Palestine Day at Féile an Phobail

antrim | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice Tuesday August 05, 2008 11:46 by Ciarán Ó Brolcháin - IPSC belfastipsc at yahoo dot ie

This year the annual 'Palestine Day' hosted by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, in conjunction with Féile an Phobail, will take place in St. Mary's University College, 191 Falls Road, Belfast on Thursday 7th August.

Commemorating the Nakba of 1948, this years event is themed '60 Years of Dispossession' and includes the following...

Free Film Screenings with Merchandise Stall
12:00pm - 5:30pm

Lecture Hall 1

12:15pm
La Terre Parle Arabe (61 mins)

1:30pm
Memory of the Cactus (42 mins)

2:25pm
Jerusalem - The East Side Story (57 mins)

3:35pm
The Iron Wall (52 mins)

4:40pm
Bil'in Against the Wall (40 mins)

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Public Meeting
7:00pm-9:00pm

Canteen

Featuring

Dr Ghada Karmi
Internationally renowned academic and author
Fellow of the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter.

And

Dr. Daoud Abdullah
Palestine Return Centre, London .

Mary-Lou McDonald
SF Ard Chomhairle and MEP for Dublin.

Patricia McKeown
President of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) and member of Trade Union Friends of Palestine.

Marie Crawley
National Chairperson , Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

The meeting will be followed by a book singing of Dr. Ghada Karmi's most recent book on Palestine 'Married to Another Man'.

We hope to see you there in continued support of Palestinian freedom.