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<DIV><B>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</B><B><BR><FONT
size=4>The Ninth Annual Israeli Apartheid Week<BR>March 1 – 10, 2013<BR><A
href="http://www.apartheidweek.org"
target=_blank>www.apartheidweek.org</A><BR>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</FONT></B><BR><BR>We
are very excited for another great IAW in Toronto! The confirmed schedule is
below. Hope you can join us in our ode to Palestine and the Boycott, Divestment
and Sanctions movement.<BR><BR>A complete list of speakers and events is
available at: <A href="http://www.toronto.apartheidweek.org"
target=_blank>www.toronto.apartheidweek.org</A><BR><BR>Join our facebook group:
<A
href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Israeli-Apartheid-Week-Toronto/46324309566"
target=_blank>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Israeli-Apartheid-Week-Toronto/46324309566</A><BR><BR>Follow
us on Twitter: @ApartheidWeekTO<BR><BR>If you would like to endorse please
email: <A href="mailto:saia@riseup.net"
target=_blank>saia@riseup.net</A><BR><BR><BR><B>SUNDAY, March 3rd<BR>Who's
Afraid of Syria's Popular Revolution?</B><BR>Speaker: Razan Ghazzawi<BR>2:00 -
4:00<BR>Location: Ryerson University, Rogers Communication Centre, Eaton Lecture
Theatre (RCC204), 80 Gould Street (at Church and Gould)<BR><A
href="https://www.facebook.com/events/602798903066930/"
target=_blank>https://www.facebook.com/events/602798903066930/</A><BR><BR>This
event will be chaired by<B> Jens Hanssen</B>, Associate Professor of Middle
Eastern and Mediterranean History.<BR><BR><B>Razan Ghazzawi</B>, a blogger from
Syria who started blogging using an alias, Golaniya, when Israel launched a war
against Lebanon 2006. When the Syrian revolution broke out in March 2011, Razan
was among those who disseminated updates on demonstrations taking place across
Syria using her real name. She was detained twice during the revolution, her SCM
colleagues blogger Hussein Ghrer and Hani Zetani along with her boss Mazen
Darwich, are still in prison ever since regime security forces raided SCM office
in Damascus 16th February 2012. Razan was awarded by Front Line Defenders
2012.<BR><BR><BR><B>TUESDAY, March 5th<BR>Film Screening: <I>Roadmap to
Apartheid</I></B><BR>with discussion by Randa Farah<BR>6:45 - 9:00
PM<BR>Location: Hot Docs Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor St. West<BR>Co-sponsored by
Cinema Politica<BR><A href="https://www.facebook.com/events/413963755364575/"
target=_blank>https://www.facebook.com/events/413963755364575/</A><BR><BR><I><B>Roadmap
to Apartheid</B></I>, narrated by Alice Walker, is an award-winning documentary
that is the first to offer an in-depth exploration of parallels between the
South African and Israeli forms of apartheid, while serving a comprehensive and
accessible introduction to the apartheid anaysis of Israeli and the Boycott,
Divestment, Sanctions Movement.<BR><BR><B>Randa Farah,</B> Department of
Anthropology, University of Western Ontario. Dr. Farah is researcher and
specialist on Palestinian refugees, and will also participate in the Q & A
after the film.<BR><BR>Admission is by donation.<BR><BR><B>WEDNESDAY, March
6th<BR>From The Roots: Building Resistance Across Colonized
Lands</B><BR>Speakers: Crystal Lameman and Riham Barghouti<BR>7:00 - 9:00
PM<BR>Location: York University, Curtis Lecture Hall F<BR><A
href="https://www.facebook.com/events/492959974085801/"
target=_blank>https://www.facebook.com/events/492959974085801/</A><BR><BR>Crystal
Lameman is a 30 year old mother of two and she is from and resides on the Beaver
Lake Cree Nation which is located 2.5 hours N.E. of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
She is a college and University graduate, holding a 2 year Social Work Diploma,
a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences, and a Bachelor of Elementary Education. She has
always taken an active role in participating in the dialogue on the Rights of
Indigenous People. It is through her involvement at the grassroots level she has
been given numerous opportunities to travel, i.e. London, Oxford, Birmingham
England to deliver her message in relation to the Fuel Quality Directive and the
Canadian tar sands importation into Europe, while there she was a keynote
speaker at the People and Planets Shared Planet conference, and rallied for
support around England in the campaign to stop the tar sands destruction. She is
also an alumni member of the Front-Line Fellowship program through the
Environmental Action Coalition in Washington DC where she travelled to receive a
three day training initiative. She attended the United Nations Rio+20 Conference
on Sustainability. She was a keynote speaker at the PowerShift 2012 conference
in Ottawa, and was a part of a She Speaks: Indigenous Women Speaking out Against
the Tar Sands panel that had stops in Vancouver, BC and Toronto, Sarnia, and
Brantford, Ont. She is actively involved in all that encompasses Indigenous
rights and issues – socially, economically, and environmentally. Crystal is
currently doing contractual work with the Canadian Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign
and Sierra Club Prairie Chapter as the Alberta Climate and Energy Campaigner.
She actively speaks to media and plays host to the many people who travel to her
community seeking information regarding the Beaver Lake Cree Nations court case
against the Canadian Government and the over 17, 000 permits and leases granted
to big oil without the Government following through with their duty to consult
the Beaver Lake Cree. She proudly states that the entirety of her work is done
at the grassroots level.<BR><BR>Riham Barghouti is a Palestinian American
activist who lived in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for 10 years. She
currently resides in New York City where she works as a teacher. Ms. Barghouti
is a founding member of Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of
Israel and PACBI, The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott
of Israel. Ms. Barghouti holds a Masters in Education from Pace University, a
Masters in Gender, Law and Development from Birzeit University and a Bachelors
Degree in Sociology and Women’s Studies from Hunter College, City University of
New York.<BR><BR><B>THURDAY, March 7th<BR>Peace vs. Pacification</B><BR>Speaker:
Dr. Abdel Razzaq Takriti<BR>7:00 - 9:00 PM<BR>Location: Koffler House 108,
University of Toronto, 569 Spadina Crescent<BR>Hosted by Students Against
Israeli Apartheid – a working group of OPIRG-Toronto<BR><A
href="http://www.facebook.com/events/227161224075743/"
target=_blank>http://www.facebook.com/events/227161224075743/</A><BR><BR>This
event will be chaired by <B>David McNally</B>, professor in Political Science at
York Universit<BR><BR><B>Dr Abdel Razzaq Takriti</B> is Lecturer in
International History at the University of Sheffield, England. He received his
doctorate from Oxford University and was subsequently elected to a research
fellowship there (2009-2012). He is the author of the multi-award winning
Monsoon Revolution: Republicans, Sultans, and Empires in Oman, 1965-76 (Oxford
University Press, 2013). He is currently co-authoring, with Dr Karma Nabulsi, a
book on the history of the Palestinian revolution. <BR><BR><B>THURSDAY, March
7th<BR>Israeli Activism against Occupation and Apartheid: Strategies for
Solidarity</B><BR>Speaker: Noa Shaindlinger<BR>2:30 - 4:30<BR>Location: York
University, York Student Centre, GSA room 430 <BR><BR>As an Israeli
anti-israeli-apartheid activist, <B>Noa Shaindlinger </B>will first discuss her
involvement in Zochrot, a Tel-Aviv NGO whose mission statement it to educate
Israeli-Jews about the Nakba and preserve the memory of pre-1948 Palestine. Noa
also joined anarchists against the wall and participated in demonstrations and
other actions against the current realities of land theft, expanding settlements
and limitations imposed on the freedom of movement of Palestinians. She will
speak about the nature of this type of solidarity work, the joint struggle and
its internal tensions and pitfalls.<BR><BR><B>FRIDAY, March 8th<BR>I Come From
There: Stories of the Living Resistance</B><BR>6:00 - 9:00 PM<BR>Location:
Ryerson University, Oakham House, Thomas Lounge, 63 Gould st.<BR><A
href="http://www.facebook.com/events/431888756903818/"
target=_blank>http://www.facebook.com/events/431888756903818/</A></DIV>
<DIV><BR>An intimate and rare night of storytelling featuring a cross-section of
Palestinian elders, youth, artists, and activists from the community. Through
personal stories, folk tales, and poetry, loved ones will share their diverse
experiences of living in the diaspora, under occupation, and as refugees. The
night will be an ode to our past, present, and future.<BR><BR><B>SUNDAY, March
10th<BR>The Palestinian Question and International Law (2013 James Graff
Memorial Lecture)</B><BR>Speaker: Afif Safieh<BR>2:00- 4:00<BR>Location: Ryerson
University, Rogers Communication Centre, Eaton Lecture Theatre (RCC204), 80
Gould Street <BR>Co-hosted by the Near East Cultural and Educational Foundation
of Canada and Students Against Israeli Apartheid – a working group of
OPIRG-Toronto<BR><A href="https://www.facebook.com/events/131136207060755/"
target=_blank>https://www.facebook.com/events/131136207060755/</A><BR><BR><B>Afif
Safieh </B>is the senior most Ambassador of the Palestinian Diplomatic
Corps. Safieh is considered the most experienced and skilled Palestinian
diplomat having served in three politically significant capitals: London,
Washington, and Moscow. During his service, he was involved in the
Stockholm negotiations that led to the first official and direct
American-Palestinian dialogue. He has met and interacted with the leading
figures of our age from Yasser Arafat, John Major, and Tony Blair to Jimmy
Carter, George W. Bush, and Pope John Paul II.<BR><BR><B>TUESDAY, March
12<BR>Lessons from Palestine: Right to education, academic freedom, and the BDS
movement</B><BR>Speakers: Dr. Samia Al-Botmeh<BR>3:00 - 5:00
PM<BR>Location: York University, Room TBA<BR><BR><B>Dr. Samia Al-Botmeh,</B>
Director of the Center for Development Studies at Birzeit University,
Ramallah, West Bank and member of Steering Committee for the Palestinian
Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI).<BR><BR><B>The
Mobile Kitchen Lab Presents: beit Suad</B><BR><BR><B>FRIDAY March
15th</B><BR>(Performance and Dinner) <BR>8:00 PM – Co-presented by FUSE Magazine
and Israeli Apartheid Week Toronto<BR><BR><B>SATURDAY March 16th </B><BR>1:00 PM
(Workshop and Lunch)<BR><BR><B>SUNDAY March 17th</B><BR>1:00 PM (Workshop and
Lunch)<BR><BR>Venue: Xpace Cultural Centre, 303 Lansdowne Avenue, Suite 2</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.performanceart.ca">www.performanceart.ca</A><BR><BR>In
The Mobile Kitchen Lab, Basil AlZeri will be activating a utilitarian sculptural
work with a cooking performance guided by his mother, Suad, via Skype. At the
beginning of AlZeri's performance on Friday 15 March, audience members (the
guests) will participate in preparation, followed by a full Palestinian
gastronomical (sight/site) experience. AlZeri will be facilitating cooking
workshops on the two days following the performance. <BR><BR>AlZeri's
performances are part of the FADO Performance Art Centre: Emerging Artists
Series .sight.specific.<BR><BR>Curated by Francisco-Fernando
Granados<BR>Co-presented by Xpace Cultural Centre<BR><BR><B>Basil AlZeri</B> is
a Toronto-based Palestinian artist working in performance, video, installation,
food and public art interventions. His artwork is grounded in his practice as an
art educator and community worker, and engages with the intersection of everyday
actions and life necessities. AlZeri’s performance work has been exhibited in
Toronto (FADO, Nuit Blanche, Whipper Snapper Gallery), Quebec (Fait Maison 14),
Winnipeg (Central Canadian Centre for Performance), and Mexico (Transmuted
International Performance Art Festival, Performancear O Morir). Upcoming
projects include a public performance project with the Ottawa Art
Gallery/Creative Cities Conference, and performances in Chile and Argentina in
2013.<BR><BR>_______________________<BR><B>About IAW 2013</B><BR><BR>First
launched in Toronto in 2005, IAW has grown to become one of the most important
global events in the Palestine solidarity calendar. Last year, over 200 cities
around the world participated in the week's activities.<BR><BR>Endorsers of
Israeli Apartheid Week 2013 so far:<BR><BR>Afghans United for
Justice<BR>Ahmediyya Muslim Student Association (York University)<BR>Arab
Students Association (University of Toronto)<BR>Art for Justice (University of
Toronto)<BR>Association of Part-Time Undergraduate Students (University of
Toronto)<BR>BASICS<BR>Canadian Arab Federation<BR>Canadian Friends of
Sabeel<BR>CUPE 3903<BR>Centre for Social Justice<BR>Centre for Women & Trans
People (University of Toronto)<BR>Centre for Women & Trans People (York
University)<BR>Coalition for Tamil Rights<BR>Communist Party of
Canada<BR>Faculty for Palestine<BR>Filipino Youth Alliance (York
University)<BR>FUSE Magazine<BR>Gaza's Ark - Toronto<BR>Health For
All<BR>Independent Jewish Voices<BR>International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network
(IJAN) Canada<BR>Justicia for Migrant Workers<BR>Latin American & Caribbean
Solidarity Network<BR>Middle Eastern Students' Association (University of
Toronto)<BR>New Socialist Group<BR>No One Is Illegal - Toronto<BR>Not In Our
Name (NION): Jewish Voices Opposing Zionism<BR>Ontario Coalition Against
Poverty<BR>OPIRG-Toronto<BR>OPIRG - York<BR>Palestine
House<BR>QueerC.O.R.E.<BR>Queers Against Israeli Apartheid<BR>R3
Collective<BR>Rising Tide-Toronto<BR>Science for Peace<BR>Socialist
Action<BR>Students Against Israeli Apartheid - Mississauga<BR>Students for
Justice in Palestine - Ryerson<BR>Syrian Revolution Club (York
University)<BR>Teachers for Palestine<BR>Toronto Bolivia Solidarity<BR>Toronto
Students for Justice in Palestine<BR>United Network for Justice and Peace in
Palestine and Israel - Toronto<BR>Women in Solidarity with Palestine<BR>York
International Socialists<BR>York University Black Students
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