine” Screening
This short 30-minute documentary tells the story of the Nakba and on-going occupation of Palestine through the experience of the Aamer family. In 2002, the Israel military built a portion of the 25-foot high Apartheid wall in front of the Aamer’s home in order to separate the Palestinian village of Mas’ha from the Jewish settlement of Elkana. Hani and Munira Aamer and their six children have resisted attempts by the Israeli State to force them to leave their home. The documentary demonstrates the resistance in their continued survival, the international solidarity the Aamer’s invited to join their resistance, and the resistance mural organized by Break the Silence Mural Project.
9 PM - “Arna’s Children” Screening
Arna Mer Khamis was a legendary activist for the rights of the Palestinian people who founded a theatre group at a refugee camp, teaching children to express themselves through acting. Her son filmed Arna working with the children over a 6-year period. Following Arna's death, he returns to the camp to find out what became of the young refugees. COPIES OF DVD ON SALE AT THE TENT!
Saturday 6/30
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM - Gathering for Arab USSF attendees
Eat, drink, socialize and connect with each other. Hosted by the Arab Resource and Organizing Center, SF and Arab Movement of Women Arising for Justice, AMWAJ.
9 PM - “Occupation 101” Screening
A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “Occupation 101” presents a comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the never ending controversy and dispels many of its long-perceived myths and misconceptions. COPIES OF DVD ON SALE AT THE TENT!
The Nahr Al-Bared Palestine Tent is named to remember the 750,000 Palestinians who were expelled or forced to flee from their homes in 1948. Many lived in tents set up by the United Nations. Nearly 60 years later, over one million Palestinians are still living in refugee camps throughout Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. The tent is also named to remind people of the current tragedy unfolding in Nahr Al-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon where fighting between the Lebanese army and Fatah Al-Islam is displacing families once again and killing civilians who have been unable to leave as they sit in their homes.
Black and Arab unity?
Anonymous
June 29 2007, 23:32:44 UTC 13 years ago
Carl Webb
http://carlwebb.net