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Written by SARA
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Friday, 25 July 2008 |
 Saturday 26th of July, 8 pm
Filmscreening: Leila Khaled Hijacker, by Lina
Makboul
Leila
Khaled is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) .
She was a member of the Palestinian
National Council and came to the
public's attention for her role in the 1969 hijacking and one of four
simultaneous hijackings the following
year as part of the Black September timeline.
This film is a story
about an extraordinary woman and her journey with a specific focus on the
politics of nationhood and gender. This portrayal of Leila Khaled challenges
popular assumptions about those who resort to violent means in response to
oppression and provides access to the politics of one of the most troubled
regions of the twentieth century. It also complicates the current discourse on
Islam and terrorism by its deliberation on the meanings of terms such as
"terrorist
interrogating and asking if one person's terrorist could be another's freedom
fighter. Especially relevant in the context of today's highly polarized
conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine and Kashmir, this self-reflexive film
echoes in its treatment, the complexity of its arguments, using evocative
imagery both verité as well as reconstructed as well as archival footage in an
extremely creative manner.
The AIC is a joint Palestinian-Israeli activist
organization engaged in the 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 sell 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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