A week of events in solidarity with Palestine and in commemoration of 62 years since the Nakba in 1948 as well as the ongoing Nakba taking place today in Palestine.

Between 1948 and 1949, over 750,000 Palestinians, or 75% of the indigenous population, were forcibly expelled from their homes and lands in Palestine. During this time Zionist forces supported by the British colonial regime destroyed over 500 Arab villages and towns in an attempt to erase the memory of Palestine and ethnically cleanse the indigenous Palestinian population.

The Nakba or catastrophe remains as the central issue of the struggle of the Palestinian people. Today, over 5 million Palestinian refugees make up the international Diaspora and remain in refugee camps and in countries around the world, unable to return to their lands and homes. 62 years later, we mark this day not only to commemorate the Nakba of 1948, but also to raise awareness about the fact that the Nakba continues everyday. Examples of the ongoing Nakba include the illegal settlement expansions and expulsions of Palestinian residents in East Jerusalem, the impacts and forced displacement of Palestinians by the construction of the illegal apartheid wall in the West Bank, or the situation in the Gaza Strip, where over 1 million Palestinians have been displaced in due to Israel’s aggressions and are now trapped by Israel's ongoing siege.

We invite all Montrealers to join us for a week of cultural events, actions, and educational events to commemorate 62 years of the ongoing Nakba and to demand the right of return and justice for Palestinians in Palestine and around the world.

List of events:

1. Tuesday May 11 & Wednesday May 12: Palestinian Perspectives VI: Remembering the Nakba (1948)
2. Thursday May 13: RADIO FREE PALESTINE
3. Thursday May 13: Commemoration of the Nakba: Palestinian Poet Tamim Al-Bargouti in Montreal!
4. Saturday May 15: A march to commemorate 62 years of the Nakba and to demand the right of return
5. Saturday May 15: 62nd annual commemoration of the Nakba at Parc Lafontaine

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[1] Tuesday May 11 & Wednesday May 12: Palestinian Perspectives VI: Remembering the Nakba (1948)

Cinéma du Parc – cinemaduparc.com
3575 av. du Parc
Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=107540665952522

* May 11 9pm
(admission: 8$)

Over their Dead Bodies: Tantura
Arab Lotfy – Egypt-Lebanon 2008
112 min. – eng. subt.

Director: Arab Lotfy

Egypt-Lebanon, 2008 – 113 minutes
This film explores testimonies from surviving residents of Tantura, a Palestinian village just south of Haifa, which was “cleansed” by Jewish Haganah forces in May 1948. Many Palestinians were killed and hundreds were imprisoned. Those who survived fled to the nearby village of Fureidis, which was spared destruction when Jewish residents of nearby towns interceded on its behalf. Other survivors became refugees in the West Bank, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria.

* May 12 9pm
(admission: 11$ / 8$ for youth and elders)

Zahra – Mohammad Bakri, Palestine 2009 – original arabic version, fr. Subt.

Zahra, a Palestinian native of a village in Galilee, is the central character in this documentary, which tells the story, through a lyrical narrative, of how the Palestinian population of Israel has been radically transformed from a majority to a disenfranchised minority in their own homeland.

Arthur Balfour and Me – Charlotte Cornic, U.K. 2007 – 11 min. – fr. Subt.

This is a personal story about how the actions of a politician born in 1848 on a sumptuous family estate in Scotland continues to affect the life of a young woman born in a refugee camp in Lebanon in 1971 and now seeking asylum in Glasgow.

Strangers in my Home – Sahera Dirbas, Palestine 2007 – 37 min.

original arabic, hebrew, english version, eng. subt.

The story of eight Palestinian families who have been turned into refugees in their own city. After forty years they recall the events that occurred in the Moghrabi Quarter of Jerusalem during the war of 1967. Each family goes to West Jerusalem to see the house which was taken from them in 1948.

---> for more information, visit: http://regardspalestiniensmtl.blogspot.com/


[2] Thursday May 13: RADIO FREE PALESTINE

7am to 3pm and 5pm to 6pm

Special Radio Broadcast on CKUT 903.FM, in commemoration of the 62nd anniversary of theNakba hosted by Under the Olive Tree Palestinian community radio show and the International Middle East Media Centre.
To listen live to Under The Olive Tree on the radio: CKUT 90.3 FM
To listen live online go to: www.imemc.org or www.ckut.ca


[3] Thursday May 13: Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights presents

Commemoration of the Nakba: Palestinian Poet Tamim Al-Bargouti in Montreal!

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116636395023123&ref=ts

Thursday, May 13, 2010
6:00pm - 9:00pm
3450 rue university FDA Auditorium, Adams Engineering Building, McGill University


Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) is proudly hosting Tamim Al-Barghouti, the great Palestinian Poet who participated and was received with great success in the Arabic T.V. Program "Prince of poets" (Amir Elsho3ara2).

Tamim Al Barghouti is a Palestinian poet born in Cairo, Egypt in 1977. He studied politics at Cairo University, the American University in Cairo, and Boston University where he received his PhD in 2004. Al-Barghouti has performed in almost every other Arab country, including Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates. His performances have often attracted thousands from various age groups. He writes in Standard Arabic as well as in the Egyptian and Palestinian Dialects. Al Barghouti is currently a visiting Professor of Political Science at Georgetown University, Washington DC.

[4] Saturday May 15: The Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine presents:

A march to commemorate 62 years of the Nakba and to demand the right of return

11:30am: Meet at Metro Mt-ROYAL

March to Parc Lafontaine

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=112084762166253&ref=mf


[5] Saturday May 15: Tadamon! presents: A Commemoration of the 62nd Anniversary of the Nakba

Time: 12pm - 4pm
Location: Parc Lafontaine, at Avenue du Parc Lafontaine and Rachel (north-west corner of the park. Accessible by Metro Mont-Royal or Sherbrooke)

--> In case of rain, the event will take place the following day on Sunday May 16th

Tadamon website: http://www.tadamon.ca/post/6420
Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=120200231334295

In commemoration of the 62nd anniversary of the Nakba (Arabic for "The Catastrophe"), Tadamon! invites you to an afternoon gathering to learn about the Palestinian Nakba of 1948 and its continuing impact on the Palestinian people.

Join us in our simulated refugee tent in Parc Lafontaine for a cup of tea or coffee and listen to the stories of Palestinians who lived through the Catastrophe of 1948 and are still affected by Israel’s ongoing policies of illegal land expropriation, colonization, occupation and apartheid. Learn about the international movement for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid that aims to end the ongoing Nakba.

In the simulated refugee tent, we will also host an exhibition of photos and artwork depicting the Nakba, and feature the traditional music of the oud.

---> for more information, visit: http://www.tadamon.ca
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These events to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the Nakba (catastrophe in Arabic) are being organized by the following organizations and coalitions:

Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine (CJPP) http://www.cjpp.ca

Regards Palestiniens http://regardspalestiniensmtl.blogspot.com

Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) http://www.sphr.org

Tadamon! http://www.tadamon.ca

---> For more information about the Nakba:
www.palestineremembered.com
www.badil.org
http://www.1948.org.uk/

---> For more information about the campaign for Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli apartheid:
www.bdsmovement.net
www.stopthewall.org

BDS au Forum social québécois

     Samedi 10 Octobre 9h00 à 17h00
     UQAM, 315 Ste-Catherine est
     local R-M 120
     Montréal, Québec

contre l’occupation, la colonisation et l’apartheid Israéliens

Two excellent speakers, Israeli activist Yoana Gonen and Palestinian professor and poet Sami Kilani will be around for an illuminating discussion on different aspects of the Occupation and Palestinian human rights.

Event : Lecture by Yoana Gonen & Sami Kilani

Time: Monday Mar 16, 2009 ( 6:00pm – 8:00pm)

Location: 3644 Peel  ( NCDH Moot Court) McGill University

Backgorund: The Human Rights Working Group, Radlaw, the Muslim Law Students Association, Young Jews for Social Justice, and the Arab Law Students Association have collaborated to bring Palestinian Human Rights Week to the Faculty of Law.

Join us in listening to alternative Jewish voices, voices that believe in universal human rights and doesn’t believe in any racism

Event : Lecture by Avichay Sharon

Time: Tuesday Mar 17, 2009 ( 7:30pm – 10pm)

Location: 855 Sherbrooke St.W ( Leacock Bld - Room 232) McGill University

Backgorund: Avichay Sharon has a unique perspective on the situation in the Middle East. When the second Palestinian Intifada broke out in 2000, Sharon had just joined the Israeli Army. Serving for the next three years as a combat soldier in the "Egoz" unit, he was involved in operations throughout the West Bank and Gaza, doing search-and-arrests and house invasions.

Join us for the launch for a beautiful photo exhibit by ActiveStills, withshort films & speakers.

Event: Bilin A Village United Against the Wall

Time: Thursday Mar 12, 2009 ( 5:30 – 7:30 PM)

Location: Café Aquin, Local A-2030 ( 400 St-Catherine Est). Montreal

Poetry night with Suheir. Amazing words with hip-hop beat. Come check it out.

Event : Poetry Performance by Suheir Hammad

Time: Monday Mar 30, 2009 @ 8PM ( Doors open @ 7pm)

Location: Club Lambi ( 4465 St-Laurent). Montreal

ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK MONTREAL
March 1st to 9th, 2009
List of Evening Events. For list of all afternoon events visit
www.iawmontreal.org
Contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (speakers bios at the bottom)

Ottawa: Stop Israel's Massacre: Rally and March on Sunday, January 18

WHAT: Mass Rally Featuring Jeff Halper, Israeli Peace Activist: Stop Israel’s Massacre
WHEN: Rally at 1pm, Sunday January 18, 2009. March at 1:30pm
WHERE: Parliament Hill, Ottawa

Featuring Jeff Halper, Co-ounder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions; the only Israeli on the Free Gaza flotilla that broke the Gaza Siege; and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee. For more on Jeff’s work visit: www.icahd.org

In commemoration of the 60th year of the Palestinian Nakbah Badr Islamic Centre, CJPP (Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine) and SPHR present renown journalist, political analyst, and Editor in Chief of Al-Quds Al Arabi, Abd Al-Bari Atwan in a lecture titled: " Palestine: The Way Forward"

Mr. Atwan will give two lectures in Montreal one in English and the other in Arabic with immeadiate translation into French.

{mosimage}UNITED FOR STUDENT RIGHTS (U4SR) PRESENTS

Rights & Responsibilities in Political Discussion on Campus:
Who Speaks for McMaster?
 
A Public Forum
Friday, February 29, 2008 at 10:00am

Free buses will be leaving to McMaster from University of Toronto, Ryerson University and York University to attend this important meeting. The forum will begin at 10am with a rally immediately afterwards, and buses will return to Toronto around 2pm. All are welcome (you don’t need to be a university student) and transportation is free. Please RSVP as below.

BUS DETAILS

Teesri Duniya Theatre in a co-production with neworldtheatre presents " My name is Rachel Corrie"

A play without a playwright. The emails and journal entries of real life member of the International Solidarity Movement, Rachel Corrie, who was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer while defending a Palestinian home against demolition... Woven together to give a unique perspective of a way of life we do not understand. The conflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis. The people caught in a political conflict. It's scary. It's beautiful. It's controversial. Forget about the media. Forget about the publicity. Forget about what other people think. Come and see it for yourself... ( The play is followed by discussion)

Showing from Dec 06 - Dec 22 2007  , Wednesday to Saturday - 8:30 pm , Saturday & Sunday matinees at 2pm.
Tickets: $20  , Seniors and Students: $18 , Group rate (10 or more):  $15
Box office  514 871 2224
Location: LE MONUMENT NATIONAL 1182, St Laurent Blvd   Metro St Laurent

 Cinema Politica invites you to " The Iron Wall" part of a double bill, to be screened with Raised to be Heroes and co-sponsored by Palestinian and Jewish Unity (PAJU)

In 1923 Vladimir Jabotinsky, leading intellectual of the Zionist movement and father of the right wing of that movement, wrote:

{mosimage}June 2007 marks the anniversary of Israel’s June 1967 occupation of the West Bank, Gaza, East Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan.  This is the longest occupation in modern history.  Given the appeal of Palestinian civil society, we join with the international campaign of solidarity to say: “40 years is enough,” and to demand the immediate withdrawal of Israel from the Palestinian territories it occupies.

On the 40th anniversary of this occupation , and as part of the Coalition for justice and peace in Palestine , Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights presents a two day event which includes activities and a Massive Demonstration.

• Friday June 8th  , 2007  @ 1:00 pm:

• Saturday June 9th , 2007 @1:00 pm :

• Location of both events :

This summer, the Human Rights Media Institute is proud to present, in collaboration with SPHR, world renowned journalist and author, Robert Fisk.
Don't miss Robert Fisk, who will be visiting all major cities in Canada in June 2006!
See below, a list of dates and locations:

The ARAB World at a Glance: Maysoon Zayid [Stand Up Comedy on Arab Stereotypes]

The Arab Student Association at McGill is inviting you to attend a comedy sketch by Palestinian comedian Maysoon Zayid, which will be filled with humour that deals with the social realities facing Arabs in North America. This event will bring smiles to your face, while also addressing important cultural & political issues facing Arabs in North America & the Middle East....

Solidarite avec les droits humains en Palestine (SDHP) vous invite ? assister ? la conference:

 "L'asphyxie d'un peuple" 
La Palestine sous occupation isra?lienne et le r?le de la soci?t? civile dans la rupture de l'isolement.