Video Quilt Affirming Palestinian Right to Return

October  18, 2007
For Immediate Release

Video Quilt Affirming Palestinian Right to Return

For nearly 60 years the Palestinian refugees' right to return to their land
and homes of origin has been under attack from various
forces that wish to rewrite the past and dictate the present and future of
Palestine and its people. Despite these attacks, for nearly 60 years
Palestinians and their supporters around the world have remained steadfast
in not just supporting this right, but demanding and asserting that it is a
right that must be implemented if justice and real peace are to be achieved.
These voices unfortunately have all too often been deliberately muffled and
fragmented ... It's time to collect these voices -- literally.

On the 60th year of the Nakba we will collectively create a Video
Quilt demonstrating that among  Palestinian refugees and their many
supporters there remains a strong united voice for the Right to Return. This
Video Quilt will stitch together the voices of refugees and supporters
around the world and will be premiered at the 6th Annual Al-Awda Convention
on the 60th year of Al-Nakba. It will be shown online and at various
exhibits and venues afterwards. Al-Awda's 6/60 Convention will be
held May 16-18, 2008 in Anaheim, California.

In order to create this Video Quilt we need your help. We are looking for
video submissions from around the world with SHORT MESSAGES supporting the
right to return:

* Refugees (individuals and groups) affirming they have the right to return
or that they WILL return
* Activists from around the world (every continent) supporting the right to
return
* Famous personalities supporting the right to return
* Messages from every Al-Awda chapter, and every supporting organization
* Messages from student groups

All messages must be brief-- they should be just one or two short sentences,
and these will be "stitched" together and edited to make a short
exhibition video on the international support for the right of return.
Videos should be submitted by March 31st, 2008 in mini-DV,
DVD, or VHS format.

Please send your video submissions to:

Al-Awda PRRC
PO Box 131352
Carlsbad CA 92013, USA

For those who would like to send their video messages online please send us
an email to media@al-awda.org , and we will send you instructions on how to
transfer your video in Quicktime format.

Credit will be given to all those who helped film, edit etc.

For more information, please contact

Palestine Media Center International Committee
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
PO Box 131352
Carlsbad, CA 92013, USA
Tel: 760-685-3243
Fax: 360-933-3568
E-mail: media@al-awda.org
WWW: http://al-awda.org

Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition (PRRC) is the largest
network of grassroots activists and students dedicated to Palestinian human
rights. We are a not for profit tax-exempt educational and charitable
501(c)(3) organization as defined by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of
the United States of America. Under IRS guidelines, your donations to PRRC
are tax-deductible. To make a donation, please go to
http://www.al-awda.org/donate.html