Celebrate Palestine Festival in London



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STRANDED in London

STRANDED Photography Exhibition about Palestinians from Iraq will be showcased in London starting from March 19th 2011. STRANDED exhibiton is part of a three day Palestinian Festival taking place in London. Various Palestinian artists will join the event. (http://celebratepalestine.org.uk/)

London Project 2011:
STRANDED project showing all photos and additional events in London will take place in March 19th and 20th 2011.


STRA
NDED in Vienna 2009/2010

Opening:
Films, Photos, Lectures and Panel Discussion, Friday, December 11th 2009,
6 p.m.

Movies and open discussion: Saturday, December 12th, 3p.m.
Photography exhibition open for visitors until February 2010

Location: Amerlinghaus Cultural Center Spittelberg
Stiftgasse 8, 1070 Vienna

Thursday, January 28th 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Lecture: Refugee Camps and their Politicization

Slide show: "Images from Palestinian Refugee Camps in the Middle East"
Documentary Film: "Palestinian Refugee Camps and living conditions in the Middle East"
Stranded: Exhibition displaying 40 photos prolonged until end of February 2010.













Background Information about the exhibition: Palestinian refugees from Iraq

The art of survival in the desert: Palestinians from Iraq stranded in no-man’s land between Syria and Iraq

Desert life, desert prison: Forced to live in the refugee camp al Tanf, located between the border check point of Syria and Iraq where no one is allowed to leave and no one is allowed to arrive. Palestinians from Iraq had become the most vulnerable group after the 2003 war, targeted by various militias and prevented from entering Iraq’s bordering countries, their only escape became the desert refugee camps.

The creative art of survival in this highly political camp-existence, the never ending struggle of daily life hardships and the yet strong hopes of its inhabitants displayed through photography. Photos taken by various photographers. Each photo an independent story, a piece of al Tanf’s life puzzle.