Events on Feb. 7 & 15 include internationally-known Mideast academic scholar, KC speakers, and Palestinian folklore
Feb. 7 event at Doubletree Hotel in Overland Park features Osama Abu Ishraid, KC area students on Gaza relief convoy, plus Arab singing and dance
American Muslims for Palestine--Kansas City invites you to “One Year Later: Besieged Gaza – Still Standing Tall,” a Palestinian folklore night.
Guest speakers:
- Osama Abu Irshaid, is completing a Ph.D. at Britain’s Loughborough University, and is the founder and editor in chief of Al-Meezan newspaper, published in Arabic in the United States. He is an internationally-known academic scholar on Mideast affairs.
- Sara Jawhari and Mohamad El-Housiny are two Kansas City area students and participants in the successful Viva Palestina medical aid convoy to Gaza.
- Nasheed singing by Munzer Talib and Ismael Alqadi
- Dabke dancing by Sanabel AlQuds
Feb. 15 event at UMKC provides update on KC area students experience providing medical relief to Palestinians
The Muslim Student Association at UMKC invites you to "Viva Palestina: Report back from Gaza." Local Kansas City students will report back on a life-changing journey through Europe and into Palestine, delivering humanitarian aid and medical supplies into war-torn Gaza.
 This aid convoy took place in December 2009 and was led by George Galloway, a member of British Parliament known for his anti-war views. Mohamed El-Housiny and Sara Jawhari will each speak of their first hand-experiences in the impoverished Gaza Strip, and the political resistance they faced along the way. Guests from 7thGIV, an independent group of students from Haskell Indian Nations University, will speak about their cultural exchange with youth in the West Bank last year. Panelists will also answer questions regarding their travels.
- Please join us for this informative and interactive session to raise awareness about the plight of Gaza.
- Pizza and refreshments will be served. Admission is free and open to all.
- Location: UMKC Royall Hall 111, 5200 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, Missouri
- When: Monday, February 15, 2010, 7:30 p.m.
- For more info, contact - umkcmsa@umkc.edu
- Event flyer - http://cjme.org/images/flyer-viva-palestina-umkc.pdf
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 There are two excellent resources available that complement these events, one is the video "One Year Later: Besieged Gaza Still Standing Tall" by the America Muslims for Palestine, sponsors of the February 7 event. The video shares stories from a child who last 30 members of her family, a father who lost a son, and a young father who witnessed the death of several family members during the Israeli onslaught of Gaza last year. Your heart will break when you hear the 13-year old girl on this video explain how she plans to help Palestinians after losing so many members of her family in the Israeli attacks last year. Attend a Super Bowl Day event on Feb. 7 to hear from Kansas City area residents back from a recent trip to Gaza. (video link - http://vimeo.com/8875824)
 The second resource is the film "The Shape of the Future" showing at All Souls Unitarian Universalist church, 4501 Walnut, Kansas City, Missouri as part of their Original Documentary film series. The film will be screened at 7:00 pm, Tuesday, February 23. The Shape of the Future is a documentary series produced by Common Ground Productions that explores what an eventual Palestinian-Israeli peace settlement might look like. It even-handedly examines the aspirations of both Israelis and Palestinians and demonstrates the possibility of a lasting, mutually satisfactory peace. Originally broadcast in Hebrew and Arabic on Israeli and Palestinian television, The Shape of the Future is now enjoying widespread international distribution. (film trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNNxNe-t1JA)
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