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This is the third year in a row that Sumoud Political Prisoners Solidarity Group (http://sumoud.tao.ca) and the Arab Students’ Collective have put together a night of great Arabic music to fundraise in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners.The emphasis of the work for the coming year will be demanding the release of Palestinian children imprisoned by the Israeli occupation.

Date: Friday, November 25
Doors open at 7pm
Place: Glenforest Secondary School Auditorium 3575
Fieldgate Drive, Mississauga

Come out to a night of great Arabic music in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners. The night will feature the Oud performer and vocalist Bassam Bishara, and the inaugural performance of Jawqet al-Sheikh Imam. A short film on Palestinian women prisoners made by a film collective in Balata Refugee Camp will also be screened.

This year’s Sajeena is dedicated to the memory of Professor James Graff, and in commemoration of the tenth year since the passing of Egyptian singer Sheikh Imam.

Tickets: $20 per person, children under 12 free.

IF you don’t have a credit card to buy your ticket here, please call (416) 616 4796 to reserve tickets or visit Palestine House, 3195 Erindale Station Road, Mississauga (905) 270 3622.

We look forward to seeing you on Nov. 25. Please come out with your family and friends for a night of excellent music that is sure to bring you to your feet!

Co-Sponsored By: Sumoud Political Prisoners Solidarity Group, Arab Students Collective (UofT), Palestine House and Al Awda Toronto: Palestine Right of Return Group

For more information on the event please email sumoud@tao.ca.

[Via Al-Awda]

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The televised confession of an Iraqi woman accused of being the fourth would-be suicide attacker set Jordanians buzzing on Monday, some expressing joy over her capture and others venting anger over her deadly plans.
Still others questioned if she was really involved in the bomb plot that killed 57 people in Wednesday’s attacks on the Radisson SAS, Grand Hyatt and Days Inn hotels.

Sajida Al Rishawi went from rural Iraqi obscurity to global notoriety overnight after her confession was aired on Sunday, in a broadcast beamed not just across Jordan, but throughout the Middle East and beyond.

“I sat there watching and couldn’t understand how she could be speaking so coldly,” said Adel Fat’hi, 29. Three of his relatives were killed in the Radisson wedding party reception that was bombed by Sajida’s husband.

“It was scary to see her with her bomb but at least we know who she is and she can be punished,” said Anwar Nazih, a 15-year-old schoolgirl.

Many Jordanians, however, expressed doubt Sajida’s confession was real or that she was even involved in the plot.

“I don’t buy it. There are many contradictions, and it just doesn’t make sense,” said Mohammad Al Fakhiri, a 33-year-old mobile telephone shop owner in Amman.

“The first thing she would have done is get rid of her explosive belt,” Al Fakhiri said. “So how come she was caught with it.”

American forces detained and later released an Iraqi with the same name as one of the suicide attackers who struck three hotels in Amman, Jordan, last week, the US military said yesterday.

Jordanian authorities said Safaa Mohammad Ali, 23, was among the suicide attackers who struck last Wednesday at the Grand Hyatt, SAS Radisson and Day’s Inn hotels.

A statement by the US command said someone by that name was detained in November 2004 in connection with the American assault on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.

Jordan’s King Abdullah II said on Sunday that his country was in “negotiations” with Iraq over a court conviction against Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Chalabi.

A Jordanian court sentenced Chalabi in absentia in 1992 on charges of corruption and embezzlement over the collapse of a bank he was managing. “Well, obviously, we do have an issue with Chalabi,” the monarch said.

[Via GulfNews]

I don’t understand what has Chalabi’s story to do with the bombings?

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The Sharjah Municipality will despatch a veterinarian the moment it gets a call on the hotline number 993 especially set up for pet owners to report any dead or sick bird, a senior executive said yesterday.
Municipal officials on Sunday night also set up a special meeting with the Friends of Birds organisation to warn them to keep pigeons and falcons caged until further notice.

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