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  • Real Talk With Moroccan-Yemeni Singer AŸA
    • Stories From Palestine,
    • Popular Culture,
    • 10/24/24

    Real Talk With Moroccan-Yemeni Singer AŸA

    Moroccan-Yemeni artist, AŸA, is back with new music, new live tracks on vinyl, and new stories! This music is deeply personal to AŸA, as she navigates grief from the loss of a dear friend of hers and the ongoing horrors the world is witnessing in Palestine, where she has family and friends. She shares how music has helped her through this journey and how she believes music is the way to capture time and stories in history.

  • The Walls Have Eyes: Border and Surveillance Technology ft Petra Molnar
    • Stories From Palestine,
    • Refugee & Immigration,
    • 8/1/24

    The Walls Have Eyes: Border and Surveillance Technology ft Petra Molnar

    It took 6 years for lawyer Petra Molnar to write "The Walls Have Eyes", a book showcasing the use of technology in immigration and migrant affairs. She invites us to ask ourselves questions around the use of technology, who gets a seat at the table in deciding what technology to use and how, and how we can co-create technologies with people on the move.

  • Free Palestine ft author/activist, Frank Barat, activist, Yara Jamal, and filmmaker Paula Sahyoun
    • Stories From Palestine,
    • 4/25/24

    Free Palestine ft author/activist, Frank Barat, activist, Yara Jamal, and filmmaker Paula Sahyoun

    Vanessa speaks with producer, author, activist, Frank Barat; Yara Jamal, co-founder of Free Palestine Halifax; and Paula Sahyoun, founder of the Palestine Impact Collective to learn about how we can move toward collective liberation.

“With deep reverence for these sacred lands, I acknowledge that I live, work, and play on Robinson-Huron Treaty territory, the traditional lands of the Anishnaabeg, specifically Garden River First Nation and Batchewana First Nation, as well as the Métis People. Together, may we acknowledge, honour, and offer deep gratitude and respect to the people, plant, animal, and land spirits who knew this land we call home, Baawaating, long before us, and who will continue to long after. Please be welcome to take a deep breath in stillness, acknowledging the lands on which you are situated, as well as any and all other nations of first people and true keepers of this land who we may not know the name of today, but invite the opportunity to learn. May we be further invited to extend our land acknowledgements into land engagements, supporting and restoring these lands through responsible citizenship, sacred stewardship, partnership, and advocacy for various movements, including landback motions. Finally, in acknowledging these lands, may we hold space for the collective suffering we continue to witness from colonial violence, colonization, genocide, and oppressive systems still present and active in the world. This includes, but is not limited to, Palestine and its Occupied Territories, Sudan, Congo, Syria, and many more. We also bear witness to the ramifications of colonization, including discriminatory practices, exploitive uses of technology, ecocide, gender-based violence (especially in war zones), the military complex, and the border industrial complex. May our acknowledgements invite us to contribute to transformation and re-worlding. ” — Vanessa Ferlaino

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