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Webinar: Samia Halaby on “Drawing the Kufr Qasem Massacre”

3 May 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Thursday, 3 September
7:00 pm London time (8:00 pm CEDT, 2:00 pm EDT, 11:00 am PDT)
Register online: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/4915228546403/WN_qOAUd8NKT32jfk-Y15Dc5g

Part of a series of webinars organized by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign: http://www.scottishpsc.org.uk/coming-events/join-the-programme-of-palestine-talks-during-2018

Samia Halaby is a renowned artist whose work is collected by the British Museum, the Guggenheim and other galleries around the world.

The 1956 Kafr Qasem massacre was carried out by the Israeli Border Police under cover of the tripartite attack on Egypt by England, France, and Israel. Two other massacres took place during the ensuing days in the cities of Rafah and Khan Younis, where over 400 Palestinian civilians were slaughtered by Israeli troops on their way to Egypt. In Kafr Qasem, an artifice was created to provide a fig-leaf excuse for the killing of innocent people — a curfew announced less than a half an hour before it was implemented. Workers returning home, tired and hungry, unaware of the curfew, were cold-bloodedly shot dead by members of the Israeli Border Police. Based on interviews with survivors, Samia Halaby created a set of documentary drawings on the subject. The emotions of anger and fear leap from every page of this book, enabling the reader to bear witness to the terrible suffering endured by the inhabitants of this small Palestinian village.

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Date:
3 May 2018
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7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Website:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/4915228546403/WN_qOAUd8NKT32jfk-Y15Dc5g