[WestMALocals] Fwd: Women in Struggle, May 5th, Amherst

[David Rolde]

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>please circulate widely!
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>Women in Struggle
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>May 5th, 7 pm
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>Isenberg School of Management, Room 137 (Umass Amherst)
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>Campus map: 
><http://www.housing.umass.edu/maps/pcco>http://www.housing.umass.edu/maps/pcco
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>A documentary about Palestinian women imprisoned and tortured for their
>involvement in the Palestinian independence movement.  It is based on the
>testimonies of four ex-political detainees, their struggles and
>experiences living and resisting under occupation. The filmmaker, Buthina
>Khoury will be on hand to lead a discussion and take questions. Visit
>www.womeninstruggle.com for more information about the film.
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>Co-Sponsored by the Palestine Action Coalition, the Arab Students Club,
>GEO (Graduate Student Organization), the Departments of Sociology,
>Women's Studies, and History, and the Dean's Office.
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>For more info, contact Rebecca at rebwiggins at hotmail.com.
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>About the director:
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>Buthina Canaan Khoury has been an independent filmmaker for the past few
>years. She established the Majd Production Company in Palestine in 2000.
>The company's main objective is to produce documentaries about different
>vital Palestinian issues . Ms. Khoury worked as the first Palestinian
>camera woman, producer and coordinator covering special events in the
>Middle East area for the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and other well
>known European TV stations in Palestine. Women in Struggle is her first
>one-hour documentary.
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