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Censorship: Cote St-Luc library,
is it specific Group library or all citizen library? Mr. Libman; We the Alternative Perspective
Media (APM-RAM) are appalled at your decision to censor the work of Kazami. Yet
we witness another bureaucratic bullying, discriminatory action aimed at art
and freedom of _expression_. The removal of the Kazemi
exhibition from the Cote St. Luc Library because "it offended the sensibilities
of the Jewish Community", photos of Israelis soldiers carrying weapons in
the Kazami show, why was the objection only directed at the Palestinians'
showing. Why the double standard, the bias representations, the fear and
effacement of the "other". Many of the North American Jewish
are in a state of "denial," because they refuse to admit the
atrocities committed by the Israeli occupation of the Palestinians. They are
destroying their own credibility by censuring all culture and art that depicts
the suffering of the Palestinian people. There is more freedom and debate about
this issue in Might I remind you that Arabs and
Palestinians in this country also contribute with their taxes to maintain those
libraries. Libraries are and should always
be an open forum for all communities. It does not belong to a single community.
These subjects were obviously the
artist's initial choices to photograph, and they ought to be shown and
respected. Enough with the cultural hegemony, censorship, racist exclusions. We call on all people to send
their protests to: Mayor Libman: [EMAIL PROTECTED] , CSL Library: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Example of messages; Dear Friends: This morning The Some of the photographs included
in the exhibition, were sympathetic to the Palestinian Intefada against the
Israeli occupation. I called into the radio noon
show, as did others, to complain about the fact that the North American Jewish
Cummunity is in a state of "denial," because they refuse to admit the
atrocities committed by the Israeli occupation of the Palestinians. In the long
run, the Jews are destroying their own credibility by censuring all culture and
art that depicts the suffering of the Palestinian people. There is more freedom and debate
about this issue in To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Censorship: Cote St-Luc
library !!!! I am appalled at your decision to
censor the work of Kazami. Yet we witness another bureaucratic bullying,
discriminatory action aimed at art and freedom of _expression_. Might I remind
you that Arabs and Palestinians in this country also contribute with their
taxes to maintain those libraries. Libraries are and should always be an open
forum for all communities. It does not belong to a single community . There are
photos of Israelis soldiers carrying weapons in the Kazami show , why was the
objection only directed at the Palestinians' showing. Why the double standard,
the bias representations, the fear and effacement of the "other".
These subjects were obviously the artist's initial choices to photograph, and
they ought to be shown and respected. Enough with the cultural hegemony,
censorship, racist exclusions. I am certain that there are books in your
library's content that are as "controversial" and "menacing" as
Kazami's images. Where and when will it stop, your censorships, your fears and
ignorance that is? Rawi Hage Library removes Kazemi photos
after complaint 07 Jun 2005 http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2005/06/07/Arts/kazemiexhibit050607.html An exhibition of work by slain
Canadian photographer Zahra Kazemi has been shut down, following complaints it
was too sympathetic to the Palestinian uprising. Last week, a collection of 23
black-and-white photos Kazemi took during her travels in countries like A library patron complained that
several of the photos depict scenes of the intefadeh, the Palestinian uprising
in Kazemi's son Stephan Hachemi told
Radio-Canada Monday that dismantling the exhibition shows a lack of respect. "To me, this is truly a
violation of the spirit of my mother's work," he said. Hachemi gave the borough an
ultimatum – either display all the photos or none of them –
so organizers have closed the exhibit. C�te Saint-Luc Mayor Robert
Libman told "It's a very complicated
conflict, and to create an impression where the Palestinian cause is being
martyred by oppression by the Israeli government, we don't consider that to be
a fair portrait," Libman said. He added that, in the future,
such politically charged work won't be displayed at the library. The borough council had
commissioned the exhibition to draw attention to the ongoing fight to find out
what happened to Kazemi, who died in At the time, the Montreal-based
photographer was in the custody of local police, who had arrested her for
shooting pictures of a student demonstration outside an Iranian prison. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/internationalnews/ Please visit also: www.apm-ram.org Please see also: http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/ Please read
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