The film is quite long, but the 52-minute version has been accepted to the Montreal World Film Festival, so if anyone will be in Quebec at the end of the month please drop by.
Egyptian blogger Fantomas dedicates it to el presidente.
-A pro-resistance women’s candle vigil in Tahrir Square, on 2 August
-I’ve added more pix by Amr Abdallah of Artists & Writers For Change’s pro-Hizbollah demo, on 3 August
-Muslim Brothers’ protest at the Lawyers’ Syndicate in solidarity with the resistance, on 5 August
-A Kefaya demo in front of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, demanding the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador to Cairo, on 6 August
(UPDATE: Wael Abbas posted some good photos of the FM protest here.)
-Bassam Haddad also sent this video of Washington DC protests
10th August, 2006
We, the undersigned writers, gathered for a festival of literature in the idyllic Brazilian town of Paraty, cannot but help think of the innocent victims of wars in the Middle East.
The Israeli invasion of Lebanon is only the most recent addition to the litany of war and occupation. The deliberate destruction of the social infra-structure of Lebanon and the massacres of Marwahin, Qana and Srifa should awake the conscience of the world.
The mosque came under the siege of security forces since the morning. Plainclothes thugs were deployed by the police inside the mosque’s courtyard. The thugs clashed with the demonstrators, banning them from marching in the streets.
Photographer and friend Nasser Nouri was there…
Kefaya’s website reported a pro-resistance demo took place today in the town of Snoris in the Fayyoum oasis. Police cracked down on the demonstrators, arresting Kefaya activist Ahmad Fayedd. Another solidarity demo went out from Seedi Ghareeb Mosque in Suez.
No reports yet on the Zagazig and Damanhour demos…
Kefaya is also organizing a children’s march on the same day in Damanhour, capital of the Beheira governorate, to express solidarity with the Lebanese children. The march will start from the Al-Hassan And Al-Hussein Mosque, following the Friday prayers.
On Saturday, 12 August, the Hilaly Association for Defense of Civil Liberities has called for a demo in solidarity with Lebanon and Palestine, 12 noon, in front of the Lawyers’ Syndicate in Ramses Street. The Hilaly Association–headed by veteran leftist lawyers Ahmad Seif and Mohssen Shasha–was formed during Marxist lawyer Ahmad Nabil el-Hilaly‘s last July memorial. It includes rights lawyers from the left, Nasserists and Islamists.
A group of energetic activists in Cairo have started campaigning in solidarity with Lebanon. They’re doing many activities and more are to come (see below). This effort is significant and plans to go on for months, way after TV viewers become normalized about the daily death of victims of yet another Arab country. Now that hopes are diminishing by the second that the aggression against Lebanon won’t end anytime soon. They need volunteers to help them organize the many creative ideas they’re coming up with. Those of you who would like to contribute, please email Mohammed Yousri at moyousri – AT – gmail.com
Li-Beirut is a solidarity campaign initiated by a team of independent artists and activists based in Cairo in support of the victims of the brutal aggression against Lebanon.
Li-Beirut is comprised of a series of cultural and artistic events and an interactive online platform aimed at encouraging worldwide solidarity, support and donations for the victims of the Israeli war on Lebanon.
Li-Beirut cultural and artistic series will include music concerts, film screenings, poetry readings, book signings, exhibitions and a number of satellite events organized by partner groups.
Li-Beirut.com is hosted under the umbrella of a regional Arabic portal, Filbalad.com, and is an on-going initiative to raise awareness and mobilize support for Lebanon.
Incidentally, their name, Li-Beirut, comes from a famous song by the Lebanese diva Fairouz. It has been playing a lot in Egypt lately, including at the premium number set up by MobiNil and Vodafone Egypt (1410) to raise funds for Lebanese relief efforts. I’m making the song available here for anyone who wants to listen to it.