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Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Fri, 08/22/2008 - 7:56pm.
Aug 23 2008 - 10:00am There will be a film showing at 8 PM. Project artists and leaders will be on-site at the wall this Saturday. We encourage community members to stop by and join us for conversation, paint a tile leaf, and attend an 8pm film screening at the wall of Bil’in Habibti (Bil’in, My Love), a documentary about the town of Bil’in in the West Bank. The villagers of Bil’in, and those who stand in solidarity with them, have for years engaged in weekly non-violent demonstrations to alter the course of the separation wall through their farmlands. Work on the mural will continue throughout the weekend, when the mural’s central image will be completed: an ancient, gnarled olive tree representing life and growth, movement upwards from strong roots, and a traditional aspect of the Palestinian landscape, culture, and economy. Over a million olive trees have been uprooted to build settlements and the separation wall; the International Court of Justice has ruled that the separation wall illegally appropriates Palestinian land within the 1967 Green Line.Saturday, August 23, 2008, Labor Temple Building North Wall 119 Capitol Way, Olympia WA 98501 For more information: Official Launch of the Olympia-Rafah Mural Project |
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So glad
Submitted by andy_d on Fri, 08/22/2008 - 8:42pm.Thanks Rob! Project
Submitted by Oly-Rafah Mural on Sat, 08/23/2008 - 1:50am.