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{page:</style><span
style="font-family: Times;">In
honor of <b>International Women's Day</b> and all of the women who</span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Times;">strengthen,
protect,
defend and maintain our families, communities and</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Times;">movements
for
justice and liberation:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Times;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Times;">Join
us for Bay Area exclusive screening of <b>Where Should the Birds Fly</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Times;">by
Palestinian film maker <b>Fida Qishta</b> – an account of her and Mona</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Times;">Samouni's
experiences
in Gaza during the Israeli attacks in December 2008</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Times;">and
January 2009 and the on-going struggle of the people of Gaza to survive</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Times;">and
find freedom. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Times;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-family: Times;">Monday,
March 18 @ 7 PM</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-family: Times;">New
Parkway Theater</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-family: Times;">474
24th Street, Oakland</span></b><span style="font-family: Times;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Times;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Times;">The
screening will be followed by a panel discussion with the film maker,
Fida</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Times;">Qishta,
and local activists confronting violence in their communities. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Times;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Times;">Tickets
are $10 and can be purchased online at:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Times;"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/346114"><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 233);">http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/346114</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Times;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Times;">“Where
should the Birds Fly” documents the Iraeli invasion of Gaza in December
2008
and January 2009, brutally repeated in November, 2012.<span style=""> </span>It
tells the story of two courageous
young Palestinian Women: Mona Samouni, now 12 years old, and the
filmmaker,
Fida Qishta, now 27.<span style=""> </span>It is also about
the struggle of these two women to find human and hope, and some sense
of
normality in a world that is anything but normal.<span style=""> </span>Through
the lens of the camera, we see the different sides
of Gaza—the border, the lives of farmers and fishermen, the impact of
military
attack, and the effort to pic, up shattered lives and maintain humanity.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-family: Times;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-family: Times;">Sponsors:</span></b><span
style="font-family: Times;"> Middle East Children's Alliance, Arab
Resource and Organizing</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Times;">Center,
International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, Global Women's Strike, Arab
Cultural
and Community Center, Arab and Muslim</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Times;">Ethnicities
&
Diasporas (AMED) @ San Francisco State Univ., Bay Area</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: Times;">Women
in Black, Break the Silence Media and Art Project, East Side Arts</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;">Alliance,
Freedom Archives, US Palestinian Community Network</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Times;">About
the filmmaker:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;">Fida
Qishta is a Palestinian camerawoman, editor, and filmmaker.<span
style=""> </span>Since 2006, she has worked as a
journalist, producing news stories and documentaries in the Gaza Strip.<span
style=""> </span>Her articles appeared in the U.K.
Observer and Guardian newspapers and the International Herald Tribune.<span
style=""> </span>She is a qualified teacher and in 2004
founded the Life Makers Center in Rafah, Gaza, teaching English and
drama to
traumatized children.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;">“When
I started to film in Gaza, it wasn’t a film.<span style=""> </span>In
my mind, it was news.<span style=""> </span>But when I came to the US
with all these materials, I
thought this is my history.<span style=""> </span>Nearly
five years of work filming that I couldn’t leave behind.<span style="">
</span>Mona’s stories made me think a
lot.<span style=""> </span>I couldn’t leave Mona’s story
in a drawer.<span style=""> </span>It was a reflection
of all the work I did in Gaza with the Lifemakers Center, helping
children.<span style=""> </span>Being a woman, it was
difficult to film in Gaza.<span style=""> </span>I would
go to events where all the men were filming and the women would stand
behind
holding the microphone, or come to say just a few words.<span style="">
</span>I wanted to be part of the whole thing,
not standing behind” –Fida Qishta</span></p>
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