Tuesday, July 04, 2006

TAWASSUL Presents Murdered Naji Al-Alis Cartoons

Kudos Tawassul (especially Nitin, Salma and Khatim) for a terrific outdoor art exhibit and film!!! Great job - setting up The Wall, installing lights, showing the video ... a spectacular success!

Photos are up at: http://www.rule19.org/pgallery/06-july-exh.htm ; if you were there and took photos, send them on and i'll gladly add them to this slideshow.

Prints of Naji Al-Ali's famous prints - with black matted frame - are available for a minimum $50 donation to Tawassul, a Cambridge-based organization that promotes Palestinian Arts and Culture.

Naji's prints are so very clever and powerful. You need some time and contemplation to absorb the meaning and message; Tawassul thankfully provided a "key" to the symbols and characters that Al-Ali's uses in his cartoons.

TAWASSUL's goal is to "connect people-to-people and to raise understanding of Palestinian identity, heritage and on-going struggles. TAWASSUL believes that art, cultural and personal _expression connects Palestinians with the American public."

TAWASSUL:

Promotes Palestinian art exhibits
Organizes Palestinian film festivals
Sponsors Palestinian music, theatre and dance performance events
Partners with the arts in Palestine by supporting children's art workshops in the Jenin Refugee camp.
For more on Naji Al-Ali, see sphrconcordia.org/naji and najialali.hanaa.net

Gaza Bleeds.

"We have so many problems now in Gaza.."
Rafah Today 6/30/2006

[with photos] It might be the last time to get online, I have so many things to do. I have been doing many interviews today and none of them I was comfortable with while I was talking. It is hell here, we have so many problems now in Gaza. I don’t know what to do, but I will just go ahead and continue working on many things. I will load these photos then I should leave now. I have no time to write that much, but I guess photos could speak much better. 29 June 06: Bloody life in Gaza, scary days and dark nights all the time, The attack is still ongoing, This laptop computer is running out of battery at the moment—I will get back to update the website as soon as possible. All the residents of Gaza, including myself, are having rolling power outages....



http://rafah.virtualactivism.net/news/todaymain.htm

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