[R-G] (Audio Interview) George Rishmawi - Covering Occupation from the Grassroots

[CKUT Community News Collective]

Length: 26m37s
Recording Date: 9 Jan, 2008
Produced By: CKUT's Under the Olive Tree (Thursdays 11am-Noon)
Info: www.ckut.ca

An interview with George Rishmawi, founder of the International Middle
East Media Center (Bethlehem, Palestine).  From January 15th-18th,
Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights, along with campus and community
radio stations in Quebec and Ontario, will host George Rishmawi on a
tour of eastern Canada.

http://www.ncra.ca/business/admin_ncra/progex/programFiles/53/Rishmawi.mp3

or

http://secure.ckut.ca/64/20080110.11.07-11.35.mp3

*Tour Details*
George Rishmawi is the founder of the International Middle East Media
Center (IMEMC) and co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement.
He will discuss the establishment and work of the IMEMC, focusing on 
untold news stories  such as non-violent resistance, which are rarely 
mentioned in most media about the region.

The IMEMC is a media center developed in collaboration between
Palestinian and international journalists to provide independent English
language media coverage of Israel-Palestine.  Over the last several
years, the IMEMC has distributed daily and weekly updates, offering on
the ground coverage of the occupation.  As a joint 
Palestinian-International effort, the IMEMC combines Palestinian
journalists' deep understanding of the history and the socio-political
context with International journalists' independent reporting skills.
Mr. Rishmawi's lecture will address covering a more personal side of
conflict while developing a media center devoted to bringing independent
journalists to Palestine.  He will also present a few short video clips
produced by the IMEMC.

Since 2005, CKUT Radio in Montreal has worked in conjunction with the
IMEMC to send CKUT producers and university students from the Montreal
area to intern in Palestine.  During this time, interns have filed
reports on Palestinians living under apartheid rule in Israel and
produced stories on the situation of Palestinians enduring the Israeli
military occupation of Palestine.  Interns have produced interviews,
documentaries, and aided with the IMEMC's daily and weekly updates - all
of which have aired on campus and community radio stations across
Canada.  One former intern, Seth Porcello, a McGill student and CKUT
producer, received the 2007 National Campus Community Radio
Association's Award for Documentary Entry.  His piece, titled "The
Shouting Mountain," is an audio portrait of the border between the
occupied Golan Heights and Syria illustrated by field recordings from
the area.  Seth will join Mr. Rishmawi during this tour to present about
the opportunities that exist at the IMEMC for university students and
the general public.

*Tour Dates*
Tuesday - January 15th, Montreal, McGill University @ 7:00PM, Leacock 26
(855 Sherbrooke W.).
Wednesday - January 16th, Ottawa, Carleton University @ 7:00 PM, Azrieli
Theatre 301 (1125 Colonel By Drive).
Thursday - January 17th, Kingston, Ontario. Queens University @ 7:00PM,
Room TBA. Contact: sphr.queens at gmail.com
Friday - January 18th, Toronto, Ontario. Ryerson University @ 7:00PM,
Student Centre, 55 Gould St, 1st floor (All Purpose Room).

*Information*
International Middle East Media Center - http://www.imemc.org
Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights - http://www.sphr.org

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