The Gallery, Oxford Town Hall
St Aldates St, Oxford
An exhibition of photographs and children’s art responding to the Bombardment of Gaza, including Rod Cox’s collection of children’s drawings, “Loss of Innocence”
Tuesday 19th – Sunday 31st January 2010
Mon-Sat 10am-6pm Sun 24th 10am-4pm Sun 31st 10am-2pm
Reviews of the Exhibition
“Very powerful – every picture tells a story – these stories must be heard…”; “Very affecting and educational and accessible”; “Hard not to feel powerless, but the children are an inspiration”; “It was such an important exhibition for the children – and the adults to see. Don’t miss it”.
Don’t miss this Exhibition in the Town Hall which may be the last chance to see it in Oxford
More Information: www.nowpeace.org.uk/gaza.htm
Oxford Mail Review and Photo of the Exhibition: An article and photo appeared on the Mail's website on Friday 22 January. Click here to go to the website.
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The Wounds of Gaza
A talk by Dr Ang Swee Chai
Tuesday 19th January 2010, 7.30pm
Oxford Town Hall, St Aldates, Oxford
Two surgeons from the UK, Dr Ang Swee Chai and Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah managed to enter Gaza during the Israeli invasion of December 2008 and January 2009, and wrote an article which was published in the Lancet. Dr Swee will describe some of her experiences and the horrific and often unfamiliar range of injuries they witnessed and treated there.
With her husband Francis Khoo, and some friends, Dr Ang Swee Chai was a founder of Medical Aid for Palestinians. She is also the author of the book 'From Beirut to Jerusalem' about her time in the refugee camps in Sabra and Shatila in1982 when the massacre occurred. Dr Swee is consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal London Hospital.
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Message from Dr Ang Swee Chai, sent to NOW on 25 January 2010
Dearest Friends,
If you are concerned about the situation of the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon - now is the time to make a difference. Please click on the link below and sign the petition, and help make a difference to the Palestinians in Lebanon. There is every chance of persuading the Lebanese Parliament to change the situation where they are not allowed to undertake 72 professions, and own a home. Granting them basic rights as residents in Lebanon does not affect their Right of Return.. I am the 80 signatory, and I hope when I look at this again this afternoon there will be many more of you who will sign up. Please pass this on to encourage others to sign the petition and make a difference!
With very best wishes
Swee Ang
http://www.petitiononline.com/ssfpcrc/
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For a report on Dr Swee Ang Chai's talk by Jenny Stanton, please click here.
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Schoolchildren's Visit to the Exhibition, Tuesday 26 January 2010
A party of 26 children, 9-11 year old pupils from St. Ebbe's Primary School came to visit the exhibition, watch a video and listen to a short performance of Arab music played by the recently-formed duo Maqam, consisting of an oudh player and a violinist. A video will be available shortly, but in the meantime there are a few photos of the children here.
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VIDEO: Anglo-Arab duo Maqam play at Oxford Town Hall on 26 February
Click on the arrow above to connect to the Internet Archive and play the video. A higher resolution version may be available later from our own website, or in fact you can currently download a high-res version from the Internet Archive and save it to your hard drive (go to: http://www.archive.org/details/Oxford Maqam/. Details of variously-sized files are on the left).
To view this video you will need to have Adobe Flash Player 6 or later on your computer. You can download the most recent version free from here
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NOW member Jane Alexander was interviewed recently by Press TV, the Iranian international news network, for their programme 'Remember Palestine'. The programme was transmitted on 5 January 2010 and you can find it online at: http://www.presstv.ir/programs/detail.aspx?sectionid=3510538&id=115694#115694.
If you only want to see the interview with Jane, advance the clip to around 30.59.
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November 2009
"LOSS OF INNOCENCE"
A major part of the exhibition will be a display of drawings from the children
of Gaza themselves brought out of Gaza by Rod Cox, a British peace activist
who travelled to Gaza in March 2009. The drawings are a powerful witness
to the children’s experiences during the bombardment, and Rod has already
displayed them in a range of venues throughout Britain, most recently at
Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral. A short video clip of some of the drawings
when on display at a primary school in Chester can be viewed on YouTube, on Rod's blog at http://rodcoxandgaza.blogspot.com/ (then scroll down) or click on the arrow below.
Small Web Gallery of the Exhibition at Fusion Arts, 7-15 November 2009
Click here to view the online gallery (27 photos)
Flash Player is needed to view the slideshow. You can download it for free here
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Poster for the Exhibition (with contact details redacted)
The Project:
'In April 2008, composer Merlijn Twaalfhoven created two unusual
music performances with about 100 musicians, singers and children
in the towns of Ramallah and Bethlehem on the Occupied Palestinian
Territories.
Contrasting music styles, professionals and children from refugee
camps, local and European musicians came together in a
performance on rooftops and balconies, surrounding the audience.
The music created a symbol of connectedness and freedom,
connecting people from diverse communities in Ramallah and
crossing the segregation walls in Bethlehem freely.'
(a full account of the project can be found here and elsewhere online)
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'Seven Jewish Children', a play by Caryl Churchill
Performed by Oxford theatre group SanaRt on Friday 13 November 2009
