PRESS INVITE: S.Africa's Home Affairs Minister and the Mayor of South Africa's Capital City (Tshwane/Pretoria) are to speak at Women's Month Film Screening of "Leila Khaled"
[Today, Thurs 29 Aug, Pretoria]
The South African Students Congress, University of Pretoria Palestine Solidarity Committee and the Muslim Students Association are hosting a Women's Month Palestine solidarity event with South Africa's Minister of Home Affairs, Ms Naledi Pandor and the Mayor of Tshwane/Pretoria, Mr Kgosientso Ramokgopa together with a film screening of the award-winning movie "Leila Khaled" (see below for information on the film). The event is scheduled to take place today, Thursday (29 August) starting at 16h00.
CELEBRATING WOMEN'S MONTH,CELEBRATING INTERNATIONALISM!
- Celebrating women heroes of the anti-apartheid struggle, and women of the Palestinian struggle against Israeli apartheid
Main Speaker: South Africa's Minister of Home Affairs, Naledi Pandor
Guest Speaker: Mayor of Tshwane, Kgosientso Ramokgopa
Film to be screened: "Leila Khaled" (see below)
Time: Starting from 16H00
Day: Today (Thursday, 29 August)
Venue: Lecture Hall 3-2, Thuto Building, Hatfield Campus, University of Pretoria, Pretoria/Tshwane
Parking: Use Entrance 12
ABOUT "LEILA KHALED" (THE WOMAN AND THE FILM)
LEILA KHALED, THE WOMAN: Leila Khaled has been dubbed "the poster girl of the Palestinian struggle". Khaled's image flashed across the world after she hijacked a passenger jet in 1969 and made world history by becoming the first woman to hijack an airplane. The picture of a young, determined looking woman with a checkered kuffiyah scarf, clutching an AK-47, was as era-defining as that of Che Guevara, Ruth First and other political figures from our recent past.
Click here for a Guardian Newspaper interview with Leila Khaled.
LEILA KHALED, THE FILM: As a Palestinian child growing up in Sweden, filmmaker Lina Makboul admired Leila Khaled for her bold actions. However, as an adult, Makboul began asking complex questions about the legacy created by her childhood hero, Leila Khaled. This fascinating documentary is at once a portrait of Leila Khaled, an exploration of the filmmaker (Lina Makboul's) own understanding of her Palestinian identity, and a complicated examination of the nebulous dichotomy between "terrorist" and "freedom fighter."
Click here to go to the website "Women Make Movies" for more information on the film "Leila Khlaed" as well as to watch its trailer.
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"When I was confined and restricted. I got my inspiration from the very knowledge…that our struggle is an international struggle for the dignity of humanity…just that knowledge alone that we belong to a family of humanity in a society where we have been completely rejected by a minority…this alone sustains you."
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