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PLO: Hopes Deferred, Hopes Renewed
Tuesday, 27 March 2007, 10:41 am | Sonia Nettnin
(Chicago) – The Palestine Liberation Organization’s Representative to the US, Afif Safieh spoke about “Hopes Deferred, Hopes Renewed” as part of a benefit dinner for North Park University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies. More >>
Sonia Nettnin: Making Sense Of The Middle East
Monday, 29 January 2007, 12:40 am | Sonia Nettnin
(Chicago) – Middle East journalist and author Rami Khouri said the US needs to be consistent when it deals with countries in the Middle East. More >>
Viable Solutions For Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 11:40 am | Sonia Nettnin
(Chicago) – Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Professor Jeff Halper spoke about the Israel-Palestine conflict and viable solutions to bring peace to the Middle East. More >>
Sonia Nettnin: All Are Equal, Middle East Included
Sunday, 23 July 2006, 4:02 pm | Sonia Nettnin
The fundamental problem behind the crises in the Middle East is that not all the people who live there are viewed as equal. The US-Israel political, military and financial alliance protects the human rights and dignity of Israeli-Jews, but qualifies ... More >>
Israeli Sonic Boom Damages OT Deaf Children Soc.
Monday, 3 July 2006, 4:11 pm | Sonia Nettnin
Israeli Occupation Forces damaged the Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children's facilities in Gaza City during IOF's implementation of "Operation Summer Rain." More >>
Sonia Nettnin Film Review: The Last Moon
Friday, 26 May 2006, 3:22 pm | Sonia Nettnin
"The Last Moon" tells the story of two Palestinian families. While one family stayed in Palestine the other family immigrated to Chile. More >>
Sonia Nettnin Film Review: Visit Palestine
Tuesday, 23 May 2006, 1:11 pm | Sonia Nettnin
The documentary, "Visit Palestine" takes viewers through the Palestinian refugee camp of Jenin, West Bank with international peace activist Caoimhe Butterly. More >>
Nettnin Review: World Premiere of "With Blood"
Monday, 22 May 2006, 1:46 pm | Sonia Nettnin
The 5th Annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival hosted the world premiere of "With Blood," a documentary that explores the violence Israeli occupation inflicts on Palestinian ambulance drivers, doctors, patients, and civilians. For six months Directors Juliana ... More >>
Review: An Explanation (And Then Burn The Ashes)
Thursday, 18 May 2006, 10:25 am | Sonia Nettnin
Director Annemarie Jacir's short, experimental film, "An Explanation (and then burn the ashes) contains a sordid stream of racist and religious hate voicemail received by Columbia University Faculty, with images of Columbia University as the cinematic ... More >>
Sonia Nettnin Film Review: Bethlehem Bandolero
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 12:50 am | Sonia Nettnin
"Bethlehem Bandolero" shows Director Larissa Sansour as a gunslinger who returns to Bethlehem to save the Palestinian people from the wall. She wears a red, broad-brimmed sombrero and a black bandana with white, polka dots wrapped over her face. Alongside ... More >>
Sonia Nettnin Film Review: Nour's Dream
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 12:50 am | Sonia Nettnin
The documentary, "Nour's Dream," takes viewers on a cultural, political and historical journey of Palestine and her people in the cities of Akka, Nablus and Sebastia. More >>
Sonia Nettnin Film Review: West...East
Monday, 15 May 2006, 12:19 am | Sonia Nettnin
In Director Rina Khoury's short film, "West...East," bombs explode in the distance. A young boy named Amer and his blind mother walk amid trees, tall grass and bushes. Mother Azizeh uses a wooden cane. Scattered on the ground are peoples' belongings: ... More >>
Nettnin Film Review: Since You've Been Gone
Friday, 12 May 2006, 3:16 pm | Sonia Nettnin
"Since You've Been Gone" is the autobiographical documentary of actor and director Mohammad Bakri. He focuses on the violence inflicted on Palestinians and Israelis in recent years -- caused by Israeli occupation and oppression. Bakri incorporates ... More >>
Sonia Nettnin Film Review: The Fourth Room
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 11:38 am | Sonia Nettnin
Director Nahed Awwad's documentary, "The Fourth Room," explores the life of Nabil Jameel, a Palestinian shop owner who lives in Ramallah. A man in his sixties, Nabil rents several locked rooms. He is the only person with the keys. Although happily ... More >>
Sonia Nettnin Film Review: Last Supper - Abu Dis
Wednesday, 10 May 2006, 10:33 am | Sonia Nettnin
The documentary, "Last Supper - Abu Dis," records the final phase of Israel's wall construction in the Palestinian Village of Abu Dis. The village is located SE of East Jerusalem, near the West Bank border. Villagers have a panoramic view of Jerusalem. More >>
Sonia Nettnin Film Review: Improvisations
Tuesday, 9 May 2006, 12:02 am | Sonia Nettnin
The documentary, "Improvisations," is a musical journey into the Joubran family of Nazareth and Ramallah. Three, Palestinian brothers are oud musicians who find innovative ways to work together and deal with Israeli military occupation. More >>
Sonia Nettnin Film Review: Yasmine’s Song
Monday, 8 May 2006, 11:55 am | Sonia Nettnin
“Yasmine’s Song” tells the story of Yasmine and Ziyad, a young couple who meet in secret and contemplate marriage, but are under cultural, economic and social pressures. More >>
Sonia Nettnin Film Review: Waiting
Thursday, 4 May 2006, 11:40 am | Sonia Nettnin
Director Rashid Masharawi’s latest film, “Waiting,” tells the story of a Palestinian director, T.V. journalist and cameraman who travel to Jordan, Syria and Lebanon in search of Palestinian actors for a Palestinian theater troupe. Areen Omari plays ... More >>
Sonia Nettnin Film Review: I Remember 1948
Wednesday, 3 May 2006, 2:00 pm | Sonia Nettnin
The narrative documentary, “I Remember 1948,” explores the lives of four, Al-Nakba (The Palestinian Catastrophe) survivors. After living in the Palestinian Diaspora for 58 years, they share the intimate details of their lives at the time Zionist ... More >>
Sonia Nettnin Review: A Few Crumbs for the Birds
Wednesday, 3 May 2006, 2:00 pm | Sonia Nettnin
“A Few Crumbs for the Birds” or “Quelque miettes pour les oiseaux” is a documentary montage of images and conversations with people working in Ruwayshed, the last Jordanian village before the Iraqi border. More >>
