Nakba Remembered Around the World
27 April 2008 by الفلسطينية
PHILADELPHIA
60 Days of Action to Coincide with the 60th Anniversary of the Palestinian Catastrophe
This spring marks the 60th anniversary of Al-Nakba, Arabic for "the catastrophe," the little known side of Israel's creation that drove over 700,000 Palestinians into exile, massacred civilians, and razed hundreds of Palestinian villages. In Philadelphia, a coalition of Palestinian support groups and peace organizations is responding to the call made at last year’s US Social Forum for 60 days of action to coincide with and counter "Israel 60" celebrations.
Philly's Palestine solidarity movement insists Al-Nakba not be forgotten with a series of events nearly every day from March 17th to May 18th. Our intention is to raise awareness of the past 60 years from the Palestinians’ perspective, and to mobilize people against the occupation. Billions of our tax dollars each year go to the Israeli military, funding the destruction of lives, homes, agriculture, and infrastructure. At the same time, people in the U.S. -- including Philadelphians -- face crises around health-care, housing and education. The Al-Nakba Coalition believes that federal taxes need to come home to support our communities instead of a militarized foreign policy in Palestine, Iraq and around the world.
Some events to look forward to are a kick-off event on March 17th, 11am-1pm on the west side of City Hall where we'll be publicly broadcasting the Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) Winter Soldier testimony happening that week in Washington DC; a Palestine Film Festival from March 22nd-29th; the March 31st-April 6th Students for Justice in Palestine campus awareness weeks at UPenn, Temple, and Bryn Mawr College; an April 7 talk titled "Women in Resistance" by a Jewish-American woman and a Palestinian woman from Hebron working together against the occupation; a mjeddera dinner (traditional dish eaten by poor Palestinians) on April 18th; a talk by a Palestinian trade unionist on April 21st; an April 30th talk St. Joseph’s Professor Bassam Haddad on Syria and Lebanon; the May 3rd premier of Philadelphia filmmaker Adam Beach’s film "Handala"; the theater piece "Café Intifada" on May 6th and 7th; an occupation themed puppet show; weekly Friday noon vigils by "Bubbies and Zadyes for Peace" at Philadelphia’s Israeli consulate; street theater simulating the checkpoints in the occupied territories, and various decentralized actions throughout Philadelphia from now until May 18th.
SAN FRANCISCO
| Title: | Nakba-60, FREE Palestine, Peace and Solidarity Festival |
| START DATE: | Saturday May 10 |
| TIME: | 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
| Location Details: | |
| Civic Center | |
| Event Type: | Party/Street Party |
| Contact Name | |
| Email Address | |
| Phone Number | 415-861-7444 |
| Address | www.araborganizing.org/concert.html |
| The Local Nakba Committee and Palestine Right to Return Coalition Present… Nakba-60, FREE Palestine, Peace and Solidarity Festival ARTISTS: Dam, featuring Abeer http://www.dampalestine.com Shadia Mansour: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=66013030 Fred Wreck Ras Ceylon Arab Summit: Narcicyst, Excentrik, Omar Offendum, Ragtop Scribe Project Rebel Diaz Special performances by: Boots Riley, NaR, Mamaz, Kiwi, Polikal Heat, Rithmatik, Patriarch, and DJ Emancipacion - with MC's: Noura Erakat and Maysoon Ziyad. We invite you to commemorate 60 years of struggle and resistance on the anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, Arabic for “catastrophe” and marks the expulsion, dispossession and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people. Bring the family, and join us for a special day of resistance music, cultural and youth programs, Nakba tent/art, Dabka, local solidarity groups and more! Meet survivors from 1948, and learn about the tragedy, while listening to Palestinian and Native American elders recount their experiences. Childcare assistance will be provided on-site. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC We need your support! Please donate what you can, and make your tax-deductible donation, payable to 'Palestine Right to Return Coalition (or PRRC) - Palestine Solidarity 5/10', and mail to: Local Nakba Committee (LNC) PO Box #668 2425 Channing Way Berkeley, CA 94704 | |
NEW YORK
1- A FACULTY PANEL DISCUSSION ON 60 YEARS OF NAKBA1) May the 4th 2008 Rome
Monday, April 28th, 7.00pm
501 Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia University
Participants:
Prof. Lila Abu Lughod
Prof. Gil Anidjar
Prof. Joseph Massad
Prof. Noha Radwan
2- PALESTINE CULTURAL DAY
Wednesday, April 30th, 5.00pm
Low Plaza & College Walk, Columbia University
-Free Palestinian traditional food
-Live musical performance by the magnificent TARAB, composed of
Taoufiq Ben Amor, Gaida Hinnawi, Ramzi El-Edlibi, and Zafer Tawil
-Live Dabke performance and Dabke lessons
-Recital of Palestinian poetry
-And much more…
3- SCREENING OF OCCUPATION 101
Thursday, May 1st, 7.00pm
614 Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia University
Join us for a screening of the powerful documentary that will change
the way you view the conflict. www.Occuopation101.com
Professor Hamid Dabashi will introduce and discuss the movie
4- AFTER-PARTY
Join the organizers for an after-party to get to meet the organizers
and their friends. Email sipa.asa2008@gmail.com if you are interested
in joining the fun.
$10 suggested donation to help cover costs of activities.
BOSTON
Event InfoName:
Nakba 1948: 60 Years of Palestinian Dispossession
Time and PlaceStart Time:
Monday, April 28, 2008 at 10:00am
End Time:
Friday, May 2, 2008 at 10:00pm
Location:
Harvard University
City/Town:
Cambridge, MA
Description
Commemorating 60th Nakba Anniversary, Apr 28 - May 2
Monday, April 28
Nakba Commemoration Balloon Ceremony
11:30am - 1:00pm in Harvard Yard
1:00pm - 2:30pm in Kennedy School Courtyard
Film Screening: “NAKBA Palestine 1948” (2007)
Directed by: Ryuichi Hirokawa
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Emerson 101, Harvard FAS
Tuesday, April 29
Panel: Nakba 101
Discussion with Dr. Noam Chomsky
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Emerson 105, Harvard FAS
Wednesday, April 30
Palestinian Market (featuring embroidery, handicrafts, and olive oil from Palestine )
10:00am - 2:00pm
Outside of Science Center
Panel: “Experiencing the Nakba of 1948: Live Testimonials”
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Starr Auditorium, Belfer Building
Harvard Kennedy School
Thursday, May 1
Film Screening: “La Terre Parle Arabe”
Discussion with Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh
4:00pm-6:30pm
Starr Auditorium, Belfer Building
Harvard Kennedy School
Friday, May 2
Candlelight Vigil
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Harvard Square
Palestinian Cultural Night (evening of food, music, dance, poetry, and celebrating life)
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall, Harvard FAS
“On
May 15, 1948, leaders of the Zionist movement declared the formation of
the State of Israel on the land of Palestine. They proceeded to
implement their long held plan to ethnically cleanse the indigenous
majority Palestinian Arab population from Palestine in order to
constitute a Jewish majority-dominated state. War ensued. By its end,
the new state of Israel held 78% of Palestine and had managed to expel
and/or terrorize 750,000 Palestinians into fleeing the conquered area.
They became refugees in surrounding countries and the remaining area of
pre-1948 Palestine. This period is known in Palestinian history as the
Nakba (catastrophe). Thousands of Palestinians died on their forced
trek over rough and barren terrain in temperatures surpassing 100
degrees without food, water or appropriate clothing. Today, the
remaining 1948 refugees and their descendants number over five million.
They are legally entitled to the right of return, but Israel has
blocked the exercise of that right.” (Ilan Pappe, Ethnic Cleansing of
Palestine, 2006).
ROME
Palestine's memories
60 years of nakba- diary of an exile
organized by Palestinian Community in Rome and Lazio
exposition "fot not forgetting Sabra and Chatila", pictures
exposition "Palestinian history"
exposition "Palestinian paintings...remembering Abbas"
exposition "hatta al Awda- to the return", offered by Badil association, posters.
Public debate: The Culture in Palestine, art of Resistance
with: Samir Al Quariuty, President of Palestinian Community in Rome
Sabri Atiyeh, OLP representative in Italy
Francesca Corrao, Arabic language professor at Naples University
coordinate by Mjriam Abu Samra President of Palestinian Youth association "Wael Zuaiter"
Showing of Occupation 101. A film by Suleyan and Abdallah Omeish
Theatre playing "We will resist " by Basel Dasouky
Palestinian traditional dinner.
2) May the 10th
National demostration for Palestine, Turin
3) May the 15th, Rome
Public political debate
"Palestinians: the tragedy to be victims of the victims"
and later
at the same time with Ramallah, "Justice is the key to tomorrow"
21915 balloons in Italian sky for Palestine
organized by Palestinian Community in Rome and lazio and
Youth Palestinian association "Wael Zuaiter"
4) June the 15th
Finding Palestine
organized by Youth Palestinian Association "Wael Zuaiter"
and Cultural Association "Aktivamente"
Painting exposition by hazem Hrab, Gaza
Painting exposition by Isis Rsik, Nazareth
Pictures exposition "Dunum, Palestinian Land" by Luca Tommasini
National Premiere of "Jerusalem East Side story" a film by Mohammad Alatar
Showing of "the Iron Wall" a film by Mohammad Alatar
Public Debate with:
Mohammad Alatar, palestinian film maker
Samir Al Quariuty, President of Palestinian Community in Rome
Sabri Atiyeh, OLP representative in Italy
Luisa Morgantini, EU parliament vice president
Mjriam Abu Samra, Youth Palestinian Association "Wael Zuaiter"
Teresa Maisano, Cultural Association Aktivamente
Dabka performance
Palestinian fashion show by the Palestinian stylist Jamal Taslaq
at the presence of famous Italian artists
MORE....
MAY EVENTS:
May 1, 2008:
What: Film Screening: "La Terre Parle Arabe"; Discussion with Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh
Where: Starr Auditorium,
Contact(s):
harvardnakbacommittee@gmail.com
May 1, 2008:
What: Screening of Occupation 101 and discussion led by Prof Hamid Dabashi
Where: 614 Schermerhorn Hall,
When: 7:00pm
May 2, 2008:
What: Candlelight Vigil
Where:
When: 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Contact(s): harvardnakbacommittee@gmail.com
May 2, 2008:
What: Palestinian Cultural Night (evening of food, music, dance, poetry, and celebrating life)
Where: Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall, Harvard FAS
When: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Contact(s): harvardnakbacommittee@gmail.com
May 3, 2008:
What: Handala: Film Screening
Where: TBD
When: TBD
Contact(s): Adam Beach wagepeacebeach@yahoo.com
May 10, 2008:
What: Celebrate
Where:
When: 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Contact(s): Judith info@nakba60th-seattle.org 206 282 8023
Sponsor(s):
May 10, 2008:
What: Nakba-60, FREE
Where: Civic Center, downtown
When: 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Contact(s): right2return@gmail.com
May 12, 2008:
What: The Nakba: What Happened to the Palestinians When the
Where:
When: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Contact(s): Joanne Heisel hcceio@yahoo.com
Sponsor(s): Howard
May 13, 2008:
What: Screening of Ilan Pappe talk 'The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine'
Where: BCGEU hall
When: 7:00pm
Sponsor(s): CAIA-Victoria. [Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid]
Contact(s): George Mc Fetridge, georgemcfetridge@gmail.com
May 15, 2008:
What: "Deir Yassin" screening
Where:
When: 7:00pm
Sponsor(s):
Contact(s): Shirley Zempel, Zempel.shirley@gmail.com
May 16, 2008:
What: Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Nakba (Palestinian Catastrophe)
Where: Dag Hammarskjöld Park
When: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Contact(s): Nakbah60th@gmail.com
May 16 - 18, 2008:
What: 6th Annual International Al-Awda Convention on The 60th of Al-Nakba and Struggle to Return
Where: The Embassy Suites Hotel
When: May 16 - 18, 2008
Contact(s): info@al-awda.org
May 17, 2008:
What: Remember al-Nakba: Palestine 60 Years Later
Where: West Lawn Capitol
When: 11:00A-3:00P
Sponsor(s): Friends of Sabeel-
Contact(s): Joy Lapp, lappj@earthlink.net, 303-494-2338
May 21, 2008:
What: May 1948 - A New State for Israelis, A Nakba (Catastrophe) for Palestinians
Where: Brooklyn Friends Meeting House, 110 Schermerhorn,
When: 7:00pm
Contact(s): Naomi Allen Naomi@brooklynpeace.org
Sponsor(s):
What: Nakba Commemoration Event, Keynote Speaker Prof. George Bisharat
Where: UC Hastings
Chicago:
Mark you calendar for May 23-25 where we assert the Palestinian National rights.
and here's more from Badil:
• May 2008: Portland, Oregon
Metro Area 40/60 Commemorations: Sixtieth Anniversary of Al-Nakba.
Demonstrations, speaking events, and teach-ins throughout the month.
• 3 May: Ramallah/Khan Younis, Palestine
2008 Al-Awda Award Festival
Festive celebration of the winners of the Second Al-Awda Award, featuring Al-Funun Al-Sha’biyyah Folk Arts Troupe. Event includes Poster Gallery for this year’s best poster submissions.
Contact: camp@badil.org. For more information, visit www.badil.org.
• 2-4 May, Montreal, Canada
Bridge of Return: 10th Anniversary Conference of Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights
More information at http://www.sphr.org , register at info@sphr.org
• 4–6 May: Various cities, Scotland
Mike Marqusee Book Launch and Speaking Tour: “Journeys of an Anti-Zionist Jew”
4 May: 3:00 p.m., Duff Memorial Hall, Busby
5 May: 7:00 p.m., Lecture Theatre 175, Old College, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh
6 May: 7:30 p.m., Room 513, Lecture Theatre D, Boyd Orr Building, Glasgow
For more information, visit www.scottishpsc.org.uk.
• 4-8 May, Cairo, Egypt
Commemorating 60 years of Nakba: Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Future
Week of events including:
4 May: Cultural Expressions of the Nakba at Cairo University
Poetry by Tamim Al-Barghouti and Zenat Abu Shaweesh as well as Dabke Performance
4 May: Photography Exhibition at Sawy (Word 2)
Exhibition ongoing throughout the week
5 May: Emile Haddad: Narratives of Palestine, at Geneina Theatre
6 May: Discussion Forum at American University of Cairo
6 May: Cultural Expressions of the Nakba at Sawy (Word 2)
Poetry by Tamim Al-Barghouti and Zenat Abu Shaweesh as well as Dabke Performance
7 May: Palestinian Narratives in Popular Culture at FCC
Film Screening of Bab El-Shams (pt.2), discussion with director Youssry Nasrallah
Contact: hic-mena@hic-mena.org
• 6–14 May: All refugee camps, Lebanon
Nakba and Right of Return Amateur Documentary Film Festival
6 May: Burj Al-Shamali Refugee Camp
8 May: Ein Al-Hilweh Refugee Camp
10 May: Burj Al-Barajneh Refugee Camp
12 May: Baddawi Refugee Camp
14 May: Jalil/Baalbek Refugee Camp
• 7-11 May, Various Cities, Palestine
Palestine Festival of Literature: Writers from Around the World Visit Palestine
Featuring: Mourid Barghouti, Victoria Brittain, William Dalrymple, Roddy Doyle, Esther Freud, Suheir Hammad, Nathalie Handal, David Hare, Ian Jack, Brigid Keenan, Jamal Mahjoub, Claire Messud, Andrew O'Hagan, Hanan Al-Shaykh, Ahdaf Soueif
7 May: 6:30pm, Dar Al-Tifl Museum, Jerusalem
8 May: 7:00pm, Al-Kasabah Theatre and Cinema, Ramallah
9 May: 1:00pm, Freedom Theatre, Jenin
9 May: 7:00pm, Dar Al-Nadwa, Bethlehem - Featuring El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Arts Troupe
10 May: 6:30pm, Dar Al-Nadwa, Bethlehem
11 May: 7:00pm, Palestinian National Theatre, Jerusalem - Featuring: the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music
All Events are free. More at: http://www.palestinelitfest.org
8 May: Israel’s Independence Day (Hebrew calendar) – Day of the Palestinian Nakba
• 8 May: Nazareth/Saffuryya, Palestine
11th Annual Return March
Yearly demonstration calling for the Right of Return organised by internally displaced Palestinians within the Israeli state and taking place on the day that Israel marks its independence according to the Hebrew Calendar. This year, the demonstration will leave at 3:00 p.m. from the western entrance of the city of Nazareth toward the destroyed town of Safuryya.
Organised by the Association for the Defense of the Rights of the Internally Displaced.
• 8–10 May: London, UK
Ila Haifa: an adaptation of Ghassan Kanafani’s Returning to Haifa by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) and al-Zaytouna Dabka Group. Visit: www.palestinecampaign.org.
• 8 May: Toronto, Canada
Nakba-60 Press Conference
Nakba survivors recount their experiences. Speakers include Palestinian refugees and community supporters. Organised by Palestine House, info@palestinehouse.com.
• 8 May: Vienna, Austria
Jewish Voice for Just Peace in the Middle East (Austria) commemorates the Nakba, the forced displacement of the Palestinians by the Haganah, 1948
6:30 p.m. at the Afro-Asiatisches Institut, Tuerkenstr. 3, 1090 Vienna
Contact: paula.abrams@chello.at
• 8 May: Giffnock, Scotland
Protest Celebrations of Ethnic Cleansing
6:00 p.m. at main entrance to Eastwood Park, Giffnock. Contact: campaign@scottishpsc.org.uk.
• 9 May: Toronto, Canada
Anti-Apartheid Picket of Chapters/Indigo Bookstore
The majority owners of Chapters-Indigo founded “Heseg,” a scholarship program for individuals who want to join the Israeli military. Meet at 5:00 p.m. at Bay and Bloor. For more information, visit www.caiaweb.org.
• 9 May: Giffnock, Scotland
Dinner Commemorating Nakba-60
Premier of Occupation 101, poetry, dabkeh, featuring members of the Scottish Parliament: Nicola Sturgeon, Pauline McNeil, Sandra White, and Hugh O'Donnell.
Contact: campaign@scottishpsc.org.uk.
• 10 May: Tulkarem, Palestine
Nakba 60 Art Exhibit and Human Chain
Contact: uyac@uyac.org.
• 10 May: Toronto, Canada
March and Rally Commemorating 60 Years of Nakba - Palestinian Refugees Will Return!
1:00 p.m., Queens Park, Toronto
For more information, visit www.palestinehouse.com; www.caiaweb.org.
• 10 May: London, UK
National Demonstration in central London to commemorate the Nakba and the continuing dispossession and denial of Palestinian rights: www.palestinecampaign.org.
• 10 May, Turin, Italy
National Mass Demonstration for Palestine
Visit: http://www.palestinewz.org http://www.palestinewz.org.
• 11 May: Toronto, Canada
Film Screening of 1948 by Mohammad Bakri
A profound and deeply moving record of the Nakba by Palestinian film-maker Mohammad Bakri. 7:00 p.m. (venue to be announced). For more information, visit www.caiaweb.org.
• 12–24 May: Madrid, Spain
Popular Festival: Palestine, 60 Years of Exile; Iraq, 5 Years of War
Musical, theatrical, cultural, and educational events featuring Rene Aquarone, Azmi Bishara, Leila Khaled, Jaber Suleiman, Teresa Aranguren, Rafael Escudero, Hana Al-Bayati, and many more.
For more information, visit www.culturaypaz.org.
• 12 May: Tubas, Palestine
Intergenerational Dialogue and Discussion on the Nakba and the Right of Return
Contact: uyac@uyac.org.
• 14–15 May: Jakarta, Indonesia
Freedom and the Right of Return: Palestine and 60 Years of Ethnic Cleansing. International Conference, for more information, visit www.voiceofpalestine.net.
15 May: NAKBA Commemoration Day
Public rallies and events in all major Palestinian cities and worldwide; A Minute of Silence in Palestine and Beyond, Global Day of Action of the World Social Forum; Zochrot’s Nakba 60 Project – Rebuilding the Map of Palestine (www.nakbainhebrew.org); Release and Public Presentation of 100 Terms on the Nakba (www.badil.org)
• 15 May: Tubas, Palestine
District-wide Nakba Commemoration Festival; Re-creation of a destroyed village; Intergenerational dialogue and discussion. Contact uyac@uyac.org
• 15 May: Qalqilya, Palestine
Mass Demonstration and Athletics Tournament
Contact uyac@uyac.org.
• 12-15 May: Ramallah, Palestine (Central Commemoration Events)
Set up al-Awda Camp near al-Hamra Palace with exhibit and names of 536 destroyed villages.
12–14 May: Popular Arts Competitions (dabkeh, zajal, poetry, etc.) with participants representing Qaddura, Am’ari, Silwad, Jalazon, Shu’fat, and Qalandia camps as well as Dar Al-Mu’alimin (Teachers’ Academy); Arts and Heritage Festival at the Awda Camp
12–15 May: Documentary and Film Screenings at Al-Awda Camp
15 May: Main Mass Demonstration: 12:00 noon: work and traffic stoppage; 12:05 p.m.: mass demonstration leaves al-Awda Camp to Manara Square along Irsal Street; 1:00 p.m. rally at Manara Square.
15 May: “Justice is the Key To Tomorrow” Flying 21,915 balloons (1 for each day since the Nakba) carrying messages from Palestinian children expressing their hopes for the future (Simultaneous in Rome, Italy and other cities around the world) More info: http://www.60yearsofnakba.org/
To celebrate 60 years of independence, Israel is planning a large-scale birthday bash with events taking place in many different countries around the world. In Jerusalem, a 3-day conference, under the title “Facing Tomorrow” is planned from May 13 – 15, to which many world leaders, such as U.S. President Bush, and French President Sarkozy, and celebrities such as Barbara Streisand and Steven Spielberg have been invited and plan to attend.
It is wrong to celebrate and we need to do something BIG to make the world, and those gathered to celebrate Israel, see and hear us. We* have this idea and we need your help to make it happen! On May 15, we will launch 21,915 (365 days x 60 years) black balloons over the skies of Jerusalem. We aim to turn the skies over Israel’s celebrations black to let people know that there is another side of the story, a side of heartache, suffering and dispossession. At the same time, each balloon will carry a letter from a Palestinian child expressing his/her hope for the future, to let the world know that we believe in and dream of justice.
Please help us make this happen by buying a balloon! $1.00 will help us cover the cost of 3 balloons. Please buy 3, 6, or 9 balloons (or more!) and be part of our action. Donation information below.
Other things that you can do:
- On May 15, we are asking everyone, wherever he or she is, to wear back. PLEASE WEAR BLACK!
- WRITE LETTERS, or help collect letters from Palestinian children. You can email us the letters and we will print them out and attach to the balloons that we will launch;
- If you are in Palestine, volunteer to help us inflate and LAUNCH the balloons on May 15;
- Wherever you are, consider doing an action in SOLIDARITY with our action (in addition to whatever else you may be planning). For example, you can launch your own balloons, fly black kites, march with black banners, etc.
To donate to the cost of the balloons, you can:
- Use Paypal: Donate online at www.60yearsofnakba.org or at www.paypal.com and list the beneficiary as balloons@60yearsofnakba.org
- Make a bank transfer:
- HSBC Bank -- Ramallah
Account name: Palestinian Strategic Initiative
Acct No: 011-026630-087
Swift Code: BBMEPS22
Contact Number: +970-599-130-426
• 15 May: All refugee camps, Lebanon
“Homes of Return” Candle-Lighting Ceremonies, Human Chain Activities
• 15 May: Toronto, Canada
Palestinian Hip-Hop Show, featuring DAM!, Invincible and a B-Boy battle.
Straight from 1948 Palestine. All ages show. Organised by Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid. Tickets are $15 and are available at: Toronto Women’s Bookstore, 73 Harbord Street. For more information, visit www.caiaweb.org.
• 15 May, Rome, Italy
Finding Palestine
Painting exhibits by Hazem Hrab, Gaza; Isis Rsik, Nazareth; "Dunum, Palestinian Land" Photos by Luca Tommasini National Premiere of "Jerusalem East Side story" a film by Mohammad Alatar Screening of "the Iron Wall" a film by Mohammad Alatar Public Forum featuring Mohammad Alatar, Samir Al Quariuty, Sabri Atiyeh, Luisa Morgantini, Mjriam Abu Samra (“Wael Zuaiter” Palestinian Youth Association), Teresa Maisano Dabka performance and Palestinian fashion show by the Palestinian stylist Jamal Taslaq
Public Forum: "Palestinians: the tragedy to be victims of the victims"
Visit: http://www.palestinewz.org
• 15 May: Melbourne, Australia
Candlelight Vigil: Remembering 60 Years of Dispossession and Displacement
4:30–6:30 p.m., State Library of Victoria.
7:30–9:30 p.m. Film Screening: Jerusalem: East Side Story and others, RMIT Capitol Theatre.
For more information, visit www.1948.com.au.
• 15–18 May: Various cities, Netherlands
Symphony Arabica by Merlijn Twaalfhoven
A symphony performed by over 200 professional musicians, amateurs, and children from the Middle East and the Netherlands
15 May: 8:30 p.m., Big Hall of the Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam
16 May: 8:30 p.m., Laurenskerk, Rotterdam
17 May: 8:30 p.m., Grote Kerk, Den Haag
18 May: 4:30 p.m., Dom Kerk, Utrecht
For more information, visit www.arabica.nu.
• 16–18 May: Anaheim, California
Sixth Al-Awda Annual Convention
Featuring Bishop Atallah Hanna, Supreme Justice Dr. Sheikh Taiseer Al Tamimi, Salman Abu Sitta, Dr. Adel Samara, Dr. Ilan Pappe, George Bisharat, Ghada Karmi, Dr. Saree Makdisi, and others. For more information, visit: al-awda.org/alert-conv6.html
• 16 May: West Bank, Palestine
Rallies and Marches to the Apartheid Wall organised by stopthewall.org.
• 16 May: Second Annual Al-Awda Athletics Tournament
Organised by Am’ari Camp youth committee. Contact: uyac@uyac.org; tel: +972-559-255-584; or camp@badil.org.
• 16 May: New York City, USA
Commemorating the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Nakba (Palestinian Catastrophe)
Dag Hammarskjöld Park
For more information, contact: Nakbah60th@gmail.com.
• 16 May: All refugee camps, Lebanon
Children’s Activities: Kite-Flying, Children’s Songs, and Festivals
• 16 May: Melbourne, Australia
Public Lecture by Ali Abunimah (of Electronic Intifada)
6:30 p.m., University of Melbourne. For more information, visit www.1948.com.au.
• 17 May: Belgium
Nakba-60 Day of Action in Belgium
Contact: mirjam.vanbelle@oxfamsol.be.
• 17 May: Toronto, Canada
Youth Day – Popular education workshop on Palestine
An exciting and fun introduction to Palestine for youth! Run by the New York–based Palestine Education Project (PEP). Organised by High Schools Against Israeli Apartheid, haia@caiaweb.org.
• 17–18 May: Melbourne, Australia
Exhibition of Remembrance
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.: Rich Wiles’s “Portraits of Palestine,” Dora McPhee Paintings, Children’s Photos from Lajee Centre, Aida Refugee Camp, and much more, Fitzroy Town Hall. For more information, visit www.1948.com.au.
• 18 May: Rashidiyah Refugee Camp (Tyre), Lebanon
Children’s Activity Day
• 18 May: Adelaide, Australia
Nakba Commemoration Dinner Featuring Ali Abunimah (Electronic Intifada)
7:00 p.m. Contact: secretary@friendsofpalestine.org.au.
• 20–26 May: Tripoli, Lebanon
Our Home: Near and Far Theatrical Presentation and Nahr El Bared Destruction and Reconstruction Children’s Photo and Writing Exhibit
Al-Madina Theatre
• 23 May: Beirut, Lebanon
Palestinian and Lebanese Children’s Marionette Show
Duwwar Al-Shams Circle Theatre
• 25 May: Qalqilya, Palestine
Nakba 60 Forum and Discussion
Contact: uyac@uyac.org.
• 24–25 May: Portland, Oregon
Nakba Commemoration Public Forum
Keynote Speaker: Prof. George Bisharat, UC Hastings College of Law, Portland, Oregon.
• 26–30 May: Toronto, Canada
“Workers’ Rights under Occupation” at the Canadian Labour Congress convention
Forum with Palestinian and Haitian trade unionists (details to be announced). Organised by Labour for Palestine and Toronto Haiti Action Committee
• 27 May: Qalqilya, Palestine
Photo and Heritage Exhibition
Contact: uyac@uyac.org.
• 30 May–1 June: Toronto, Canada
“Brick By Brick” National Conference
National workshop for labour activists and trade unionists on building labour solidarity with Palestine. To register, contact Labour for Palestine, labour@caiaweb.org.
June 2008
• Date TBA: Qalqilya, Palestine
Solidarity Hunger Strike with People of Azbat al-Tabib (village threatened with forcuble displacement) contact uyac@uyac.org
• 7 June: Manchester, UK
“Palestine Lives 2008”: Palestine Solidarity Campaign Rally
Visit: www.palestinecampaign.org
20 June – International Refugee Day
• 23 June 2008, Tel Aviv
Towards Return of Palestinian Refugees: Practices, Strategies and Vision - Conference
Organized by Zochrot. Contact ronaeven@yahoo.com, visit: www.zochrot.org
July 2008
• 13 July, Ramallah, Palestine
Fourth Popular Refugee Convention
Organized by the National Commemoration Committee of the Nakba-60
Contact: uyac@uyac.org, tel: +972-559-255584;
or camp@badil.org
August 2008
• 8 – 10 August: Chicago, Illinois
U.S. Popular Palestinian National Conference: “Palestinians in the US: Reclaiming Our Voice, Asserting Our Narrative”
See: www.palestineconference.org and contact: palestineconferenceusa@yahoo.com
• 14 – 31 August: The Peace Cycle – Palestine: cycling from Amman, Jordan, to Palestinian communities and 1948 depopulated villages in Israel and then to the OPT: www.thepeacecycle.com
September 2008
• 2 - 4 September, Paris
United Nations (OHCHR and UNESCO) Conference on 60 Years of UDHR
Opportunity for presentation on Nakba-60/right of return.
Contact: 60anniversary@ohchr.org and coordinate with: info@badil.org
• 7 – 8 September, Brussels
The Peace Cycle – Europe
Cyclists gather in Brussels for 2 days of media events and demand from the European Parliament to take action for justice for the Palestinian people. see: www.thepeacecycle.com
16-18 September – Commemoration of Sabra and Shatila Massacres (1982)
• European Social Forum (tentative; date and venue to be determined)
October 2008
• October, Toronto, Canada
First Annual Toronto Palestine Film Festival
visit: http://www.tpff.ca
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You forgot Chicago.
Mark you calendar for May 23-25 where we assert the Palestinian National rights. We will say it loud that we will never forget. Palestinians are the Key holders of peace. Join the thousands and strengthen the network of the thousands of activists. Express your opinion and let the many panelists know of where Palestine should go. Be pro active. Enough talks, actions are required.