[tadamon-l] [Montreal] Resistance & Hezbollah: TUESDAY, March 20th

[Tadamon!]

Soha Bechara Returns to Lebanon:
Resistance & Hezbollah.

An evening of film, discussion & music...

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TUESDAY, March 20th
Doors: 7:30pm
Suggested Donation: $7-10
Mile End Cultural Center
5390 St. Laurent
[corner St. Viateur]
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* Film Projection:
Soha Returns to the Country of Hezbollah [French]

* Middle Eastern Music: Hassan el-Hadi on Oud
DJ Leila P / DJ Kandis

http://tadamon.resist.ca/index.php/post/550

This event will feature the first public screening in Canada of a recently 
released T.V. documentary on Soha Béchara. Béchara is a symbol of the movement 
of national resistance against Israeli occupation of South Lebanon. A former 
Lebanese political prisoner, Béchara spent 10 years in Khiam prison of south 
Lebanon. Béchara was released in 1998 after a major international campaign for 
her liberation.

The film documents Béchara's first visit to Lebanon following the 2006 Israeli 
attack. This powerful documentary portrays Béchara's interactions and 
discussions in Lebanon in the wake of the Israeli attack, demystifying 
Hezbollah and Lebanese resistance, while examining the political complexities 
of the country.

Tadamon! presents this film in an attempt to uncover common myths regarding 
Lebanon and the Lebanese national resistance perpetuated by the Canadian 
government and the mainstream media. Canada currently categorizes Hezbollah as 
a "terrorist" organization, while Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, qualified the 
devastating 2006 Israeli attack on Lebanon as a "measured response". Canada's 
current political positions toward the Middle East undermine the legitimate 
Lebanese and Palestinian national resistance. Domestically Canadian authorities 
actively criminalize, utilizing "anti-terror" legislation, migrant communities 
in North America who support popular movements against Israeli apartheid and 
occupation.

Join Tadamon! for a popular film screening, aimed at creating a space for 
genuine political debate regarding Hezbollah and Canada's position toward 
Lebanon's national resistance.

Info: http://tadamon.resist.ca / 514 664 1036 / tadamon[at]resist.ca

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