[tadamon-l] [Montreal] Sunday! Artists Against Apartheid II.

[Tadamon!]

ARTISTS AGAINST APARTHEID II
an evening of poetry, spoken word and musical performances.

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY, 17th, 8pm
O Patro Vys
356 Mont-Royal east
(mount royal metro)
suggested donation: 7-15$
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http://tadamon.resist.ca/index.php/post/1159

A cultural event organized by Tadamon! Montreal, the second in a series 
under the banner Artists Against Apartheid, aiming to unite Montreal 
artists in support of the growing international movement to boycott 
Israeli apartheid; an event taking place within the context of Israeli 
Apartheid Week throughout the world...

performances from.

* SYNCOP: A North African music ensemble celebrated in Montreal and 
internationally, known for fusing Rai music with reggae & hip-hop 
elements: http://syncop.org/

* Mohamed Mehdi & Emperess Deqa: Indian ocean reggae, a duo performance 
uniting Somali & Indian inspired melodies...

* Malcolm Goldstein: Internationally respected jazz violinist playing 
excerpt from Fragments of the Wall, a larger music-theater piece, 
including a reading of Fooling the Killers a poem by Palestinian poet, 
Taha Mummad Ali.

* 23 (tu-three): A Muslim hip-hop artist transplanted from Florida now 
residing in Montréal, who will be performing a series of hip-hop pieces 
for Artists Against Apartheid...

* Marc Tetrault: Montreal reggae artist with Jai Guru & activist singing 
smooth acoustic reggae sounds... http://www.myspace.com/jaigurumusic

poetry from...

* Kaie Kellough: Acclaimed Montreal spoken-word poet, author of Lettricity 
and active member of the literary community, who has read his work in 
Ottawa, Toronto, Halifax, New York, and Thunder Bay, while being a 
featured artist in CBC's 2003 Canada Reads series... 
http://www.cumuluspress.com/author.k.kellough.html

* Ghada Chehade: Palestinian poet & social justice activist with family 
roots in Nahr el-Bared refugee camp currently writing a book on US foreign 
policy in the Middle East...

* Fortner Anderson: As a poet Fortner Anderson's poems are found on 
several CD compilations and have been published internationally, recent 
performance venues have included the Banff Centre (Alberta), Cabaret 
(Montreal), the Rivoli (Toronto), St-Mark's Church (New York), and Genoa, 
Italy where he opened the 8th edition of the Genoa International Poetry 
Festival.

* Trish Salah: Montreal-based writer who is half-Lebanese currently 
teaches at Simone de Beauvoir Institute & is the former editor of FUSE 
magazine & her first book of poetry "Wanting in Arabic". Trish works on 
social justice issues concerning Palestinian solidarity, transsexual, 
transgender & sex workers rights.


This event will benefit Tadamon! Montreal's ongoing work and campaign 
directed at building solidarity between movements for social & economic 
justice from Montreal to the Middle East. Tadamon!'s ongoing political 
campaigns operating in Canada, including the campaign for Boycott, 
Sanctions & Divestment of the apartheid Israeli state & the campaign to 
challenge the listing of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization by the 
Canadian government.

* Tadamon!: De-listing Hezbollah
http://tadamon.resist.ca/index.php/campaigns/de-listing-hezbollah

* Tadamon!: Boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israeli apartheid
http://tadamon.resist.ca/index.php/campaigns/boycott-divestment-and-sanctions-against-israeli-apartheid

Tadamon! Montreal
http://tadamon.resist.ca / 514 664 1036 / tadamon[at]resist.ca

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