FIGHTING ON TWO FRONTS:
A public meeting with Palestinian activist Rauda Morcos
Rauda Morcos, poet, teacher and co-founder of Aswat (‘Voices’), the
Palestinian feminist lesbian organization will speak about the work of Aswat, Palestinians inside Israel and the effects of Israeli occupation.
A public meeting with Palestinian activist Rauda Morcos
Rauda Morcos, poet, teacher and co-founder of Aswat (‘Voices’), the
Palestinian feminist lesbian organization will speak about the work of Aswat, Palestinians inside Israel and the effects of Israeli occupation.
7.30pm Friday 29 September
The Old Fire Station, 61 Leswin Road,
Stoke Newington London N16
Buses: 67, 76, 149 and 243 up Kingsland Road/Stoke Newington High Street
(get off at the junction with Brooke Road, where the Post Office is, turn
into Brooke Road and then right into Leswin Road); or 73 to the end of Stoke
Newington Church Street.
Trains: nearest mainline stations are Rectory Road and Stoke Newington, both
on the line between Liverpool Street and Seven Sisters; also silverlink to
Dalston Kingsland.
All Welcome. The venue is wheelchair-accessible and has a disabled toilet.
The meeting is hosted by Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
For more information, contact
hackneypsc@yahoo.com
“Aswat's initiative aims to allow Palestinian gay women accessibility to
self-expression. Through Aswat's programming, women are able to discuss our
gender and sexuality, define and redefine multiple forms of feminism, and
address conflicts between national and gender identities, as Palestinians
living inside Israel and in the occupied territories. Aswat's group provides
a safe space for Palestinian women who identify themselves as lesbians,
bi-sexual, transsexual, transgender or inter-sexual. Through Aswat, women
are able to break their individual silence, engage in on going dialogues,
and discus issues that concern their daily reality. Moreover, in ASWAT, we
are able to educate ourselves and each other about women's rights,
lesbianism and gender identity issues. Raising our awareness of such issues
will enable us to educate the community about the realities of lesbianism,
thereby contributing to a greater understanding and tolerance in the
Arab-Palestinian community. Finally, Aswat strives to initiate social change
in order to meet the needs of one of the most silenced and oppressed
communities in Israel by reaching out to Palestinian and local communities
in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. In addition, we network
with other like-minded institutes, groups and individuals in order to combat
the multilayered discrimination Palestinian gay women face and to promote
women's rights and improve the status of all women in the Palestinian
society.”
www.aswatgroup.org
Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Box BMPSA London WC1N3XX 020 77006192
info@palestinecampaign.org www.palestinecampaign.org
The Old Fire Station, 61 Leswin Road,
Stoke Newington London N16
Buses: 67, 76, 149 and 243 up Kingsland Road/Stoke Newington High Street
(get off at the junction with Brooke Road, where the Post Office is, turn
into Brooke Road and then right into Leswin Road); or 73 to the end of Stoke
Newington Church Street.
Trains: nearest mainline stations are Rectory Road and Stoke Newington, both
on the line between Liverpool Street and Seven Sisters; also silverlink to
Dalston Kingsland.
All Welcome. The venue is wheelchair-accessible and has a disabled toilet.
The meeting is hosted by Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
For more information, contact
hackneypsc@yahoo.com “Aswat's initiative aims to allow Palestinian gay women accessibility to
self-expression. Through Aswat's programming, women are able to discuss our
gender and sexuality, define and redefine multiple forms of feminism, and
address conflicts between national and gender identities, as Palestinians
living inside Israel and in the occupied territories. Aswat's group provides
a safe space for Palestinian women who identify themselves as lesbians,
bi-sexual, transsexual, transgender or inter-sexual. Through Aswat, women
are able to break their individual silence, engage in on going dialogues,
and discus issues that concern their daily reality. Moreover, in ASWAT, we
are able to educate ourselves and each other about women's rights,
lesbianism and gender identity issues. Raising our awareness of such issues
will enable us to educate the community about the realities of lesbianism,
thereby contributing to a greater understanding and tolerance in the
Arab-Palestinian community. Finally, Aswat strives to initiate social change
in order to meet the needs of one of the most silenced and oppressed
communities in Israel by reaching out to Palestinian and local communities
in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. In addition, we network
with other like-minded institutes, groups and individuals in order to combat
the multilayered discrimination Palestinian gay women face and to promote
women's rights and improve the status of all women in the Palestinian
society.”
www.aswatgroup.org
Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Box BMPSA London WC1N3XX 020 77006192
info@palestinecampaign.org www.palestinecampaign.org 
