[IPSM] Montreal: ABU ARAB & the "NAJI EL ALI" Band: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6th - Benefit Concert for Palestinian Refugees in Canada

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Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:47:19 -0500
From: Palestinian Refugees - Montreal <refugees at riseup.net>


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ABU ARAB & the "NAJI EL ALI" Band
Revolutionary & Traditional Sounds of Palestine!

A Fundraising Concert for Palestinian refugees facing deportation from
Canada

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6th @ 7:00PM
Oscar Peterson Concert Hall
7141 Sherbrooke St. West
{Metro Vendome - take Bus 105 direction West
on Sherbrooke St. & get off at Loyola Campus}
Ticket price: $20.00
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To listen to one of the most popular songs of Abu Arab go to:
http://www.abunasser.com/song/abu3arb10.rm

To Purchase Tickets: Call 514.591.3171 or Email refugees at riseup.net
OR Go to the following location: Weekdays from 10am to 5pm
at Al-Taib Restaurant on 2125 Guy Street (just above de Maisonneuve St.)
and ask for Ahmad.

Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh Mater, well known as 'Abu Arab', has performed his
art all over the world with the 'Naji Al Ali Group', playing traditional
Arab and Palestinian music instruments, such as 'Oud, Yarghool &
Shubbabbah, in order to retain Palestinian revolutionary cultural
traditions through performance. On February 6th, Abu Arab will end his
Canadian Tour with an extremely motivating and inspiring performance in
Montreal, which will resonate with the spirits of all who stand in
solidarity with the Palestinian liberation struggle, which Abu Arab so
greatly represents through the sounds of his songs.

Abu Arab is one of the most popular and greatest Palestinian poets and
folkloric singers, who are a main source of inspiration for the revival of
Palestinian traditional and revolutionary popular songs, which are an
integral part of the Palestinian culture, history and resistance. He is
well-known and extremely popular throughout Palestine, in the Palestinian
refugee camps across the Arab world, and in the Palestinian Diaspora. Abu
Arab was born to a family of great poets in the province of Nazareth in
Palestine in 1932. He was expelled from Palestine in 1948 and fled to
Syria where he has lived as a refugee since.

This concert aims to voice solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for
self-determination throughout the world, from the Occupied Territories, to
the refugee camps of the Arab world, to the fight against Palestinian
deportations on the streets of Montreal. The proceeds of the concert will
go directly to support Palestinian refugees in Montreal and throughout
Canada who, for more than two years, have been struggling against
deportation and fighting for their status in Canada.

This is a show not to be missed!

-> ORGANIZED BY:
The Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees
http://refugees.resist.ca
Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) www.sphr.org
The Canadian-Palestinian Foundation of Quebec www.cpfmontreal.org

For more Info: 514.591.3171 / refugees at riseup.net

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