Charbel Rouhana blends political awareness, traditional Arabic music and
compositional experimentation

By Stefan Christoff
Special to The Daily Star
Friday, July 07, 2006

BEIRUT: Somehow Lebanon’s electric political climate always seems to provide
fertile ground for innovative artistic expression. Such expression may be
rooted in the country’s rich cultural history, but on occasion, it also offers
important insight into the present challenges facing Lebanon (and by extension
the region at large).

Over the past nine years, Charbel Rouhana has become a fixture on the local
music scene. A rising star and longtime “special guest” at the Blue Note Cafe
in Hamra, Rouhana uses song to present an inspiring voice for social change.
The celebrated oud player and contemporary composer has successfully harnessed
folkloric Lebanese traditions and combined them with present-day musical
innovation and insightful social commentary.

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A Fundraising Dance Party for Tadamon!
Montreal’s 2006 Delegation to Lebanon.

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WEDNESDAY, June 14th
Cafe Esperanza. 5490, St-Laurent
[Corner of St. Viateur]
Doors 9pm / Suggested Donation 7$
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Featuring: 1 Speed Bike * DJ Dang * DJ Dexter X * DJ Kandis & more….

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Tadamon! MONTREAL: Community Fundraising Dinner!
for Tadamon!’s 2006 Delegation to LEBANON

Including: Presentations from Tadamon!, * Middle Eastern Cuisine, * Slide-Show
on Lebanon, * Musical Performance from Stefan Christoff.

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SUNDAY, June 11th, 6pm
Maison de l’Amitie
120 Duluth St. East
[Metro St.Laurent & Bus #55]
Suggested Donation: 10$-20$
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to Reserve Tickets Contact Tadamon! at:
514 690 8499 / tadamon[at]resist.ca

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No One is Illegal & Tadamon! Film Night
Screening of: Borderless & Souha Surviving Hell

in Collaboration with the Suoni Per Il Popolo.

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MONDAY, June 5th:
Terrasse of Casa Del Popolo
4873 St. Laurent
Doors 8:30pm
Suggested Donation 5$.
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Join Tadamon! & No One is Illegal for an evening of films, exploring issues of social struggle & resistance from the street & detention centers of Canada to the prison cells & armed resistance of Lebanon….

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On 27 May 2006, CUPE Ontario passed an historic resolution in support of the global campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israeli apartheid. The full text and background to the resolution can be found at: www.ontario.cupe.ca/www/background_on_resolution_50.

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Entry, Exclusion and Resistance:
Syro-Lebanese Immigration History in Canada
[1880’s to 1950’s]

A Lecture by Brian Aboud.

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THURSDAY, May 25th:
School of Community & Public Affairs
Concordia University – 2149 MacKay St.
Doors 7pm / Suggested Donation 5$
[Metro Guy-Concordia]
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THURSDAY, May 11th
Virus Cafe, 3672 St. Laurent blvd.
Doors 7:30pm / Suggested Donation 5$.

West Beirut is a drama by Lebanese filmmaker Ziad Doueiry that paints a dramatic picture of children’s lives during the Lebanese civil-war. The film begins as the first events which sparked the Lebanese civil war begin in April, 1975. Doueiry represents the partitioned Beirut along sectarian lines through the lives of Tarek and his friend Omar. While Tarek makes Super 8 movies with his friend, the backdrop of war and division haunt the camera. As he comes of age, the war moves inexorably from adventure to tragedy.

West Beirut:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/cinema/features/west_beirut.shtml

During this year’s U.S. presidential election campaign, there was almost no mention made of Israel and the Palestinians by either of the major candidates. That is, until the waning days of the race, when John McCain made a last-ditch attempt to cast aspersions upon Barack Obama by highlighting a connection to respected Palestinian-American academic and Columbia University professor Rashid Khalidi. “It was shameful for them to try and paint Professor Khalidi as anything but an esteemed scholar and academic,” says lawyer and Palestinian-American activist Noura Erakat. “It was reprehensible.”

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