Coming soon… Festival 2012

We are getting excited and hope you are too…  the Third Annual Hebron Leichhardt Refugee Festival of Friendship is on again soon, and a chance to make another contribution to pre-school education in communities under siege.

When: Saturday, 23 June 2012
Where: Leichhardt Town Hall (cnr Marion & Norton Sts, Leichhardt)
Time: Midday to 8pm

Keep in touch for frequent updates as our plans are confirmed and we announce our speakers, our music, our plans. We look forward to seeing you for brunch at 12 o’clock lunchtime on Saturday 23 June and hoping you stay all day.   More details here… 

Hebron: microcosm of Israeli apartheid? Forum speakers confirmed

We’re pleased to announce that the speakers for the forum at this year’s Festival of Friendship have been confirmed.  The forum will explore the issue of apartheid in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and will feature academic Ghassan Hage, writer Randa Abdel-Fattah and anti-apartheid veteran Kolin Thumbadoo as speakers, and journalist Antony Loewenstein as moderator.

A child sits amid the rubble of his demolished home.

Forum topic: Hebron: microcosm of Israeli apartheid?
Time: 3 – 5pm, Saturday 23 June
Place: Leichhardt Town Hall

Read more about the forum, and our distinguished panel of speakers, here…

 

Thank you

Getting the festival organised is a big job, and we’d like to say thanks to everyone who is helping. Today’s special thank you is to BDS South Africa, who are leading the international solidarity movement against Israeli apartheid. Check out the BDS South Africa website; it has a very good section on greenwashing and video of the Russell Tribunal.

http://www.bdssouthafrica.com/

Hebron Glass & Ceramics Factory products exclusive to Festival of Friendship

A great range of Hebron ceramics will be available exclusively at the Festival

We are pleased to announce that a selection of handmade ceramics direct from Hebron will be sold at our festival on 23 June, 2012. All proceeds will go to support our kindergarden projects in the South Hebron Hills. These ceramics have been produced in the Hebron Glass and Ceramics Factory. You can read more about the Factory and the story of its owners, Mr Hamdi and his brother:

Exciting addition to Festival of Friendship: Aromatherapy specialists Perfect Potion

We’re delighted to announce that the latest stall confirmed for the Festival of Friendship on 23 June is Australian aromatherapy company Perfect Potion. Perfect Potion have a range of products made from Palestinian Olive Oil, including soaps, skin lotions and hand creams. They were the first Australian company to obtain certified natural cosmetics (BDIH) status from Europe for the majority of products. The majority of the essential oils that Perfect Potion offers are certified organic.  You can see the whole selection of products on the Perfect Potion website.

Come to the festival to support fair trade products that support Palestinian communities!

Got books?

Browsing the secondhand bookstall at the 2011 Festival of Friendship

The Hebron-Leichhardt Festival of Friendship is taking place on 23 June, 2012, at Leichhardt Town Hall, and once again a highlight of the festival will be the opportunity to browse a great range of secondhand books. To make this happen again this year we need your donations!

If you’ve got good-quality secondhand books looking for new homes, please bring them along on the day to donate to our bookstall, or contact us to drop them off beforehand: hebronleichhardt@gmail.com.

Where does the money go?

The Festival of Friendship is a cultural event highlighting the ongoing Palestinian refugee crisis and raising much-needed funds for early education facilities in the South Hebron Hills in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Funds raised at the bookstall will go towards this appeal.

Leichhardt Friends of Hebron Annual General Meeting

2pm, Sunday 29 April, 2012
Leichhardt Town Hall

An important event for all Friends of Hebron, please come and elect the committee for the coming year, hear a report on what we have done and our plans for this coming year.  http://www.facebook.com/events/284290868326361/

A reminder that membership renewals are due now.

Film: “Return to Gaza” 3 for 3:30pm, Sunday 29 April, 2012
Or arrive at 3pm for  light refreshments then, at 3:30pm, we will screen our film “Return to Gaza” about, Fetah Sabawi, a Palestinian Australian, born on a refugee camp in Jordan, who wants to return to Gaza with his family. See the trailer here
All welcome, entry is free, your donation appreciated.
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