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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Hello everyone! Just a reminder…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>The Middle East Film Festival
starts this week: Wednesday April 16-19<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Films will be showing at <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Worcester</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType>
and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Clark</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>All films start at 7PM and we
request a $5 donation<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>There’s plenty of parking
and all are welcome!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Directions: <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>*Worcester State College is at
the intersection of <st1:City w:st="on">Chandler</st1:City> and May Sts in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Worcester</st1:place></st1:City>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>The Campus Map can be found at </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>http://www.worcester.edu/aboutwsc/map.htm </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>* <st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><span
class=SpellE>Traina</span></st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType>
for the Arts at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Clark</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> is at <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">92 Downing St.</st1:address></st1:Street> near
the intersection with <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Park Ave.</st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Please, see below for the
schedule!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Lara Jirmanus<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Central Massachusetts Coalition
for <st1:place w:st="on">Middle East</st1:place> Peace<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><img width=720 height=1056
id="_x0000_i1029" src="cid:image001.jpg@01C89D61.34C78A60"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Central Massachusetts Coalition for Middle
East Peace presents <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Worcester</st1:City></st1:place>’s
<span class=GramE><span class=grame>Second</span></span> Annual...</span></font></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>MIDDLE EAST FILM <span class=GramE><span
class=grame>FESTIVAL :</span></span> Wednesday April 16-19th at <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Worcester</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType>
and <st1:place w:st="on">Clark</st1:place>!</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Wednesday, April 16 at
7PM: Le Grand Voyage</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><span class=SpellE><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>Ismaël</span></font></b></span><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> <span
class=SpellE>Ferroukhi</span></span></font></b></st1:City><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region></span></font></b></st1:place><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>, 2004</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><span class=grame><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>at</span></font></b></span></span><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'> Eager <span class=SpellE>Auditorum</span>, Sullivan Bldg, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Worcester</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> College<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>http://www.worcester.edu/aboutwsc/map.htm </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>“It's a tribute to my parents and the 97 percent of
Muslims that we never hear about in the Western world," says director <span
class=SpellE>Ferroukhi</span> about this film which depicts the road trip of
French-<span class=SpellE>Morroccan</span> <span class=SpellE>Reda</span> and
his devout Muslim father to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Mecca</st1:City></st1:place>.
The father convinces his reluctant teenage son to drive them from their home in
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">France</st1:place></st1:country-region>
to <span class=SpellE>Saudia</span> Arabia on his once-in-a-lifetime religious
pilgrimage, the hajj. The film has won awards and been featured in film
festivals from <st1:City w:st="on">Milwaukee</st1:City> to <st1:City w:st="on">Venice</st1:City>
to <st1:City w:st="on">Marrakesh</st1:City> and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Jerusalem</st1:place></st1:City>.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Thursday, April 17 at
7PM: Occupation 101</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=SpellE><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sufyan</span></font></b></span><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><span class=SpellE>Abdallah</span>
<span class=SpellE>Omeish</span></st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
2006</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><span class=grame><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>at</span></font></b></span></span><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'> Eager <span class=SpellE>Auditorum</span>, Sullivan Bldg, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Worcester</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> College<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>http://www.worcester.edu/aboutwsc/map.htm </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>A powerful documentary film on the current and historical
root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “Occupation 101”
presents an analysis of the facts and underreported details surrounding this
high-stakes conflict. Winner of multiple best film awards, the film features
voices rarely heard in the American mainstream press, including <st1:place
w:st="on">Middle East</st1:place> historians, Israeli peace activists,
journalists, and humanitarian workers.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Friday, April 18 at
7PM: <font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>
</span></font>Offside</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><span class=SpellE><span
class=spelle><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Jafar</span></font></b></span></span><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'> <span class=SpellE>Panahi</span></span></font></b></st1:City><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Iran</st1:country-region></span></font></b></st1:place><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>, 2006</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><span class=grame><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>at</span></font></b></span></span><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ghosh</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType>,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Worcester</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> College <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>http://www.worcester.edu/aboutwsc/map.htm <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Inspired by the day when his own daughter was refused entry
to a soccer stadium in Iran, <span class=SpellE>Jafar</span> <span
class=SpellE>Panahi’s</span> “Offside” follows a day in the
life of a group of Iranian girls attempting to watch their team's World Cup
qualifying match against Bahrain at the stadium in Tehran. A disparate group of
girls, united only by their desire to see their beloved team play, disguise
themselves, risking arrest to try to get into the game. <span class=GramE>Winner
of the Silver Bear Award, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Berlin</st1:place></st1:State>
International Film Festival, 2006.</span></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Saturday, April 19 at 7PM: <font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font><span
class=SpellE><span class=spelle>Bosta</span></span></span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Philippe
<span class=SpellE>Aractingi</span></span></font></b></st1:City><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:country-region></span></font></b></st1:place><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'>, 2006</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><span class=grame><b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>at</span></font></b></span></span><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'> <span class=SpellE>Razzo</span> Hall, <st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><span
class=SpellE>Traina</span></st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType>
for Arts, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Clark</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">92 Downing St</st1:address></st1:Street>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>http://www.worcester.edu/aboutwsc/map.htm </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>A blockbuster in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:country-region>,
"<span class=SpellE>Bosta</span>" (Bus in Arabic), recounts the story
of seven former school friends who reunite to tour <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region> and dance <span
class=SpellE>dabke</span>, the traditional Lebanese dance, to traditional music
mixed with a new techno beat. "<span class=SpellE>Bosta</span>"
is a 100% Lebanese film, written, directed, filmed and fully financed by
Lebanese investors. Join us for the film that has pleased audiences
worldwide in its joyful portrayal of Lebanese culture and a hope for a new
tomorrow!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>All are welcome! <span class=GramE>Suggested Donation $5.</span>
Please, join us for refreshments and discussion after every screening.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'>For information visit: <span class=SpellE>worcesteractivist.org/meff</span>
or call 508-753-3588 or 781-864-8879.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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