Festival to celebrate
women of Palestine
H\ Daralvn Ir.ippt
I ih ore ( ontributor
In an effort to recognize the
contributions women have
made to the Palestinian strug
gle. the Arab Student Organiza
lion and the International Stu
dent Assoc iation are presenting
"A Palestine festival The
Role ol \\ omen in the I pi is
mg" Sunda\ at 7 p ill in the
fAll' Main I lining Room
file festival will i elehrate
Palestinian culture in general,
but will tin us on the partii ular
concerns women have tai ed
both helore and during the
intifada, the Palestinian upns
ing against Israeli occupation
of the West Hank
The evening s events ini hide
a dinner ot traditional Palestin
lan food {inc luding tahbouleh
salad and makulhah a i hie ken
and rue dish) traditional folk
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('.cncral i'nion of Palestinian
Students and .1 native Palestini
an \.\ oman I lanaili 1 .ouliani as
the kevnote spcakci
I.oul)<ini is .1 (iraduate I eai li
mg fellow .it Portland State
I niversilv . where she teat lies a
course on women and Pales
tine Both l.onham and event
organizer \m> I aim empha
sized that the evening is meant
to he a peaceful edui ational
1 elehration rathei than a heated
political rails
"The festival is purposelv
meant to he non 1 onfrontation
al said I aim. a 1 'niversitv
graduate who is married to a
native Palestinian and spent
time there in 1 'IBH
11 lanadi will speak on the
spet ifit experience of women
during the 01 1 upatron and their
rule in the uprising and in xoi 1
I’holo fo* Sr.iti I’mlon
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et\. ' I nun said Hut ue u.ml
to make it a positive atrnos
phere i elebrating Palestinians
ami \ve invite evervbudy on the
i emptis ami in the i omnmnitv
to come and break bread with
us
1 am hoping tor more i on
seiousness on the I’.destini
an Israeli cotillit I 1 oiibam
said ' 1 want to gi\e the tiles
sage that we're not anti levvish
bill a lit t oppression
I he role women hav e plaved
has been largely overlooked In
the media I anil said and there
Is ,i need to tin us on the work
they have done and i ontlime to
do
Palestinian women haw
taken on more roles in their so
i letv through their partir ipa
t inn m the resistance mov e
me lit. she said lhe\ are do
ing tilings outside tile home
now I lies teat ii e\ er\ thing in
tile si I loo I s the\ tol 111 soi ml
unions hove then own politi
i.iil agendas and are out there
protesting with the men
I'hev < onlront Israeli sol
diers as mui It as ans man even
more than men 1 aim said
I ortunatelv the Israeli sol
diers are a little less likelt, to
heat a woman than .1 man
I V\ i mini| km»\\ t Ii.it s<i Ihe\ re
a little* morr likel\ to go up to a
soldi**! and 11 * 11 him what's
w hat
\s( ) iiii'iiihri and nativ«* l*.d
estinian I imad Klgharahli said
the high number "t Palestinian
men w ho have been killed
wounded or exiled in the upris
in^ has "increased the respon
sibilitv of women
I see women more involved
in the struggle (gainst lsr.iel
now than at anv othei tilin' he
t<>re he said
f Igharahli also s**«*s a < hange
in attitudes among young worn
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