Announcement

1 – 15 May 2003:

Campaign for the COMMEMORATION OF THE 55^th ANNIVERSARY of the PALESTINIAN NAKBA on Palestinian Television Stations

(An Initiative of the Palestinian TV Network Ma’an in Cooperation with BADIL Resource Center)

(E/21/03)

BADIL Resource Center
1 May 2003
For Immediate Release

Between 1 – 15 May 2003 local TV stations in Palestine, members of the Ma’an Network, will present a series of films documenting the Palestinian Nakba. Films will be broadcast daily starting from 08:00 p.m. by the following TV stations:

Hebron: Al-Amal TV
Bethlehem: Bethlehem TV
Ramallah: Al-Quds Educational TV and Al-Watan TV
Nablus: Nablus TV and Bees
Jericho: Al-Nour TV
Jenin: Farah TV
Qalqilya: Qalqilya TV
Tulkarem: Al-Salam TV

Among the film productions scheduled for presentation are:

‘Yoom Ilak, Yoom Aleik: Refugees from Jerusalem 1948’ (BADIL 1998);
‘Showq al-Sabbar:’ Cactus Thorn: a series about life in West Bank Palestinian refugee camps (BADIL 2000);
‘Experiencing Return:’ Refugee ‘return visits’ to their villages of origin (BADIL 2000);
‘Bayt Jibreen’ (BADIL 1999);
‘The Children of Shatila’ (May Masri)
‘The Dreams of Exile’ (May Masri)
‘Mahmoud Darwish’ (Simon Biton)
Additional films, as well as video clips and ads, will remind us all:

55 YEARS OF PALESTINIAN NAKBA ARE ENOUGH!

NO PEACE WITHOUT THE RIGHT OF RETURN FOR PALESTINIAN REFUGEES!

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