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TMR World Picks are selected by our editors. We welcome your suggestions:\u00a0<\/span>editors@themarkaz.org<\/span><\/a><\/h5>\n

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Stand With Sudan: Messages from the People
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August 2, Rich Mix, London \u2014<\/b>more info<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

White Kite Collective<\/span><\/a> presents a fundraising evening of music, monologues, comedy, poetry, and reflection in support of Sudan and the Sudanese people. The fundraiser, in collaboration with <\/span>Madaniya\u00a0<\/span><\/a>and\u00a0<\/span>London For Sudan<\/span><\/a>, benefits the\u00a0Sudan Benefit Fund.<\/span><\/p>\n

The war in Sudan has caused political instability, a severe humanitarian crisis, and widespread human rights violations. It is estimated that between 15,000 to 150,000 fatalities have occurred, and over nine million people have been forcibly displaced, with around 18 million people experiencing acute food insecurity and five million facing starvation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Where
Where Olive Trees Weep<\/em> screens in London.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Inaugural Free Palestine International Film Festival<\/h4>\n

August 2\u20144, Genesis Cinema, London \u2014<\/b>more info<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Free Palestine International Film Festival<\/span><\/a> highlights extraordinary Palestinian stories through the filmmakers’ distinctive points of view and new ways of telling the story of Palestine. The opening night film is <\/span>Where Olive Trees Weep<\/span><\/i><\/a>, a documentary that follows Palestinian journalist and therapist Ashira Darwish, Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi, and Dr. Gabor Mat\u00e9, who offers trauma-healing work for a group of Palestinian women tortured in Israeli prisons. A discussion with some of those in the documentary will follow the screening.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Art,
Art, Activism and Censorship, online.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Art, Activism, and Censorship: Navigating Art Spaces for an Indigenous Artist<\/h4>\n

August 4, Online Webinar \u2014<\/b>more info<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Organized by the <\/span>Artists Consortium<\/span><\/a>, this webinar is moderated by Yusuf Abudi, and Ahmed Hmeedat. They will be hosting artist <\/span>Yaqeen Yamani<\/span><\/a>, a Palestinian artist from Jericho, who specializes in Media Studies & Film as well as photography. She focuses her themes of identity, rage, and grief through material experimentation to explore resistance, intervention, disruption, and reclamation. Appearing alongside Yamani will be Native American artist <\/span>Danielle SeeWalker<\/span><\/a>, whose recent painting, \u201c<\/span>G is for Genocide<\/span><\/a>,\u201d in support of Palestine has erupted in serious discussion in Vail, Colorado, which later called for the artist\u2019s residency to be canceled.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Sometimes
Sometimes I Dream in Farsi<\/em> screens in Philadelphia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Poems & A Movie: Sometimes I Dream in Farsi<\/i><\/h4>\n

August 8, Philadelphia, US \u2014<\/b>more info<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Sometimes I Dream in Farsi<\/span><\/i><\/a> examines a traumatic racist incident in Pirooz Kalayeh’s childhood and the role that therapy and discussion offer as a path forward for children and adults who have endured similar encounters. Porochista Khakpour (author of<\/span> Tehrangeles<\/span><\/i><\/a>, 2024), Alina Pleskova (author of<\/span> Toska<\/span><\/i><\/a>, 2023), and Violet Gehringer (author of <\/span>I Love You It, Looks Like Rain<\/span><\/i><\/a>, 2017) will also offer intimate readings connecting a wide range of shared experiences. Co-presented by Be About It Press with Cannonball and Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture, the event weaves personal and political intersections into an exploration of identity, expression, and cultural bonds.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Alam\/The
Alam\/The Flag dir. Firas Khoury.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alam\/The Flag<\/i>: Free Outdoor Screening and Souq<\/h4>\n

August 9, Christie Pits Park, Toronto \u2014<\/b>more info<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Launching the <\/span>17th Toronto Palestine Film Festival<\/span><\/a>, this program promises to be a blast: alongside a full day of Palestinian music and food, there will be a live free screening of <\/span>The Flag<\/span><\/i><\/a>, directed by Firas Khoury at sunset.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Hello
Hello Psychaleppo and Alsarah & The Nubatones.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Summer Concert featuring\u00a0Hello Psychaleppo and Alsarah & The Nubatones<\/h4>\n

August 10, <\/b>One Art Community Center, Philadelphia \u2014<\/b>more info<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture\u2019s summer concert kicks off with <\/span>Alsarah & The Nubatones<\/span><\/a>, performing energetic, original music influenced by traditional sounds of central Sudan.\u00a0 <\/span>Alsarah<\/span><\/a> is a Sudanese born singer, songwriter, bandleader and ethnomusicologist. Also performing is Arab bass dropper <\/span>Hello Psychaleppo<\/span><\/a>, who will be performing a live set on the heels of releasing his new album \u201cCipher.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Freedom<\/a>
Freedom to Run<\/em> screens in Nottingham.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Screening: Freedom to Run<\/i> and Filmmaker Q&A<\/h4>\n

August 10, Nottingham, UK \u2014<\/b>more info<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Freedom to Run<\/span><\/i> is a feature-length documentary that follows a Palestinian running group and a team from Glasgow as they train for and run the Palestine and Edinburgh marathons. The Scottish runners learn about the challenges of running in Palestine and discover their shared humanity despite their differences.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Hollywoodgate<\/a>
Hollywoodgate<\/em> screens in London.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Screening of HOLLYWOODGATE<\/i><\/h4>\n

August 12, On Front Line, London\u2014<\/b>more info<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

When the United States withdrew from Afghanistan, the Taliban seized control and found a cache of American weaponry, worth over $7 billion. Director Ibrahim Nash\u2019at\u2019s <\/span>HOLLYWOODGATE<\/span><\/i><\/a> follows the Taliban’s transformation from a militia to a heavily armed military regime over a year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read the TMR review by Iason Athanasiadis <\/span>here<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n

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\"Afikra
Afikra Youth Summit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shaped by the Algorithm<\/h4>\n

August 14, on Zoom \u2014<\/b>more info<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

This year the theme for <\/span>Afikra<\/span><\/a>\u2019s Global Youth summit, Shaped by the Algorithm, will feature four consecutive panel discussions on the future of Journalism (Micha Tobia & Nour Malas), Pop Music (Anthony Semaan & Danny Hajjar), Startups & Economics (Anwar Aridi & Sarah Al Saleh), and Politics (Hafsa Halawa & Laila Mokhiber)<\/span> in the Arab world.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Voices
Voices of Resilience on Zoom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Voices of Resilience<\/h4>\n

August 18, EFI Spiegeltent, Edinburgh \u2014<\/b>more info<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Voices of Resilience is an evening of\u00a0testimonies centred on Atef Abu Saif\u2019s haunting first-hand account,\u00a0<\/span>Don\u2019t Look Left: A Diary of Genocide<\/span><\/i><\/a>.\u00a0Organized by the <\/span>Edinburgh International Book Festival<\/span><\/a>, it will be performed by the actor\u00a0Mo\u2019min Swaitat.\u00a0These accounts will be\u00a0embroidered with poetry\u00a0readings by\u00a0Ahmed Nehad,\u00a0Nada Shawa,\u00a0Noor Hemani,\u00a0and\u00a0Basma Ghalayini, and\u00a0accompanied\u00a0by traditional oud music\u00a0by\u00a0Ahmed Adnan\u00a0and a visual score from Gaza filmmaker\u00a0Hossam Abo Shammallah.\u00a0The event will be followed by a Q&A featuring members of the VoR collective and local activists including\u00a0Willie Black, poet\u00a0Iyad Hayatleh\u00a0and author\u00a0Jessica Gait\u00e1n Johannesson.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mizna<\/em> publishes special Cinema issue<\/h4>\n

\"\"<\/a>Available to order here<\/a><\/strong>, this new issue of Mizna is guest edited by Saeed Taji-Farouky, a TMR writer<\/a>. Mizna: The Cinema Issue<\/i> explores the relationship between moving image\u2013making and writing through the formal and conceptual framework of fragmentation. Farouky is a Palestinian filmmaker, educator, and curator based in London. The issue is Mizna’s most formally experimental publication to date.<\/p>\n

Contributors include Andrea Abi-Karam, Emily Ahmed, Nadira Amrani, Sophia Attigui, Aida Bardissi, Banah El Ghadbanah, Lara El Gibaly, Christiane Gruber, Jamie Lee Haddad, Roann Hassani McCloskey, S\u00f8ren Lind, Raed Rafei, Yasmine Roukiaya, Reman Sadani, Larissa Sansour, Andrea Shaker, Jen Siraganian, Eman Quotah, and Lori Yeghiayan Friedman. Additionally, guest editor Saeed Taji Farouky conducts interviews with Kamal Aljafari, Roann Hassani McCloskey, and Nadira Amrani. The cover image, a behind-the-scenes shot of Larissa Sansour and S\u00f8ren Lind\u2019s film, was photographed by Lenka Rayn H.<\/p>\n

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