Posts Tagged ‘london’
FILM: Salt of This Sea
May 13th, 2010 • Events, Film & Documentary, News
Tags: cannes, film, french institute, london, Salt of This Sea
The Palestinian film Salt of this Sea, shown at Cannes in 2008, is screening in London at the French Institute from May 21-30 – Book your tickets here…
The first feature film by a Palestinian woman, Salt of This Sea tells the story of Soraya, a third-generation, working-class Palestinian refugee living in Brooklyn, New York. Soraya discovers that her grandfather’s savings have been frozen in a bank account in Jaffa since he was expelled in 1948. Determined to reclaim what is theirs, she fulfills her life-long dream to return to Palestine, but is rebuffed by the bank. It is then she meets Emad, a young Palestinian whose ambition, in contrast to hers, is to leave Palestine forever. Tired of the constraints that dictate their lives, Soraya and Emad know that in order to be free, they must take things into their own hands, even it means breaking the law…
“This film is my personal voice, intimate,… it’s the voice of my family, of my village, of my people. It’s the voice of every refugee…” – Saleh Bakri, actor
“Annemarie Jacir’s filmic vision is brilliant, emotional, intense and fresh. Salt of this Sea is absolutely one of the best films I’ve seen in years” -Michael Moore, Director
National Day of Action – London Sat 15 May
May 13th, 2010 • Action, Events, News
Tags: day of action, event, london, nakba, PSC
LONDON EVENT: Free Palestine!
Saturday 15 May, 12–2pm
Opposite 10 Downing Street, London SW1 (nearest tube Westminster)
We demand the government:
- End Israel’s violations of international law, including ending its illegal occupation and building of settlements
- Support bringing Israeli war criminals to justice — no attack on universal jurisdiction
- End the siege on Gaza
- Ban settlement goods
- Suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement
- End the arms trade with Israel
Organised by: Palestine Solidarity Campaign, British Muslim Initiative, Stop the War Coalition, CND, Palestinian Forum in Britain
Click here for more information…
Gaza Boat Convoy Event: April 16, London
April 11th, 2010 • Action, Events, News
Tags: convoy, event, free gaza movement, fundraising, gaza boat convoy, IHH, london
Reading PSC is planning on fundraising events for the boat convoy organised by IHH and FGM (above), but here’s one coming up next week in London:
7pm Friday 16th April
at St John on Bethnal Green
- LIVE VIDEO LINK UP with GAZA musicians and speakers
from London side:
Caoimhe Butterly (eyewitness to Gaza massacre as volunteer on ambulances)
- Sameh Habeeb (journalist and speaker from Palestine)
- Viva Palestina convoy members
- ZAYTOUN STALL
- +more to be confirmed
THIS EVENT IS FREE BUT HOT & COLD FOOD WILL BE AVAILABLE TO BUY!!
Proceeds to the siege-breaking campaign, so come and have dinner anyway… donations also to be gratefully received.
St John on Bethnal Green is located on the corner of Cambridge Heath Road and Roman Road, next to the V&A Museum of Childhood.
Please come and please forward info to anyone you think would like, appreciate or be interested. If you’d like to donate food to sell please also get in touch.
Contact Laura via GazaBoatConvoy.co.uk
London Palestine Film Festival 2010
April 1st, 2010 • Film & Documentary, News
Tags: barbican, elia suleiman, festival, film, jaffa, london, palestine film festival, the time that remains
UPDATE: Full program online now…
April 30 – May 6, 2010 at Barbican Film, London
The 2010 programme has recently been finalised and will be richer than ever. Highlights will include Elia Suleiman’s latest feature The Time That Remains (below) – followed by a discussion with the director.
The UK premier of Eyal Sivan’s new documentary Jaffa: The Orange’s Clockwork followed by an expert panel discussion, and a session dedicated to the late poet Mahmoud Darwish – including a premier screening of Nasri Hajjaj’s documentary As The Poet Said. Plus much, much more new fiction, documentary, and art – from Palestine and further afield… check back here in mid-March for full programme details.
Human Rights and Justice for the Palestinians after the Goldstone report.
March 19th, 2010 • Events, News
Tags: goldstone report, Karen Abu Zayd Koning, london, memo, PSC, unrwa, Westminster University
MEMO and PSC presents Karen Abu Zayd Koning (Former Commissioner-General of UNRWA)
Date: Wednesday 24 March 2010
Time: 6.30pm
Venue (Map)
Cayley Theatre, Luxborough Building, Westminster University, 35 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5LS
PETITION! Justice for Gaza protesters
March 19th, 2010 • Action, Awareness, News
Tags: arrest, gaza, london, protest
The Guardian:
Sent to jail for throwing a single bottle
Last year, during protests against the attack on Gaza, a mixed group of demonstrators clashed with police. But when the alleged culprits were arrested in dawn raids, nearly all those taken were young Muslims.
Badi Tebani and his wife were sleeping peacefully when all hell broke loose. He shudders at the memory. The front door was forced open, and then came the screaming. “Wah, wah, wah, get down, get down, you are under arrest.” Any number of voices. He thought it was a nightmare – that he was back in Algeria in the bad old days before he was granted political asylum in Britain, and that the military had broken into the house. When he opened his eyes, his bedroom was full of police officers. “I have diabetes and high blood pressure,” he says quietly. “It was worse than Algeria, even. I became very depressed.” – Read more…
Sign the petition demanding:
The release of all those imprisoned- that all further charges are dropped
- an independent investigation into the many complaints about police behaviour at the demonstrations which have all the been rejected by the IPCC
- an end to the intimidation of the Muslim community
- the right to protest for all
I Am Yusuf And This Is My Brother
January 13th, 2010 • 2 comments Events, Film & Documentary, News
Tags: brother, london, play, young vic, yusuf
A play by Amir Nizar Zuabi
Before it happened I didn’t know those people existed. Now I’m not certain that we do…
I Am Yusuf And This Is My Brother
Direct from a tour of Palestinian villages in Israel and the West Bank, a powerful story of life in 1948 at the moment of ‘the catastrophe’.
1948. The British Mandate is ending. The United Nations votes on who will control what part of Palestine …
Ali is in love with Nada but her father won’t let them marry because his brother Yusuf is ‘odd’.
War begins. The villagers become refugees. The secret that kept Ali and Nada apart is revealed.
19 January 2010 – 6 February 2010 @ Young Vic Theatre, London (map) – Tickets £10-15 or call 020 7922 2923
From the frontline, a poetic exploration of loyalty and love by the director of Alive from Palestine ‘an astonishing testament to the power of theatre.’ (5-stars, The Guardian review)
Plus, a special event at St John’s Waterloo on Monday 01 February 2010:
The Role of Theatre in Conflict & War
Amir Nizar Zuabi, director of I Am Yusuf And This Is My Brother, will talk about his experiences of writing and making theatre in Galilee and the West Bank. There will be a question and answer session with Amir Nizar Zuabi and Young Vic artistic director David Lan.
Vigil at Israeli Embassy in London
December 28th, 2009 • Action, Events
Tags: embassy, gaza, israel, london, PSC, stop the war, vigil
The vigil organised by PSC and Stop the War held outside the Israeli Embassy in London went ahead yesterday. Here are a couple of videos from the street:
Interview with UK MP Jeremy Corbyn
Interview with supporters.
Solidarity in crime
December 16th, 2009 • News
Tags: arrest, livni, london, miliband, tzipi, war crimes, warrant
Miliband promises to protect Israeli Minister Livni
Israeli ex-Minister Livni called off her planned visit to London after a Westminster magistrate issued an warrant for her arrest for her involvement in the planning of war crimes in Gaza.
Like the verdicts of British juries that the Israeli Army murdered Tom Hurndall and journalist James Miller, previous arrest warrants for war crimes against Doron Almog, and the hurried exit of other Israeli generals, the latest UK magistrate’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for an Israeli Government official on war crimes charges adds to the long-term build up of pressure for the British Government to break with its support for Israel.
Channel 4 report and debate with Jewish Chronicle’s Stephen Pollard and Daud Abdullah from MCB:
Update
What David Miliband should say to Tzipi Livni
If Britain’s foreign secretary has faith in his country’s standards of justice, this is the phonecall he should make.
Vigil Outside the Israeli Embassy
December 7th, 2009 • Action
Tags: anniversary, gaza, israel embassy, london, protest
One year since the Beginning of the Attacks on Gaza – “Remember Gaza: end the siege”
One year on… Join the vigil outside the Israeli Embassy
Coinciding with the first anniversary of Operation Cast Lead, PSC and other groups have called for a protest at the Israeli Embassy in London.
3pm – Sunday 27 December 2009
High Street Kensington, W8, London
(High St Kensington Underground)
Called by: PSC, BMI, CND and STW – Supported by: Amos Trust, Communication Workers Union, Fire Brigades Union, Friends of Al Aqsa, Friends of Lebanon, Greater London UNISON, The Green Party, ICAHD UK, Jewish Socialists’ Group, Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East, Palestinian Return Centre, The Peace Cycle, Public and Commercial Services Union, Thompsons Solicitors.
