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Wayne State students during the Q & A

Oklahoma City, OK (openPR) 7 October 2010

The national tour of the U.S. launch of the documentary Little Town of Bethlehem, by ethnographic media (EGM) produced, began in September 21 on the campus of Boston University and at UC Berkeley on 1 October wound. Since the theme of the tour and the film was equality, non-violence and peace in Israel and Palestine, it had its launch on the International Day of Peace and ended at the International Day of Nonviolence. Other presentations related to the world this fall, including India, EU and Australia / New Zealand.

ten sites hosted the film, followed by a discussion with Sami Awad, a Palestinian Christian, one of the themes of the film, and Jim Hanon, the director. The average of 170 public and several locations such as DePaul University, and Perry Hall National Cathedral projections had standing room only crowd.

Ethar Zaher, a Saudi student at the University of Tulsa, said the film? deals with issues of a new term. I am very glad that someone is speaking from the Arab world (Sami), not as victims but as part of the solution.â? Alia Braaten Boston College, said: â? It was the best documentary on this subject that I never seen.â? At the University of California at Berkeley, pointed out Pancho Ramos, â? It is beautiful and inspiring. These are the kind of inspiring examples to help promote a paradigm shift in the direction of harmony and peace.â?

Several experts on non-violence is the group in different places: Mubarak Awad, founder of the Palestinian Center for the Study of Nonviolence and professor at American University in Washington DC, Dr. Muli Peleg, a researcher at the Stanford Center for International Conflict Resolution and Negotiation and Teny Gross, director of the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence in Providence, Rhode Iceland.

the tour began, it was Yonatan Shapira, another subject of the movie, try not to because of his involvement in a flotilla, humanitarian assistance visit to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza. A report on 26 September, received a destroyer, Israel had intercepted the boat and the crew had in the Israeli port of Ashdod country. Travel for Palestinians is never easy or fast. Six months before the launch, Ahmed Ala? Azzeh asked for his visa. Unfortunately, he eventually became the first October, the last day of the tour of U.S. universities granted.

three young ex-Israeli soldiers took part in different places, the dimension of the “Voice of Israel,” adding: Oded Naa Aman, a member of the wall of silence by breaking Elik Elhanan, co-founder of Combatants for Peace and Matan? Cohen, who helped create the anarchists against the wall. Other special guests were Israeli voices on the panel at each site were Rabbi Avi Novis-English, a peace activist with Rabbis for Human Rights, Dr. Mark Braverman, founder and executive director of Friends of Tent of Nations, Dr. Paul Larudee, co-founder of the movement for the Liberation of Palestine, and Dale Palman Palter, a professor at UC Berkeley.

, director of the International House on the campus of UC Berkeley, â? This is exactly the kind of movie we want to welcome you to be allowed to. It promotes the kind of international understanding, we want to promote our campus.â? In the opinion of the panelists Palman-Palter, â? It is very useful to the process that can demonstrate the move by people from all sides of an obligation to nonviolence.â?

There were 218 present in the auditorium of the George Lucas on the campus of USC. Mr. Varun Soni, dean of religious life, described the film as a? Remarkable! It is neither anti nor ProA? In fact, it is both empathetic historical stories and humanizes a conflict that the media has dehumanized. It also helps a story against the popular history of violence.â? Dr. Ralph finished, President of the Humanitarian Law Project, attended the same projection. â? He was very helpful? He said. ] ????[ A fear that by seeing the humanity in others can be loved can be overcome. Little Town of Bethlehem gives us a framework to show how it is possible.I?

Sami Awad, who received a standing ovation at UC Berkeley, said the visit was very fruitful. â? I am pleased with the turnout on all sides and the sincerity of the questions from students who clearly want the conflict to understand â? He said. â? This gives me hope.â?

When the tour began, had agreed to more than 100 schools, the new document screen. A week later, have more than 200 higher education institutions committed to the start of the film. For two weeks more than 2,800 people attending the screenings. The Middle East Broadcasting Corporation, FOX News HQ, Fox News Strategy Room persuade God, Arab American News, The Jewish Observer, and PNN (Palestinian News Network) interviews with director Jim Hanon and film subject Sami Awad. This is only the first step to start. Little Town of Bethlehem is to begin its meetings in the UK campus in late October. The film will be shown in India to commemorate the anniversary of peace activist Mahatma Gandhi.

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www.LittleTownofBethlehem.org.
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