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Celebrated Oud player Firas Jabloun to perform at Keep Gaza Alive

Dr Douglas Griffith | 19.02.2009 16:08 | Anti-militarism | Palestine | Terror War | Cambridge

Internationally renowned Tunisian singer and Master Oud player, Firas Jabloun, has joined line up of musicians, singers, and poets for Keep Gaza Alive fundraiser

Details in brief:
Date: Saturday 21st February 2009
Time: 7- 10 pm
Location: St Andrew’s Hall Chesterton Cambridge

Cambridge Stop the War (CSTW) is holding a fundraising evening on Saturday 21st February in St Andrew’s Hall, Cambridge, with all proceeds going to Interpal and Medical Aid for Palestine, who are helping to relieve the horrific humanitarian crisis that has been forced upon the people of Gaza.

The evening will comprise of a delicious Middle Eastern-style buffet (meze) prepared by the Hanin Palestine Cafe, live music, including a performance by the Oud player, Firas Jabloun, poetry, and two short speeches, one on the current situation in Palestine, the other on CSTW activities. Tickets are priced at £10 unwaged and £15 waged. Children can attend for free. Tickets can be obtained by contacting us on 07921 724270 or at  cambridgestopwar@gmail.com.

Israel’s recent war on the people of Gaza has killed several hundreds, a large number of them children. Those who have survived are traumatised from the loss of loved ones. Sixty percent of the population is now living in poverty, thousands are malnourished, and more than a million are dependent on aid to survive.

Cambridge Stop the War is committed to helping the victims of Israeli aggression and occupation, and providing Cambridge residents with opportunities to show solidarity with the people of Palestine.

Dr Douglas Griffith
- e-mail: dag30@gen.cam.ac.uk


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Al-Tayyib Salih died

19.02.2009 20:21

I don't mean to distract I just thought from your post you may be interested. Al-Tayyib Salih died yesterday. He was a Sudanese author of the stature of Camus or Satre.
The book that he is best known for is wonderful, it intertwines colonialism and sexuality so that it is understandable to an outsider.

wikipedia - Salih achieved immediate acclaim when his novel Season of Migration to the North was first published in Arabic, in Beirut in the late 1960s. In 2001, this was declared "the most important Arabic novel of the 20th century" by the Syrian-based Arab Literary Academy in Damascus

Danny


Un été de cendres – Djemaï Abdelkader

19.02.2009 23:24

I think this is an ever better, secular, arabic book. It is about the expulsion of the French from North Africa in the 60's, and the destruction that caused. I feel the subject matter is currently immensely relevant to every European activist. Unfortunately I can only find copies in French and Arabic, but if you are interested and can't speak either language then some of us could translate for you.

I've posted a lot about Jewish artists I admire, I just want to redresss that balance a bit now it has all come down to dust.

Danny


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