It is one of the rare times in recent years that a group of Palestinian musicians from 1948 Palestine and the Golan Heights will be presenting a show of rich traditional Palestinian music. The group will be in a North American tour with stops in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, New Jersey, New York and DC.
The Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees and the Palestinian and The Right to Return Coalition of North America (Al-Awda), invite you to an evening of music and singing performed by Al- Awda a folkloric musical group from Palestine.
The Al-Awda group is part of the Zaitoun Association which was formed in Palestine by artists and musicians from the Galilee in 2000. The Zaitoun Association's goal is to preserve Palestinian culture and work on deepening ties between Palestinians and their culture. The name "Zaitoun" in Arabic means olives. It was chosen to demonstrate Palestinians strong attachment to their land, particularly to the olive tree with all the symbolism of resistance, history and culture it carries.
Through their music Al-Awda aims to express the feeling of Palestinian suffering and resistance through music written in complex Arabic notes. The group specializes in singing and playing traditional cultural songs, in addition to modern music. Al-Awda's music is also viewed as a cultural representation of the central issue to the ongoing Palestinian liberation struggle, the right of return for refugees to 1948 Palestine.
All Proceeds go to support the building of Al-Awda Palestine Centers in North America.
Details for all cities:
MONTREAL
Saturday August 21st, 2004
Time: 7pm, 20$
D.B. Clarke Theater
Concordia University
1455 De Maisonneuve West
(Metro Guy-Concordia)
For More Infomation:
Phone: 514 591 3171
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://refugees.resist.ca & http://www.al-awda.org
OTTAWA
Date: Sunday August 22nd, 2004
Place: Carleton University
Alumni Theatre, Southam Hall
1125 Colonel by Drive Ottawa Ontario
Time: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Ticket: $20
To purchase tickets contact: 613-261-9391 and 613-866-9808
For more infomation contact us through: Phone: 613-261-9391, 613-866-9808
Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.al-awda.org /
http://www.sphr.org
TORONTO
Thursday, August 26, 2004 - 7:00 PM
University of Toronto Medical Sciences Bldg
Auditorium 1 King's College Circle
(near Queens Park Subway Station)
For tickets and information contact: 416-858-9314
WASHINGTON, DC
Friday, August 27th, 2004
Time: 7:00pm, Tickets: $20
St. Peter & Paul Orthodox Church - Party Room
10620 River Road
Potomac, MD 20854
To purchase tickets contact: Samia Saleh at 703-599-1184 /
NEW JERSEY
AL-AWDA Musical Troupe in NJ
Saturday, August 28
Doors Open at 7:00 PM, Show at 7:30 PM
Al-Solimanya
2877 J.F. Kennedy Blvd. 2nd Floor at Journal Square
Jersey City, NJ
Buy your tickets online!
http://www.newjerseysolidarity.org/awdabandtickets.html
or call (973)954-2521 or email
For more information, please contact:
New Jersey Solidarity - Activists for the Liberation of Palestine
http://www.newjerseysolidarity.org/
973-954-2521
Sunday, August 29, 2004 @ 7 p.m
Alwan for the Arts
16 Beaver Street 4th floor
NYC
Directions: In the Financial District between Broadway & Broad
Subway: 4,5 Bowling Green R,W Whitehall 2,3 Wall
Street J,M Broad Street 1,9 South Ferry
http://www.alwan.org/info/