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 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
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