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Today is #PalestinianPrisonersDay - Join us as we commemorate it with Arts Against Imprisonment starting NOW:

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@Addameer @C_Resistance @AROCBayArea @CivilFreedoms @AmedStudies @freedom_theatre @PalFeminist @palyouthmvmt Alternatively, you can watch the event live on here: fb.watch/cs0FAMA8be/

#FreePalestine #FreePalestinianPoiliticalPrisoners #FreeAhmadManasra #AlAqsaUnderAttack #PrisonersDay #PalestinianPrisonersDay

Rana kicks off the event: "Last year, we saw a historic prison break in Palestine. This led to collective punishment of #Palestinian prisoners. However, the prisoners fought back in collective action"

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Rana Bishara, Palestine-based installation, visual & performing artist is the first artist to speak!

"All children, women & men in Israeli prisons are freedom fighters. Our job as artists is to tell their stories in art that's [accessible] to the masses" #PalestinanPrisonersDay

Rana (standing next to #AhmadManasra's mother) is holding the art installation she created for the
#FreeAhmadManasra campaign.

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Up next, @ClarissaBitar, LA-based Palestinian musician and composer, is blessing us with a #Oud performance.

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"Israel has always imprisoned and repressed Palestinian musicians and artists because they recognize the important role it plays in the resistance against its racist [colonial] regime" -@ClarissaBitar

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Up next is @mustafasheta, the General Manager of @freedom_theatre in #Jenin refugee camp!

"Theater gives the people in Palestine to express themselves on stage & tell stories" He also adds: "Israel has attacked our theater many times"

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"Theater allows us to tell the Palestinian story in globally understood language. It breaks language barriers. Allows to use our bodies and our voices to represent ourselves. It empowers us" - Mustafa #PalestinianPrisonerDay

Chris Gazaleh, Bay-Area based Palestinian artist talks about #BlackPalestinianSolidarity in his art, especially the one with #BreonnaTaylor & #IyadHalak, both shot by U.S. police & Israeli occupation, respectively.

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As we close it out, make sure you support the campaigns of palcivilsociety.com and @Addameer as well as demanding your members of congress sign onto #HR2590

#FreePalestine #PalestinianPrisonersDay