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Welcome to te AICafé in Beit Sahour
Cafes have
traditionally functioned as factories for ideas. It is likely that numerous
important decisions which have altered history were taken over a cup of tea or
coffee. Nowadays, the value of “being together” is rapidly changing as people
communicate more and more through new media. However, the practice of meeting
in a cafe has not died out; indeed, it has evolved with the appearance of
“topical” cafes.
To enhance
communication between people from different cultures and experiences in a
region in which information is often hindered, is one of the goals of the newly
established AICafè, a political café run by volunteers of the Alternative Information
Center.
The
AICafè is meant to foster political information, and to advance ideas, which
may start alternative ways of knowledge and communication in order to achieve
awareness in all spheres of daily life, such as politics, economics and
international issues. Without denying
the importance of the most important and significant cultural traditions, the
AICafè strives to promote change and to enhance new social and political
practices by creating a wide range of events and activities centred on dialogue
and mutual understanding.
In accordance
with the AIC though, which promotes responsible co-operation between
Palestinians and Israelis based on the values of social and political justice,
equality, solidarity and community involvement, the AICafè provides an open
space for local and international people to endorse a joint struggle for
Palestinian people rights, against Israeli policy of occupation.
The AICafè,
hosted in the AIC historic office building in the heart of Beit Sahour, holds
political material, guides, reports, the AIC’s numerous publications and a
library. The café serves primarily local and fairly traded products from the
area.
The AICafè is
starting a networking process with other political cafés around the world and
is currently linked with the Dutch political café Averechts in Utrecht (www.averechts.nl).
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Monday, 22 September 2008 |
 Tuesday 23 September, 5 pm
Special event:
Ramadan Kareem
Come and join the Ramadan iftar with us at 5 pm. Bring some food with you to
share with the others and enjoy the evening with us!
After the dinner an Imam will explain the reasons and rituals of Ramadan in
Islam.
A music evening from our friends from the Edward Said Conservatory
will follow the imam's talk.
Be on time!! the iftar starts at 5.30pm and
it is the time of breaking the fasting for the muslims so respect this! The
imama cannot stay very long, cause he has to go to the mosque for prayer. So if
you wish to experience this ´iftar´ then make sure to be on
time.
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Written by SARA
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Thursday, 18 September 2008 |
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Saturday 20 September, 8 pm
Filmscreening:
Rana's wedding by Hany Abu Assad
Rana wakes up one morning to an ultimatum delivered by her father: She
must either choose a husband from a pre-selected list of eligible men, or she
must accompany her father abroad. Rana's Wedding is a romantic drama about a
Palestinian girl who wants to get married to the man of her own choice. With
only ten hours to find her boyfriend in occupied Jerusalem
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Sunday, 14 September 2008 |
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Tuesday 16 September, 8 pm
Lecture by Mazin Qumsiyeh
Sharing the Land of Canaan: a durable peace based on coexistance and equality in one country
Mazin will discuss why the "two state" solution is a myth. From every aspect, sociologically, economically, environmentally and security-wise, the Israelis and Palestinians are better off if they live together in one democratic state for all its citizens. This necessitates abandonment of concepts and laws that are racist/discriminatory and replacement of concepts of ethnocentric chauvensitic nationalism with concepts of citizenship. He will explore the usual arguments presented against this simple and just solution to the problems that plagued the Middle East (West Asia) and subsequently the world since the first Zionist colony was established in 1882.
Mazin Qumsiyeh served on the faculty of Duke and Yale Universities and is now a professor at Bethlehem University. He was on the board/steering/executive committees of a number of groups including Peace Action Education Fund, the US Campaign to End the Occupation, the Palestinian American Congress, Association for One Democratic State in Israel/Palestine, and BoycottIsraeliGoods.org
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Wednesday, 10 September 2008 |
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Saturday 13
September, 8 pm
Filmscreening:
Videomappings: Palestine by Till Roeskens, 2008
The film will be followed by a
discussion with Mahmoud Issa, one of the people from Aida camp who was asked to
draw the maps
Till Roesken has asked people from Aida
Camp, to draw maps of how they see what is around them. The drawing process as
well as the stories related to the maps have been recorded on video. Alongside
with representations of the camp's history and it's surroundings, the main focus
is on stories about difficult ways: about the obstacles that make it
almost impossible to reach certain places, and how people try and sometimes
manage to get there anyway. This could be the first step of a study about the
resistence by going around.
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Written by SARA
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Monday, 08 September 2008 |
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 Tuesday 9th of September, 8pm
World Social Forum history ,
present and challenges
by Michael Warschawski
Michael Warschawski is
known to be one of the most famous Israeli radical leftist activist. Co-founder
of the AIC, is a leading figure in the world social forum. His publications
have been translated in different languages.
Event organized in
cooperation with
Occupied Palestine Syrian Golan Heights Advocacy Initiative
(OPGAI)
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Saturday, 06 September 2008 |
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Saturday6ty September, 8 pm
Filmscreening: "Private" by Saverio Costanzo
Private pictures the human drama of a Palestinian family living in a large, isolated house located midway between a Palestinian village and an Israeli settlement.
Viewed as a strategic lookout point, the house is forcefully taken over
by Israeli soldiers, who confine the family to a few downstairs rooms
in daytime and a single room at night.
Against his wife wishes, Mohammad decides to keep the
family together in the house until the soldiers move on, creating
division among his kin and a precarious relationship with the soldiers.
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