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[ePalestine] WASHINGTON D.C/ BALTIMORE: SAVE THE DATE! THE FREEDOM THEATRE TODAY!

by | May 30, 2008 | Latest News

Dear friends, 

If you are in the WASHINGTON D.C. or  BALTIMORE area, I strongly recommend you take the chance to see Arna’s Children  – heart-wrenching, but speaks volumes of the deep humanity that still exists in this world.

SALUTING CULTURE AS RESISTANCE as we approach 42yrs of Israeli military occupation,

Sam

 

 

 

THE JENIN FREEDOM THEATRE TODAY!

JULIANO MER KHAMIS and DR. MERVAT AIASH

of the JENIN FREEDOM THEATRE present
CULTURE AS RESISTANCE

at the Amercian-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) Convention,
June 14-15

*****

Please join us at these public events in the Washington/Baltimore area:

WASHINGTON:

BUSBOYS AND POETS , 14th and V NW, Sun. June 15th, 7–9:00pm

Screening "Arna’s Children", discussion and fundraiser in the Langston Room,
free admission

THE JERUSALEM FUND, 2425 Virginia Avenue, NW, Mon. June 16th, 6:30-8:30pm

Dinner and discussion, $25 admission

BALTIMORE:

MISSION HELPERS CENTER , 1001 W. Joppa Road, Towson, MD, Tue.
June 17th, 7pm

Screening "Arna’s Children", discussion and fundraiser, free admission

Sponsored by Baltimore Tikkun, Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart,

AFSC Baltimore Urban Peace Program, and the Morgan State University
Muslim Students Association

*****

JULIANO MER KHAMIS is a Palestinian Israeli; Jew, Arab, actor, director and political activist born in Israel to an Arab father and a Jewish mother. His film "Arna’s Children" is a moving and critically praised documentary about the children’s theater founded in the Jenin refugee camp by his late mother Arna—and the fate of 3 of the young troupe members.

"Speechless. Silent. I cannot move. I just sit here, watching the screen,
reading the names of Arna’s children."

—Arjan El Fassed, The Electronic Intifada

DR. MERVAT AIASH, professor of fine arts at the Arab American University in Jenin, is Chairperson of the Board of The Freedom Theatre. She provides an important leadership model and is a link between the theater and the university community. She understands the role of culture and the arts as social development, healing and resistance to the occupation.

THE JENIN FREEDOM THEATRE was destroyed in 2002 by the Israeli Occupation Forces but in 2006 Juliano returned to Jenin to rebuild and renew Arna’s work. The Jenin Freedom Theatre now runs a full program of computer skills, photography, acting, psychodrama, and visiting theatrical productions in the refugee camp. Plans are underway for an accredited drama school to begin in the fall. See www.thefreedomtheatre.org for more information.

For more information or to schedule an interview,

contact Dorothy Zellner, Friends of the Jenin Freedom Theatre

at dorothyzellner@gmail.com or 917 439 3470

 

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  • Sam Bahour

    Sam Bahour is a Palestinian-American business consultant, writer, and commentator based in Al-Bireh/Ramallah, Palestine. He is the principal of Applied Information Management (AIM), a consultancy specializing in business development and startup advisory services.

    Bahour played a foundational role in establishing two of Palestine’s publicly traded companies: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He co-founded Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy (A4VPE), of which he is now an emeritus member, and served as an independent director on the board of Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. from 2004 to 2025. He currently serves on the board of Just Vision and The Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS).

    He frequently gives talks to delegations visiting Palestine on the subjects of Palestine’s political economy, Palestinian Politics 101, and a general orientation to the state of affairs under Israeli military occupation.

    A prolific writer on Palestinian affairs, Bahour has been published in major international outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, Haaretz, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera America, Le Monde diplomatique, Al-Monitor, +972 Magazine, The Hill, and Arab News. He has appeared as a commentator on NPR, CNN, BBC, and other broadcast media.

    Bahour is the co-editor of Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians (Olive Branch Press, 1993) and was profiled in the bestselling anthology Kingdom of Olives and Ash, edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, in a chapter authored by Chabon titled “The Tallest Man in Ramallah.” He holds an Associate’s and Bachelor’s degree in Computer Technology from Youngstown State University, and a Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA — a joint program of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Recanati Business School at Tel Aviv University.

    He tweets at @SamBahour, blogs at www.epalestine.ps, and may be reached at sbahour[AT]gmail[DOT]com.

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