UPDATE (4.08.14) FIDA IS NOW SAFELY IN NEW YORK
On Thursday evening the audience for a showing of 'Where should the Birds Fly' by Gazan film maker Fida Qishta overflowed on to the pavement outside Rumi's cafe in Kilburn. The venue was so crowded that Brent and Harrow PSC have arranged another showing for Monday 11th August.
On the sound track Fida described her camera as her only weapon in fighting for her people. Her deeply moving film describes the occupation and war from the inside. In the Q&A the audience urged her to get the film shown in the US as that is such a bastion of support for Israel.
In fact Fida was due to fly to New York yesterday but was stopped from boarding her flight by Britsih Airways at its London stop over because she had been denied a visa to board at its origin in Germany.
BA's decision has angered campaigners anxious to get the Gazan people's views out to the world and supporters are urged to write to BA to protest. E-mail addresses: keith.x.williams@ba.com and willie.walsh@ba.com
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On Thursday evening the audience for a showing of 'Where should the Birds Fly' by Gazan film maker Fida Qishta overflowed on to the pavement outside Rumi's cafe in Kilburn. The venue was so crowded that Brent and Harrow PSC have arranged another showing for Monday 11th August.
On the sound track Fida described her camera as her only weapon in fighting for her people. Her deeply moving film describes the occupation and war from the inside. In the Q&A the audience urged her to get the film shown in the US as that is such a bastion of support for Israel.
In fact Fida was due to fly to New York yesterday but was stopped from boarding her flight by Britsih Airways at its London stop over because she had been denied a visa to board at its origin in Germany.
BA's decision has angered campaigners anxious to get the Gazan people's views out to the world and supporters are urged to write to BA to protest. E-mail addresses: keith.x.williams@ba.com and willie.walsh@ba.com
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