<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Please forward widely! Thanks.</font></div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">THE AL-ROWWAD CHILDREN’S THEATRE OF BETHLEHEM HAS A DREAM</font></span></b></p></div></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans'; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">COME TO A FUNDRAISER FOR THEIR TOUR</span></font></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <div align="center"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" dir="rtl" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="586" style="width:439.5pt;border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody><tr style="height:127.65pt"> <td width="241" valign="top" style="width:180.7pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:127.65pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" dir="LTR" style="text-align:center"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><img src="cid:16418E21-8E27-46A3-BFB5-C9EFB3637AFB@local"></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br><br></font> <span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" dir="LTR" style="margin-top:3.0pt;text-align: center"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Right of the wall, the olive trees, now out of reach, on lands annexed by Israel</font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><o:p></o:p></font></p> </td> <td width="233" valign="top" style="width:174.75pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:127.65pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" dir="LTR" style="text-align:center"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><img src="cid:06A45CE3-AF5F-4B8D-B443-AFB02BB4C06A@local"></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br><br></font> <span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" dir="LTR" style="margin-top:3.0pt;text-align: center"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span dir="LTR"></span></font><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span dir="LTR"></span>‘'The wall in Aida' by Husam, a teenager from Al-Rowwad </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><o:p></o:p></font></p> </td> <td width="252" valign="top" style="width:189.35pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:127.65pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" dir="LTR" style="text-align:center"><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><img src="cid:08AF5418-4E93-41DC-B0C9-FFDBE7EA8BAD@local"></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br><br></font> <span lang="AR-SA" dir="RTL"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" dir="LTR" style="margin-top:3.0pt;text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Left of the wall, overcrowded Aida Refugee camp</font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><o:p></o:p></font></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font> </span></b><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'">Help bring the 12-student troupe from the Aida Refugee Camp </font></font><b><a href="http://alrowwad.virtualactivism.net/"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'">Al-Rowwad Center</font></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'"> </font></font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'">in Bethlehem to the USA for a July tour. </font></font><u><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'">Proceeds will also go to support the center in Palestine.</font></font></u><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'"><br><br> Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009<br> Time: 3:30pm - 7:30pm<br> Host: </font></font> <b><a href="http://palestinianculturalcenterforpeace.org/about.html" target="_blank"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'">Palestine Cultural Center for Peace (PCCP)</font></font></a></b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'"><br> Address: 41 Quint Ave. Boston MA <br></font></font> </span><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'">Green line B-line Harvard Ave stop/ on 66 bus route. For Parking go to:</font></font></span><span style=""><a href="http://palestinianculturalcenterforpeace.org/about.html#b"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'">http://palestinianculturalcenterforpeace.org/about.html#b</font></font></a></span><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'"><br></font></font> </span><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'">email: </font></font><a href="mailto:contact.pccp@gmail.com" target="_blank"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'">contact.pccp@gmail.com</font></font></a></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><o:p></o:p></font></p> <div> <h3><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Description</font></span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter" /> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0" /> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0" /> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1" /> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2" /> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth" /> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight" /> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1" /> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2" /> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth" /> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0" /> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight" /> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0" /> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" /> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t" /> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='position:absolute; 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</font></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'">Nicole Ballivian</font></font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'">, </font></font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'">Writer/Director </font></font></i><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'">*PG13 - for language </font></font></b></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'"><o:p></o:p></font></font></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'">5:30 Dinner: Delicious Food: Donated by Algiers Cafe, Andala Cafe, Sepal, The MiddleEast</font></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'"><o:p></o:p></font></font></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'">Live Music, Debke</font></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'"><o:p></o:p></font></font></li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'">Naji Al-Ali Art Exhibit with prints for sale: all proceeds go to the Al-Rowwad Center/ tour </font></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'"><o:p></o:p></font></font></li> </ul><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'"><br> Suggested donation: $25, children 12 and under are free.</font></font></span></b><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'"><br></font></font> <b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'"><br></font></font> </i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'">Sponsored by Friends of Al Rowwad, Bethlehem/Cambridge People to People Project and </font></font><a href="http://www.tawassul.org"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'">Tawassul.org</font></font></a></b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'"><br><br> If you cannot attend and would like to make </font></font> <i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'">a tax deductible donation</font></font></i><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'"> please make your check to:</font></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'"><o:p></o:p></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'">Al-Rowwad USA Inc. (a 501 (c) (3) organization) and mail to: </font></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'"><o:p></o:p></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'">79 Amory Street<br> Cambridge, MA 02139</font></font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'"><br></font><br></font> <!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:132.75pt;height:170.25pt; z-index:251659264;mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal:left;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text; mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="cid:part5.08070500.01050705@gmail.com" o:title="part5.08070500.01050705@gmail" /> <w:wrap type="square"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" style="font-size: 11px; "><img src="cid:36352706-C716-42FB-91C7-DD330F46BFE2@local"></font><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'">Al-Rowwad Center is an Independent Center for artistic, cultural, and theatre training for</font></font></span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1028" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="" style='position:absolute; margin-left:98.8pt;margin-top:0;width:150pt;height:174pt;z-index:251660288; mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0; mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:right; mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical-relative:line' o:allowoverlap="f"> <v:imagedata src="cid:part6.09010100.03000000@gmail.com" o:title="part6.09010100.03000000@gmail" /> <w:wrap type="square"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'"><img src="cid:61792149-802D-4383-8664-B0FC4334FB0C@local"></font></font><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'"> children in Aida Camp. The center fosters essential values such as justice, peace and freedom, respect for others, open-mindedness, and a sense of belonging. Their work builds on the idea that opposition to oppression can be creative non-violence, a “beautiful resistance,” as Dr. Abdelfattah Abusrour, the creator of the Theatre and </font></font><a href="http://www.ashoka.org/node/3922"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'">Ashoka fellow</font></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Gill Sans'"> , calls it. Abed hones the skills of his pupils and gives them a healthy and creative way of confronting the trauma of living in a refugee camp that is surrounded on three sides by Israel’s “Separation Wall”. <br><br> Exciting opportunities for the troupe if we can raise the required funds: A week of classes with local youth at the Underground Railroad Theater in Cambridge. Public performances by Al-Rowwad at the PCCP and URT. Traveling to the Bread and Puppet Theatre in Vermont to work with this internationally renowned company over a weekend. Public performances in Connecticut, NYC and possibly Cape Cod and Maine.</font></font></span></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div><br></body></html>