From pennieq at yahoo.com Thu Aug 19 15:32:20 2010 From: pennieq at yahoo.com (Pennie Quinton) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:32:20 -0000 Subject: [alt-media-res] Tadamon exhibtion, photographs by Pennie Quinton Message-ID: <497282.99227.qm@web37306.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hi everyone, I am really pleased to invite you to an exhibition which opend on the 2nd of September at Freedom gallery, above Freedom book shop next to the Whitechapel art gallery. I hope to see you all in a few weeks. best Pennie Tadamon Photographs by Pennie Quinton ? Images of solidarity and strength in Palestine ? Tadamon means solidarity in Arabic and these images show moments of strength witnessed in the Palestinian struggle for survival. ? Moments following extra-judicial killings of beloved members of the community wanted by the Israeli government. ? Moments in which people in the West Bank are forced to deal with their confusion and pain brought on by the Gaza war of 2008/2009 ? combined with the Palestinian Authority clamping down on protest in the West bank at this desperate time. ? Moments such as the bravery of children whose first language has become the politics of survival, out on the streets hurling stones at the wall following yet another bombardment of their cousins in Gaza. ? Or moments of the villagers of Nilin and Belin facing tear gas and stun grenades in their protests, held every Friday since 2004, resisting the illegal apartheid wall built on village lands. ? There is a saying in Palestine that ?to be Palestinian is to exist to resist? and this essential stubbornness and refusal to disappear, this insistence on being continually present in the face of ongoing repression that interferes in every area of life, is a potent force in the demand for sovereignty. ? The price of this is high, and people have been paying it since 1948. But there is no choice but to keep on paying it to resist is to survive. ? I love and admire this Palestinian strength in the struggle for self-determination and the moments where dancing and joy overflow despite everything. . I am proud to share some of these moments I was honoured to witness during my work in Palestine. ? Tadamon Exhibition opens on the 2nd September at the Freedom Gallery. above Freedom book shop in Angel Alley off Whitechapel High Street. Nearest Tube Aldgate East. ? The Tadamon Exhibtion is open 12.00 ? 17.00 Monday to Saturday until October the 5th. ? ? Pennie Quinton 0044 7981 184 474 http://itsmefumingrightsinit.blogspot.com/ ?www.Imemc.org www.london.indymedia.org.uk/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: