[Bloquez l'empire!] Presentation and Workshop--George Rishmawi: Covering Occupation from the Grassroots (January 15th-18th)

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January 15th-18th, 2008:  "Covering Occupation from the Grassroots" - An
evening with George Rishmawi, founder of the International Middle East
Media Center (Bethlehem, Palestine)

*Tour Dates*
Tuesday - January 15th, Montreal, McGill University @ 7:00PM, Leacock 26
(855 Sherbrooke W.).

Wednesday - January 16th, Ottawa, Carleton University @ 7:00 PM, Azrieli
Theatre 301 (1125 Colonel By Drive).

Thursday - January 17th, Kingston, Ontario. Queens University @ 7:00PM,
Room TBA. Contact: sphr.queens at gmail.com

Friday - January 18th, Toronto, Ontario. Ryerson University  @ 7:00PM,
Room TBA. Contact: sphr.ryerson at gmail.com

*Tour Details*
>From January 15th-18th, Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights, along
with campus and community radio stations in Quebec and Ontario, will host
George Rishmawi on a tour of eastern Canada.  Mr. Rishmawi is the founder
of the International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC) and co-founder of
the International Solidarity Movement.  He will discuss the establishment
and work of the IMEMC, focusing on untold news stories such as non-violent
resistance, which are rarely mentioned in most media about the region.

The IMEMC is a media center developed in collaboration between Palestinian
and international journalists to provide independent English language
media coverage of Israel-Palestine.  Over the last several years, the
IMEMC has distributed daily and weekly updates, offering on the ground
coverage of the occupation.  As a joint Palestinian-International effort,
the IMEMC combines Palestinian journalists' deep understanding of the
history and the socio-political context with International journalists'
independent reporting skills. Mr. Rishmawi's lecture will address covering
a more personal side of conflict while developing a media center devoted
to bringing independent journalists to Palestine.  He will also present a
few short video clips produced by the IMEMC.

Since 2005, CKUT Radio in Montreal has worked in conjunction with the
IMEMC to send CKUT producers and university students from the Montreal
area to intern in Palestine.  During this time, interns have filed reports
on Palestinians living under apartheid rule in Israel and produced stories
on the situation of Palestinians enduring the Israeli military occupation
of Palestine.  Interns have produced interviews, documentaries, and aided
with the IMEMC's daily and weekly updates - all of which have aired on
campus and community radio stations across Canada.  One former intern,
Seth Porcello, a McGill student and CKUT producer, received the 2007
National Campus Community Radio Association's Award for Documentary Entry.
 His piece, titled "The Shouting Mountain," is an audio portrait of the
border between the occupied Golan Heights and Syria illustrated by field
recordings from the area.  Seth will join Mr. Rishmawi during this tour to
present about the opportunities that exist at the IMEMC for university
students and the general public.

*Information*
International Middle East Media Center - http://www.imemc.org
Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights - http://www.sphr.org

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