Visions of Palestine

January 2003

Visions of Palestine was an evening of readings and music to raise funds for charities helping Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. Hosted by the Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding (CAABU) and the Palestine Solidarity Camapign (PSC) at the Royal Geographic Society, London.

Photo Gallery

Programme

• Jeremy Hardy: Host
• Sir Andrew Green KCMG, Chief Executive of MAP - ‘Healthcare Under Siege’
• Ghada Karmi reading from 'In Search of Fatima'
• William Dalrymple - ‘The Other Palestinians’
• Kika Markham reading from Homebody/Kabul by Tony Kushner
• Alan Marni reading Yigal Bronner’s letter to Ariel Sharon
• Juliet Stevenson reading from And yet the books by Czeslaw Milosz.
• Corin Redgrave reading from De Profundis by Oscar Wilde
• Julie Christie reading Ghazal by Agha Shahid Ali
• Adila Laidi, Director of the Sakakini Cultural Centre, Ramallah - 'Survival of the Arts: Against All the Odds'

With Music from Reem Kelani Over £16,000 was raised and shared between the following charities - Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), Friends of Birzeit University (FoBZU), Enlighten, Sakakini Cultural Centre and the Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees.

Media Coverage BBCi Religion and Ethics - Review and interviews with Ghada Karmi and William Dalrymple