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DESCRIPTION:International Jewish Solidarity Network  \n\npresents a screening 
 of…\n\nArna's Children\n\nScreening and Discussion with Director\n$5 to 
 $10 suggested donation\nNo one turned away for lack of funds\n\nPresented 
 by JULIANO MER KHAMIS and\n\nDR. MERVAT AIASH of THE FREEDOM 
 THEATRE:\n\nThe Jenin Refugee Camp,\n\nWest Bank, Palestine\n\nDuring the 
 first Intifada (Palestinian uprising) in 1988 an Israeli Jewish woman named 
 Arna Mer Khamis set up the Stone Theatre in the Jenin Refugee Camp of the 
 West Bank as a safe place for children to express themselves through the 
 theatrical arts.  In 1993, Arna was awarded the Alternative Nobel Prize in 
 Sweden.  During the second Intifada (2000-2006) the Stone Theatre was 
 destroyed by the Israeli army's invasion in 2002.  Building on the goals 
 and legacy of the Stone Theatre, Arna's son, Juliano and residents of Jenin 
 opened the Freedom Theatre to serve both the children and the adults of the 
 Jenin Refugee Camp. \n\n \n\nIn just two years, the Freedom Theatre has 
 become recognized as a leader in Palestinian theatre and the international 
 progressive theatre community.  There are partnerships with groups and 
 theatre companies in:  New York, Seattle, Berlin, London, Amsterdam, 
 Athens, Baghdad, Beirut, Sydney, Buenos Aries, Cairo, Paris, Brussels, 
 Milan, Calgary and Sweden.  Members of the Freedom Theatre's Board of 
 Directors include Noam Chomsky, Mahmoud Darwish, Judith Butler, Howard 
 Brenton, among others.  US advisors include Maya Angelou, Yoav Elinevsky, 
 Danny Glover and Mariam Said.\n\n \n\nJoin the International Jewish 
 Solidarity Network (IJSN) for a discussion about culture as resistance and 
 the role of solidarity activists.\n\nIJSN is a growing international 
 network of Jews whose Jewish identities are not based on Zionism but on a 
 plurality of histories and experiences. We share a commitment to 
 participation in the legacy of struggles against colonization and 
 imperialism. As such, we struggle against Zionism and its manifestation in 
 the State of Israel's historic and ongoing ethnic cleansing of the 
 Palestinian people and the confiscation of their land. This colonial 
 project also dishonors the persecution, displacement and genocide of 
 European Jews by using their memory to justify and perpetuate European 
 authoritarianism and colonialism. It is responsible for the extensive 
 displacement and alienation of Mizrahi Jews (Jews of Sephardi, Asian and 
 African descent) from indigenous identities, languages, histories, cultures 
 and homelands and attempts to reduce all of our diverse cultural, 
 religious, ethnic and racial identities to one of national identity. As 
 such, it implicates us in the oppression of the Palestinian people and in 
 the debasement of our own heritages, struggles for justice and alliances 
 with our fellow human beings. \n\n 
 \nwww.thefreedomtheatre.org\n\nwww.ijsn.net\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/23/18510530.php
SUMMARY:Oakland: Screening of "Arna's Children"
LOCATION:The Humanist Hall\n390 27th St (near broadway)\nOakland, CA 94612
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/23/18510530.php
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