[WestMALocals] Fw: May 5th, Women in Struggle

[Owen Broadhurst]

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From: "sofia checa" <scheca at soc.umass.edu>
To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:; "@spf5.us4.outblaze.com
Subject: May 5th, Women in Struggle
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 18:13:45 -0400

> 
> please circulate widely!
> 
>   Women in Struggle
> 
>   May 5th, 7 pm
> 
>   Isenberg School of Management, Room 137 (Umass)
> 
>   Campus map: http://www.housing.umass.edu/maps/pcco
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> 
>   A documentary about Palestinian women imprisoned 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.
> 
> 
> 
>   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.
> 
> 
> 
>   For more info, contact Rebecca at rebwiggins at hotmail.com.
> 
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> 
> About the director:
> 
> 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.
> 
> You can read more about the movie at http://www.womeninstruggle.com/.
> 
> 
> 
> PETITION UMASS TO DIVEST FROM ISRAEL: 
> http://www.westmasspac.orgPAC's e-mail: westmasspac at westmasspac.org

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