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Mariam Zaqout
Mariam is a PhD researcher at the University of Leeds. She comes from Palestine, Gaza. Her focus is the political economy challenges related to delivering public services to the poor. Mariam is always keen to talk about the unusual, determined and varied lives of the people of Gaza.
We Refuse To Be Enemies
3 new short films focusing on creative resistance in Palestine
It’s easy to hate, the journey for justice will continue with faith, with hope, with love
Daoud Nassar
Wednesday 22 September 2021 7pm
Seven Arts LS7 3PD
Tickets: £5.00
Book on https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/sevenleeds or available on the door
Followed by a Q&A
We Resist In Our Music
A special double-bill film & food event
in partnership with Leeds Black Film Club
Thursday 7 October 6-10pm
New Moorside Social Club, Holborn Approach, Woodhouse, LS6 2PD (entrance on Midgley Terrace)
Tickets £8 – includes pizza (£6 students & low income) – Buy Tickets
The films will be followed by a Q&A with DJ
Naila and the Uprising
A free, women-only event In partnership with Shantona Women’s & Family Centre
What happens when women take the lead in struggles for rights and justice?
Wednesday 29th September 6-8pm
Bangladeshi Centre
Roundhay Road LS8 5AN
A rare chance to see a film that tells the remarkable story of Naila Ayesh and a strong community of women at the
Sally Azzam
Sally Azzam is a Palestinian social activist who has worked for many years in human rights and women’s organisations in her home town of Nazareth, the largest Palestinian community in Israel.
She is married to a British journalist, Jonathan Cook, she met in Nazareth in the early stages of the second intifada. They have two daughters, and recently moved to
Occupation: Jews Step Forward
In Jews Step Forward, the complexities of the relationship between Judaism, the state of Israel and the Zionist cause take centre stage and unpick the dangerous conflation between religion and politics that has threatened to silence progressive voices with accusations of anti-Semitism.
Annexation: Roadmap to Apartheid and Budrus
The word Apartheid may initially conjure images of the half-century long regime which saw the segregation and brutal discrimination against the non-white inhabitants of South Africa, however it has increasingly been noted by historians, politicians and activists that there are striking similarities between the policies of the Afrikaner government in South Africa between 1948 and 1994, and those of the state of Israel. In Leeds PFF2020 documentaries Roadmap to Apartheid and Budrus, we are delivered incredible detail, shocking comparisons, unflinching testimony, and a case-in-point look at the aims and impacts of these policies.
