Arab Cultural Evening for Palestinian Land Day

Ana Min Hunak: I am from there…

Saturday, March 30
6:00 PM
Bonsor Banquet… Read more

Ana Min Hunak: I am from there…

Saturday, March 30
6:00 PM
Bonsor Banquet Hall, 6550 Bonsor Avenue, Burnaby, BC
(Near Metrotown) – Free Parking Available

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Join the Palestine Cultural Society and the organizing committee of the Vancouver Palestinian Shatat Conference for an Arab cultural evening commemorating Palestinian Land Day – experience Palestinian culture as we celebrate our connection to the land.

The cultural evening will be held in Bonsor Banquet Hall in Burnaby, BC.

Featuring:
*Palestinian and Arab music
*Delicious food
*Palestinian DABKEH performance
*Poetry and song
*Face-painting
*Art on display

Children are welcome – bring your family! This is an evening for community celebration, solidarity, and cultural resistance.

Tickets on sale in advance and at the door: $15 general admission, $10 for students, $45 group rate for a group of 4, $65 group rate for a group of 6. Children under 12 free.

To buy tickets online
For tickets, call:
Omar – 604-379-4050
Rima – 604-506-4765
Abdelaziz – 604-600-1561
Abdullah – 604-760-1058

**tickets will be limited: FIRST COME FIRST SERVE!**

Questions? Email palestinianconference@gmail.com!

Proceeds will support the Conference of the Palestinian Shatat in North America, taking place in Vancouver May 3-5, 2013!

We Lost “Splitting the Sky”, a Mohawk Warrior and Activist

Canada Palestine Association is deeply saddened by the recent passing … Read more

Canada Palestine Association is deeply saddened by the recent passing of Mohawk warrior and indigenous activist Splitting the Sky (John Boncore). The Palestinian people are indebted to Splitting the Sky for his enduring resistance and uncompromising anti-colonial positions, as well as his long time support of the Palestinian struggle. He was an early member of the American Indian Movement and also attempted a citizen’s arrest of U.S. President George W. Bush in 2009 in Calgary for war crimes and crimes against humanity .
We were honored to have him deliver a solidarity message on the occasion of the Int’l Day of Solidarity with the Palestinians in 2003 in Vancouver, an event that also featured the parents of Rachel Corrie.
Our condolences to his family, friends and nation; rest assured his legacy will carry on!

In Solidarity
Hanna Kawas
Chair, Canada Palestine Association
Cohost, Voice of Palestine

Sincere Condolences on the Passing of the Great Leader Hugo Chávez‏

Canada Palestine Association and Voice of Palestine Statement On the Passing… Read more

Canada Palestine Association and Voice of Palestine Statement On the Passing of Hugo Chávez

To Merli Vanegas:
Consul General of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Vancouver

Dear Merli Vanegas,

We were deeply saddened by the news of the passing of the great revolutionary leader Hugo Chávez.
In the name of Canada Palestine Association and Voice of Palestine, Canada, we send our sincere condolences to you, to the Bolivarian revolutionaries and to the Venezuelan people.
We are certain that the achievements and successes of the revolution will be maintained and advanced. We are also certain that the US designs to economically and militarily control the world and its resources will be stopped and defeated.
Long live international solidarity between the Venezuelan people and the Palestinian and Arab peoples.

The Struggle Continues.

Hanna Kawas
Chairperson, Canada Palestine Association
Co-Host, Voice of Palestine

Deepa Kumar on: Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire

Deepa Kumar on “Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire” … Read more

Deepa Kumar on “Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire” Book
Public Forum on Coast Salish Territories [Vancouver BC Canada]

Saturday, Mar. 2, 7:00 – 9:00pm
Rm. 1700, SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W. Hastings Street, Vancouver

Monday, Mar. 4, 12:30 – 2:00pm
UBC Student Union Building, Rm. 207 – 209

Monday, Mar. 4, 7:00 – 9:00pm
Conference Centre – Room A – Cedar4 Building 1205A
Kwantlen Polytechnic University – Surrey Campus 12666 72 Avenue

Tuesday, Mar. 5 – 12:30 – 2:00pm
Langara Community College, 100 W. 49Th, Rm. TBA

Deepa Kumar is an Associate Professor of Media Studies and Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University.

Dr. Kumar discusses how racism is as central to contemporary American imperialist policies now as it was when war was waged against North America’s original inhabitants. She explores historical encounters between Islam and the west, debunking the myth that these can be understood in terms of a “clash of civilizations”.

ORGANIZED BY Seriously Free Speech Committee – Vancouver.
FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED BY the Hari Sharma Foundation; the Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group; and the UBC Social Justice Committee.
ENDORSED BY Afgans United for Justice; Boycott Israel Apartheid Committee; Canada Palestine Association; Canada Palestine Support Network; Critical Race and Postcolonial Feminist Theory Research Network; Independent Jewish Voices; Kwantlen University Critical Criminology Working Group; South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD); UBC Colour Connected; UBC Solidarity with Palestinian Human Rights Committee, Westcoast Sheen; and the Siraat Collective.

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Contact: Seriously Free Speech Committee: Brian Campbell – 604-254-1803 and Kathy Copps – 604-436-4850.