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Written by SARA
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Tuesday, 21 October 2008 |
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Tuesday 21
October, 8 pm
Filmscreening: Through the veil of exile by
David Benchetrit
One of the sadder
aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the tendency of each side to see
the other as a cardboard figure. One breakthrough is Through the Veil of Exile,
which looks at the lives, hopes and disillusionments of three uncommonly strong
Palestinian women. Dalal Abu-Kamar is an unmarried former political activist who
spent 12 years in an Israeli prison. Mary Khass, a 60-year-old Christian and
former Communist, works to establish dialog between Israelis and Palestinians.
Um-Muhammed is an illiterate widow who supports herself by working for wealthy
Palestinians. Not only products of local politics, these women are also victims
of their own society's outdated attitudes. Filmmaker David Benchetrit does not
deal directly with the rights or wrongs of the Israeli occupation but shows that
one must first experience the human side, no matter where our politics
lie.
The Alternative
Information Center is a joint Palestinian-Israeli activist organization engaged
in dissemination of information, political advocacy and grassroots
activism.
The
AICafe is a political and cultural café open on Tuesday and Saturday night from
7pm untill 11pm. It is located in the Alternative Information Center in Beit
Sahour, close to Suq a Shaab square (follow the sign to Jadal Center) We have a
small library with novels, political books and magazines. We also have a number
of Films in DVD copies and the AIC publications which are aimed to critically
analyze both the Palestinian and Israeli sociaties as well as the conflict
itself. Phone number;
02 2775444
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