A year after Neda's death, Iran movement continues

(CNN) -- A year ago Sunday, Neda Agha-Soltan died of a single gunshot wound to the chest. Her last moments -- captured on a cell phone camera and shown around the world-- catapulted her into the symbol of the postelection reform movement in Iran.

Today, the Iranian regime's crackdown seems to have driven protesters off the streets. But the movement is not weakening, some analysts say. Instead, it's evolved into an online underground civil rights struggle, they say.

"I think they're going to continue to move forward, whether in the form of a green movement or another type of movement," said Karim Sadjadpour, a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. "It's just, basically, this march of history."

Agha-Soltan, 26, was at an anti-government demonstration in Tehran when she was felled by a single bullet to the chest.

"She has been shot! Someone, come and take her!" shouts one man in the shaky cell phone video that has since been seen around the world.

The video then shows blood streaming from her mouth, then from her nose. Her eyes roll to her right; her body is limp.

A man, who had accompanied her to the rally, is then heard pleading with her by name.

"Neda, do not be afraid, do not be afraid," he repeats.

Agha-Soltan was taken to a nearby hospital and, within a day, she was buried at Behesht Zahra, the city's largest Muslim cemetery, on the outskirts of the capital.

Immediately afterward, she emerged as the face of the anti-government movement.

Even world leaders took notice.

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"We've seen courageous women stand up to the brutality and threats and we've experienced the searing image of a woman bleeding to death on the streets," said President Barack Obama.

Eight days before Agha-Soltan's death, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's landslide election victory unleashed massive demonstrations in the country.

Thousands of green-clad protesters took to the streets, accusing the government of rigging the elections.

Iran's leaders called the uprising a foreign-led plot to overthrow the regime. It cracked down on the protesters -- with many killed and even more jailed.

Images of the bloody crackdown fueled worldwide outrage. Agha-Soltan's pictures are still carried on placards at rallies outside Iran.

"She will become the image of this brutality, and of the role -- the truly significant role -- that women have played in fighting this regime," said Abbas Milani of Stanford University in California. "I think that women are the unsung heroes of the last few years. They are the ones who began chipping away at the authority, the absolute dictatorship of the mullahs."

Iranian authorities continue to deny that security forces were responsible for killing Agha-Soltan.

Instead, they have offered at least three separate explanations. They have blamed the CIA, terrorists and supporters of the opposition movement themselves.

One year after Agha-Soltan's death, Iranian officials have yet to announce a single arrest in connection with her killing.

Neda Agha-Soltan, aged 27, was shot to death on 20 June 2009, during a peaceful demonstration in Tehran, protesting the results of the 12 June 2009, presidential elections. She was apparently shot by a Basij (paramilitary) sniper. The video of her last minutes, as Dr. Arash Hejazi and other bystanders tried to save her while blood poured over her face, galvanized people around the world. Although the one-year anniversary of her death is approaching, the Iranian government has as yet not carried out an investigation into her death, or the dozens of other killings of peaceful post-election protesters.

A representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader claimed that election protesters themselves had killed Neda Agha-Soltan. Her relatives, have been harassed, her fiancé was detained for a period of time, and the physician who tried to save her was forced into exile. The authorities have also tried to prevent others from commemorating her and on 5 November 2009, Neda Agha-Soltan’s tombstone at Behesht-e Zahra cemetery was vandalized. Amnesty International is calling on Iran to allow the U.N. Reporter on Extra-Judicial, Summary, and Arbitrary Executions to visit the country to investigate the post-election killings of Neda Agha-Soltan and others.

After Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner in the 12 June 2009 presidential elections in Iran, there were widespread protests against the contested election results. The Iranian authorities responded with violence and repression. Dozens of people were reportedly killed and many more injured in violent assaults by Basij paramilitary and riot police.

Many thousands of people have been arrested while hundreds remain in detention. There have been persistent reports of torture and sexual abuse of those in custody. Over 100 people have been convicted of offenses related to allegedly fomenting the post-election unrest, many after perfunctory show trials in Revolutionary Courts that failed to adhere to international standards for fair trials ; at least sixteen of those were sentenced to death.

Neda Agha-Soltan was in a car on Kargar Avenue in Tehran with her music teacher Hamid Panahi and others when it was stopped in traffic by a large demonstration taking place on 20 June 2009. Members of the paramilitary Basij on motorcycles were attacking demonstrators. After Neda Agha-Soltan left the car, she was shot in the chest.

As physician Arash Hejazi tried to save her, a cell phone video captured the scene, which was transmitted around the world. The crowd captured a member of the Basij, Abbas Kargar Javid, who was attempting to flee the scene. He claimed he "didn't intend to kill her." His ID card was confiscated and later posted online. He still has not been brought to justice. At least ten people were killed during the massive protests that day. Amnesty International has repeatedly urged that unregulated Basij paramilitaries should not be used by the authorities to police demonstrations.

Neda Agha-Soltan’s fiancé Caspian Makan, a photographer, was arrested after he told BBC Persian TV that eyewitnesses and video footage showed that she had been deliberately killed by Basij, while in custody at Evin prison, he was interrogated and told he would be charged with acting against national security. He was released after more than two months in detention, but had to flee Iran out of fear for his safety. After Neda Agha-Soltan’s death, a group of women—the Mourning Mothers—decided to hold silent vigils on Saturdays in Laleh Park in Tehran, but those peaceful vigils have been continually disrupted by Iranian authorities and participants have been arrested and detained.

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Mission Statement:

Peer Support at CPA Ontario assists people who are experiencing the impact of spinal cord injury (SCI) in their lives by complementing professional services provided in acute hospitals, rehabilitation centers and community based health and social service agencies.

Burn Tucker, the Personal injury Group of Doucet McBride LLP

Led by Collen Burn and Laurie Tucker, the personal injury group of Doucet McBride LLP is committed to providing Knowledgeable, Experienced, Compassionate legal representation in both official language.

Learning about your rights while recovering from an injury can be overwhelming and hiring the right lawyer can be a difficult decision.

We encourage you to contact us as early as possible. During your free initial consultation, we will explain your rights to you and counsel you on you options. Contacting us does not mean you are hiring a lawyer. But you will have the information you need to navigate the insurance system.

The lawyers at Burn Tucker do not work for insurance companies. We work only for those who have been injured.

If we take your case we will work with you to help you achieve the best possible result as quickly as possible.

We have helped hundreds of clients reach successful settlements. If your case can not be settled, we have the experience and determination necessary to see your case through to trial.

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In most cases, we can offer you a contingency retainer agreement, so that you will not have to pay anything unless and until your case either settles or you win at trial.

We take very seriously our commitment to helping you and you family. Our promise to you is to keep you involved in the process, to be fair and candied with you, to be compassionate and understanding and to work hard to achieve the best result possible.

For more information, please call (613) 233-6898

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How Peer Support Can Help You

You and your family will be introduced to a trained volunteer, a person with a spinal cord injury or a family member, who has faced many of the same challenges you are encountering now.

You will be matched with an individual who can share personal experiences to help you gain more information on living with a spinal cord injury.

You will be introduced to organizations that can provide you assistance.

Thing You Might Want to Talk About

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Meet a family member volunteer who can relate to you and your family, and support you through your challenges.

“Meeting someone from the Peer Support program 3 days after my son had a spinal cord injury was so important to me. I was so scared and I had so many questions that needed to be answered right away. Learning from others who were in the same situations as me, helped me have a better understanding of what I needed to do to help my son. I encourage all families to contact CPA Ontario if your loved one has just had a spinal cord injury.”

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“Talking with my Peer Support volunteer helped me to maintain hope and remain strong for the future. I continue to keep in touch with her and know that I can call when I need to talk.”

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One-on-One Support

Meet a volunteer who has a smilar experience with SCI and can help you with your challenges of living and adjusting to a disability.

Employment Mentoring

Meet a Person with SCI who can help you prepare for options within the area of employment and education.

"Finding my Peer Support Volunteer was a real turning point for me. He opened my eyes to what was possible. He answered my tough personal questions with honesty and a positive attitude. That made my recovery a whole lot better."

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Trained Peer Support volunteers are people with personal experience with a SCI and family members of persons with SCI. They have made a positive adjustment and are willing to help those who are newly injured and their families throughout their journey to rehabilitation. For people with new SCI, thinking about the challenges of the future can be daunting. But, nobody should have to contemplate these life changes in isolation. By listening, sharing their own experiences and providing practical information, volunteers provide one-to-one support to persons who have sustained an injury and their families.

How Can I Be a Volunteer?

Phone, visit, email or fax the CPA Ontario Office and fill out an application, or contact us at peerconnections@cpaont.org to see how you can get involved.

Thank you to all our sponsors presented above for helping make our programs available!

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Nelligan O’Brien Payne’s Personal Injury Group

Nelligan O’Brien Payne is a locally-owned law firm that first opened its doors over 40 years ago. Our firm has a long history representing individuals and their families who have been injured as a result of an accident. This includes automobile or other motorized vehicle accidents, slip and falls, assaults, as well as injuries caused by the negligence of another person or entity.

We often provide contingency free arrangements, so our clients can move forward with their case without incurring legal fees, until the matter is settled or a judgment is obtained at trial.

Over the years we have seen many individuals who have not been aware of the various sources of financial support that are available, have missed important time limitations that prevent them from obtaining full benefits, or have jeopardized their rights by signing off too early on a settlement. For those who have seriously injured, it is important for them to have this information.

The legal problems in such cases are often complicated and require detailed information to be collected from the individual and/or family members. To facilitate the gathering or relevant information, flag various sources of assistance and identify important issues we have developed a Personal Injury Guide. This guide has two main section:

1. Information about your legal rights, important next steps and other assistance that is available.
2. A workbook to assist you with recording relevant information.

For a free copy of our 27-pages personal injury guide, please contact Sylvie Vanasse at (613) 231-8205;

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Summer in the City is an exciting day programme for adults with a disability. The programme explores the sights and sounds of the City of Ottawa and each Wednesday participants enjoy either a bus trip to an outlying or a special event. Participants may register by the day or weekly.

Location-Summer in the City is a Para Transpo based programme. Participants are dropped off at the scheduled locations throughout the city daily.

Dates: June 28^th –August 19^th

Cost: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday $ 21.00 per day

Wednesdays- $30.50 per day

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Volunteers

Summer in the City has many rewarding volunteer positions available for the Summer. We offer full training, new experiences and lots of fun in an active camp setting. If you are interested or know of someone who has time to share please contact Kathy at (613) 564-4106

Should you require any further information please contact us at:

Fax:. (613) 564-7758

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Cell Phone: 616-867-4500

E-mail: Kathryn.watcham@ottawa.ca

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World Refugee Week Celebrations (www.refugeeweek.com) at Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street Ottawa, will feature portraits, videos, presentations and live performances of artists and activists from around the world. The work is open for viewing daily from 1-10PM in room A on the ground floor of Library and Archives Canada (LAC) with presentations and live performances given at 3PM

daily (unless otherwise noted).

The 5-day multimedia event includes: the Coalition of New Canadians for Arts and Culture, Canadian Centre for International Justice, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, USC Canada.

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The Canadian Red Cross, Catholic Immigration Centre of Ottawa, Centre for International Migration and Settlement Studies, International Settlement Canada Quarterly, Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization, Ottawa Chinese Community Service Centre, World Skills Immigrant Settlement Support Agency, National Capital Region YMCA-YWCA, Sherry Tompalski (Designer / Canada), Graham Thompson (Videographer / Canada), Hamid Ayoub (Painter / Drummer / Sudan), Hawa Kaba (Painter / Drummer /Guinea), Dr. Lee (Percussionist / Canada), Yannick Ndongmo (Singer / Cameron), Tito Medina (Singer / Songwriter / Guatemala), Victor Fuentes (Painter / Singer / El Salvador),

Martin Mbesha (Painter / Drummer / DR Congo), Marcela Bautista (Activist / Guatemala), Consuelo Perez (Activist / Guatemala), Sandra Hernandez (Activist / Guatemala), Dolores Bautista (Activist / Guatemala), Heather Thomson (Photonovelist / Canada), Nubia Cermeno (Singer /Venzuela), Aisha Matar (Body Painting / Sudan), Selma Hassan (Folklore / Sudan), Gustavo Saavedra (Guitarist, Bolivia), Maria Sabaye (Dancer, Iran)

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WEDNESDAY JUNE 16, 2010 – Dr Lotta Hitschmanova + Marion Dewar

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• 5:00 PM: DOORS OPEN – Refreshments & Food, Video Installation, Paintings, Information

Tables, Refugee Artists Victor Fuentes, Hawa Kaba, Hamid Ayoub.

• 5:30 PM: RECEPTION: Marion Dewar Scholarship Fund: Celebrating One Year of Community Success organized by the Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization (OCISO).

• 5:45 PM: Opening Talks by Hy Shelow, UNHCR Senior Protection Officer and Philip Landon, Director of University and College Programming WUSC.

• 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM: PROGRAM: Marion Dewar Scholarship Fund: Celebrating One Year of Community Success, SPEAKERS: Tyler Meredith President OCISO Board, Donna Holtom Chair MDSF Committee, Barb Gamble Artist and Community Advocate.

Backgrounder, Application, Invitation ENGLISH. Invitation FRENCH

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THURSDAY JUNE 17th, 2010 - Central Am Artists, Centre Int'l Justice, Asylum Players

• 4 PM: “Voices for justice: Canadians seeking truth, accountability and redress” a program

developed by the Canadian Centre for International Justice begins with Introductory remarks by Jayne Stoyles, Executive Director, CCIJ.

• 4:15 PM: Reading by Monia Mazigh from her book, 'Hope and Despair: My Struggle to Free My Husband, Maher Arar.

• 4:45 PM: 'Lemkin's House,' a play reading directed by Sarah Mahoney.

• 5:15 PM: Musical interlude by Victor Fuentes.

• 5:45 PM: Closing remarks by Jayne Stoyles (and Alex Neve, TBC).

• 7 PM: Guatemalan artists Tito Medina, Sandra Hernandez, Dolores Bautista, Marcela Bautista,Consuelo Perez.

• 8 PM: Peter Showler's play "Excluding Manuel" performed by the Asylum Players of the University of Ottawa.

• 1-8 PM: The Installation will feature: Paintings and videos of artists from Central America, Central Asia and Africa, Youtube videos submitted by refugees from around the world, Portraits of eatured refugee artists Tito Medina, Hawa Kaba, Hamid Ayoub, Victor Fuentes and Martin Mbesha by Sherry Tompalski.

• 1-5 PM: Information tables presented by The Catholic Immigration Centre, The Canadian Red Cross the Centre for International Migration and Settlement Studies World Skills, YMCA-YWCA and USC Canada.

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FRIDAY JUNE 18th, 2010 - Central Asia Day + World Music Circle

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• 3 PM: JP Melville of the Coalition of New Canadians for Arts and Culture will provide the

opening remarks.

• 3:15 PM: The installation will feature Afghan poetry translated by Shahbaz Eshani (Iran).

• 3:30 PM: The installation will feature Iranian dance by Maria Sabaye (Iran).

• 5 PM: World Music Circle: Musicians, in support of World Refugee Week, gather to celebrate and to create music together.

• 1-8PM: The Installation will feature: Paintings and videos of artists from Central America,

Central Asia and Africa, Youtube videos submitted by refugees from around the world,

Portraits of featured refugee artists Tito Medina, Hawa Kaba, Hamid Ayoub, Victor Fuentes

and Martin Mbesha by Sherry Tompalski.

• 1-5 PM: Information tables presented by The Catholic Immigration Centre, The Canadian Red Cross the Centre for International Migration and Settlement Studies and the Ottawa Chinese Community Service Centre, World Skills, YMCA-YWCA and USC Canada.

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SATURDAY JUNE 19th, 2010 - Africa Day

• 3 PM: Jayne Stoyles of the Canadian Centre for International Justice will the provide opening remarks.

• 3:15 PM: Nubia Cermeno, activist from Venezula, will sing and display the art work of refugee children from her “I Wish” program at the Catholic Immigration Centre.

• 3:45 PM: The installation will feature a talk by Hamid Ayoub (Sudan) accompanied by

drummers Dr. Lee, Hawa Kaba (Guinea), Martin Mbesha (DR Congo), singer/dancer Yannick

Ndongmo and a demonstration of Sudanese henna body painting by Aisha Matar and

Sudanese folklore and costumes by Selma Hassan.

• 1-8 PM: The Installation will feature: Paintings and videos of artists from Central America,

Central Asia and Africa, Youtube videos submitted by refugees from around the world,

Portraits of featured refugee artists Tito Medina, Hawa Kaba, Hamid Ayoub, Victor Fuentes

and Martin Mbesha by Sherry Tompalski.

• 1-5 PM: Information tables presented by The Catholic Immigration Centre, The Canadian Red Cross the Centre for International Migration and Settlement Studies, World Skills, YMCAYWCA, USC Canada and Heather Thomson, RN, BScN photonovel project on nutrition, created with a group of Congolese women.

SUNDAY JUNE 20th, 2010 - World Refugee Day

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• 3 PM: Dr. Adnan Turegun of Carleton University will provide the opening remarks.

• 3:15 PM: Nubia Cermeno, activist from Venezuela, will sing and present the art work of refugee children from her “I Wish” program at the Catholic Immigration Centre.

• 3:30 PM: The installation will feature a talk by Hamid Ayoub (Sudan) accompanied by drummers Dr. Lee, Hawa Kaba (Guinea), Martin Mbesha (DR Congo) and singer/dancer Yannick Ndongmo and a demonstration of Sudanese henna body painting by Aisha Matar and Sudanese folklore and costumes by Selma Hassan.

• 1-4 PM: The Installation will feature: Paintings and videos of artists from Central America, Central Asia and Africa, Youtube videos submitted by refugees from around the world, Portraits of featured refugee artists Tito Medina, Hawa Kaba, Hamid Ayoub, Victor Fuentes and Martin Mbesha by Sherry Tompalski.

• 1-4 PM: Information tables presented by The Catholic Immigration Centre, The Canadian Red Cross the Centre for International Migration and Settlement Studies World Skills, YMCA-YWCA, USC Canada and Heather Thomson, RN, BScN photonovel project on nutrition, created with a group of Congolese women.

World Refugee Week Artists/Presenters – Partial List

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Dr. Susan Walsh: Executive Director of USC Canada

Susan initially worked at USC as a Program Officer in the late 1980’s, and in the interim, helmed the World Food Day Association and worked for over a decade with Canadian Lutheran World Relief as that agency’s Director for Latin America Programs.

USC drew her back to Ottawa in 2004, this time as the agency’s Executive Director. During these past two decades, Susan has spearheaded strategies designed to promote the legal, cultural, and livelihood rights of indigenous peoples and marginalized farmers, strengthened though the completion of a doctoral degree in cultural anthropology at the University of Manitoba, and a year of SSHRCsponsored field research on the biodiversity conservation and resilience strategies of indigenous potato farmers in Bolivia’s southern highlands.

Tito Medina: Singer / Song Writer (Guatemala)

Medina is a Singer-Songwriter and an icon for Guatemalan revolutionary music. His voice and musical work started to emerge during the national protests the early 70s on the streets of Guatemala City, rapidly Tito was touring the country side of his native Guatemala with his bands Camino and Grupo Taller, then with the Estudiantina of the University of San Carlos and later with Kin-Lalat Revolutionary Music Ensemble. Freedom, equality, hope, love and consensus have been Tito’s inspirations across the time.

Dr. Monia Mazigh: Finance Professor / Writer/

Dr. Mazigh was catapulted onto the public stage in 2002 when her husband Maher Arar, was deported to Syria where he was tortured and held without charge for over a year. During that time, Dr. Mazigh campaigned vigorously for her husband’s release and later fought to re-establish his reputation and sought reparations. In January 2007, after a lengthy inquiry, her husband finally received an apology from the Canadian government and was offered compensation for the "terrible ordeal" his family had suffered. Dr. Mazigh has since authored a new book called Hope and Despair which documents her ordeal after her husband was arrested and how she campaigned to clear his name.

Hamid Ayoub: Painter / Drummer (Darfur, Sudan)

Ayoub, born in the Darfur region of Sudan, fled the expanding civil war in East Africa, to walk on a perilous journey on foot across Chad with the constant threat of famine and attack by wild animals. A graduate from the College of Fine and Applied Arts, Sudan University of Science & Technology, Khartoum, Sudan, Ayoub has exhibited in Sudan, Nigeria, Germany, England, United States, Niger, Canada and Holland.

Dr. Adnan Türegün: Executive Director of CIMSS

Dr. Adnan Türegün is Executive Director of the Centre for International Migration and Settlement Studies (CIMSS) and an Adjunct Research Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University. His research interests include the labour market integration of immigrants and refugees with a particular emphasis on their access to regulated professions and trades.

Jayne Stoyles: Executive Director of the CCIJ

Stoyles is a lawyer, the first Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for International Justice, and an Ashoka Canada Fellow. Jayne served for several years as the Program Director of the NGO Coalition for the International Criminal Court in New York, a network of 2,000 NGOs worldwide that helped bring about the establishment of the Court and that was twice nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.

She has been a Senior Adviser to the Institute for Global Policy in New York on issues of human security, UN reform and international justice, provided International Humanitarian Law training for the Red Cross, and taught international law at Carleton University. The Canadian Centre for International Justice is a national charitable organization that works with survivors of torture, war crimes and other atrocities to seek redress and bring perpetrators to justice in Canada and internationally as part of the next phase of the international justice movement.

Hawa Kaba: Painter / Drummer (Guinea)

Kaba's art is greatly influenced by her early years in Africa. Her interest in women and women’s issues stems from wanting to push beyond the injustice of existing boundaries - a push for freedom to fulfill life’s dreams regardless of perceived limitations. In her native Guinea, art has traditionally been the exclusive domain of men, while women are left to mind the household and raise children. Through her art, Kaba hopes to encourage women, in particular African women, to become interested in painting as a means of expression.

Philip Landon is the Director of Programs for the WUSC

Landon has been involved in international development and education for over twenty years. His work has focused on the design and management of sustainable education and international development projects and programs that address marginalized populations and engage Canadians in the issues. He is currently the Director of Programs at World University Service of Canada, responsible for strategic orientation, program development and implementation of WUSC’s programs in Canada and overseas.

Sandra Hernandez: Activist / Artist (Guatemala)

Hernandez, as a student in the National University San Carlos, was a founding member of the Environmental University Commission, an organization that worked with Greenpeace Central America to create a front against the transportation of toxic waste to Guatemala. Upon her arrival in Canada, Hernandez organized student delegations from around the world, to raise awareness of issues of toxic waste. As well Hernandez has worked with Union member and indigenous leaders to raise awareness of human rights issues in Guatemala.

Victor Fuentes: Painter / Song Writer (El Salvador)

Fuentes came to Canada from El Salvador with his family as refugees in 1990. Though his country has been ravaged by endless civil war, the spirit of the El Salvadorian people remains strong. Victor is the co-founder of the art group “Harmony Hopes” and is instrumental in organizing the Annual Harmony Hopes Art Exhibition to raise funds for the Youth House, Cal-Pipil in San Salvador. Victor is a strong advocate for change in social and economic justice and development in El Salvador which inspires him to write poetry and music relating to the continued injustices to his countrymen.

Gustavo Saavedra: Singer / Song Writer (Bolivia)

Saavedra, a leading voice of the Bolivian Choir Society, and founding member of the People’s Centre of Art and Culture Music Workshop, was featured on the “La Explicación de mi País”, a musical resistance compilation during Bolivia's era of dictatorships. His work developed into the prestigious international “Arawi” Music Workshop. He has performed in Canada, Bolivia, and Chile.

Jessica Solomon - Comedian (Montreal)

Jessica was working as a war crimes lawyer for the U.N. when she decided to pursue a career in comedy. Frankly, she thought, it was time to get serious. Jessica works out of Montreal, Canada, where she performs regularly at the Comedyworks and the Comedynest as well as every alternative comedy room in town. No audience is too small. Seriously, a single bus stop dweller will do. But she does love a crowd, so Jessica has also traveled to cities with large amounts of English speakers. She has performed in Ottawa and Toronto at Yuk Yuks and Absolute Comedy.

Internationally, she’s hit the Comedy Café in London and the legendary Zanies Comedy Club in Chicago, amongst others. She has also auditioned for Just for Laughs. When she’s not writing and performing Jessica likes to check in with her old colleagues in The Hague. She enjoys hearing how sad the war criminals are without her observational wit and storytelling to keep them going. She believes they are jealous of her comedy audience and regret what they have done.

Nubia Cermeño: Singer / Songwriter (Venezuela)

Known for her engaging performances and social work with Catholic Immigration Centre, Nubia's “no barriers music” has been featured in variety of local festivals and Women's Day events. A recipient of the Community Builder award from the United, she has served on the Steering Committee for the City for All Women Initiative and the Board of Directors of the Ottawa Folk Festival. Her work with the “I Wish” program provides opportunities for refugee and newcomer children to exhibit their paintings at local venues such as the Ottawa Folk Festival, World Refugee Week and City of Ottawa events. Special Thanks goes to the following Contributors:

RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification Part Seven

https://poetsofottawa.ning.com/forum/topics/rcmp-canadas-image-and

RCMP: Canada’s Image and Beautification: Part Eight

https://poetsofottawa.ning.com/profiles/blogs/rcmp-canadas-image-and-6

https://poetsofottawa.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?q=RCMP%3A+

Special Thanks goes to the following Contributors

The Ontario Arts Council, Library and Archives Canada, Nanda Na Champassak and Ryan Thom, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Bhat Boy (www.bhatboy.com), the Centre for Afghan Progress, Peter Showler of the University of Ottawa, Adnan Turegun and James Milner of Carleton University, Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization, Department of International Development (QEH) of the University of Oxford England, the Canadian Centre for International Justice and the Coalition of New Canadians for Arts and Culture.

The Voices of Refugees Installation History

Parliament of Canada, June 16, 2009: As part of World Refugee Week celebrations, the Voices of Refugees Installation featured 8 portraits of refugees from Central America, Central Asia and Africa, segments of their life stories displayed on four large screen video monitors and a live performance by Guatemalan revolutionary singer Tito Medina. The event included speeches by the Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism and Abraham ABRAHAM the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Representative in Canada.

University of Ottawa, June 2, 2009: As part of the 2nd Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, posters, videos and performances by revolutionary singer Tito Medina were presented at the conference.

World Refugee Day, June 20, 2008: Posters and videos from the Voices of Refuges Installation were presented on World Refugee Day 2008 at Ottawa City Hall. Video was presented on the University of Oxford England web site and posters were distributed to relief organizations in Islamabad, San Francisco, Dublin, Tokyo, Melbourne, New York, Washington, London, Brussels, Cairo and Johannesburg.

Canadian Centre for International Justice, June 26, 2008: Posters from the Voices of RefugesInstallation were shown at the formal launch of the Canadian Centre for International Justice at Library and Archives Canada. The featured speakers were Maher Arar, Lloyd Axworthy and Ellen Gabriel.

World Refugee Week 2010 Celebrations in Ottawa and the Voices of Refugees Installation is designed and developed by Graham Thompson and Sherry Tompalski .

Semitic illegal drugs calls Khat spreads in North America and Europe

"Boys and Men Healing promises to be a powerful film, which will truly benefit men sexually abused as children, and those who care about them…. Kathy Barbini’s film has the potential to transform those stories and voices into healing –not only for individuals but also for families, communities, and even societies."

Jim Hopper, Ph.D.

Founding Board Member, 1in6.org

"Absolutely Superb"

Matthew Mendel, Ph.D., Psychologist
Author of The Male Survivor: Impact of Sexual Abuse

A film by KATHY BARBINI

A Big Voice Pictures Production

The Canadian premiere will be followed by a discussion with one of its subjects, Dr. David Lisak, University of Massachusetts, and Rick Goodwin of The Men’s Project, Ottawa.

When: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.

Where: Library and Archives Canada Auditorium at 395 Wellington St. at Bay

"Courageous Honesty"

Eileen King, Regional Director
Justice for Children, D.C. Chapter

Boys and Men Healing is a documentary about the impact the sexual abuse of boys has on both the individual and society, and the importance of healing and speaking out for male survivors to end the devastating effects. The film portrays courageous non-offending men whose arduous healing helped them reclaim their lives—while giving them a powerful voice to speak out, and take bold action toward prevention for other boys. Boys and Men Healing is being produced in association with International Documentary Association. "It is and excellent film for teaching about children's experiences of sexual abuse and the multiple experience that support their recovery..a marvelous gift!"--Ernesto Mujica, Ph.D, Clinical Psychologist and Psychoanalyst, NYSPA Division of Psychonanalysis.

Tickets cost $ 10, and available at:

rsvp@themensproject.ca

Collected Works 1242 Wellington W., After Stonewall 370 Bank St.

Leishman Books Westgate Mall, The Men’s Project, 321-180 Argyle Ave.

"Excellent Breakthrough"

Alex Bottinelli
Vermont Network Against
Domestic and Sexual Violence

The film features David Lisak's moving and poignant personal story of facing his own childhood sexual abuse, his dedication to speaking out, and his professional work educating about the impact male child sexual abuse has on the cycle of violence. David's powerful story is witness to the hope available when men heal, and a serious call-to-action to address the potential impact on men and communities.

"Use this Film to Educate!"

Senator Joe Vitale
New Jersey State Senate

Mark Crawford's story is a true hero's journey of a survivor working relentlessly and successfully against all odds to change unjust laws and to seek justice for male survivors. Mark’s own personal and arduous healing, and consequent commitment to help survivors, along with his ongoing efforts to educate about pedophiles in communities, and his tenacity and determination to change still unjust laws, will have us cheering him on, and joining him, by film’s end!

Tony Rogers, raped by a pedophile when he was 9-years old, breaks the cycle of violence and self-destruction through his commitment to heal.

After being unable to find a support group for male survivors in his community, he joined with other men to start a much needed peer-led group. Witnessing his fellowship with other men, and the sensitivity and authenticity in their sharing, is a beautiful testimony of men breaking silence and isolation, taking the initiative to join together, and rebuilding a sense of deep trust with other men.

Boys and Men Healing is a source of hope and inspiration for all men who have suffered sexual abuse and violence. The men are candid about a seemingly hopeless issue which effects us all. The film is witness to survivors' ability to thrive and lead fulfilling lives, while advocating for prevention and education to protect children.

"Exceptional"

Jessica McSparron-Bien, LSW
Policy Coordinator NDCAWS / CASAND

The moncitizenship is the new Canadian governmental task. The diplomatic lines of Republics of Yemen and Poland are non grata with their masks.

M.T. Al-Mansouri

"Powerful Documentary"

Randi Gottlieb
Anne Casey Foundation

Accolades

Festivals

· International MaleSurvivor Conference

· Attorney General Eric Holder and the U.S. Department of Justices Office on Viole

· American Mental Health Counselors Association screening

· National Meeting for State and Territorial Sexual Assault Coalitions-screening.

Press Reviews

Resources for Male Survivors.

RECOMMENDED USES

· Rape Crisis Centers
· Sexual Assault Treatment Centers
· Child Welfare Agencies
· Youth Organizations
· Public Libraries
· Churches
· Schools and College and University
· Departments of Psychology, Sociology, Social Work
· Prisons and re-entry programs

The moncitizenship is the new Canadian governmental task. The diplomatic lines of Republics of Yemen and Poland are non grata with their masks.

M.T. Al-Mansouri

Boys and Men Healing is a documentary about the impact the sexual abuse of boys has on both the individual and society, and the importance of healing and speaking out for male survivors to end the devastating effects. The film portrays courageous non-offending men whose arduous healing helped them reclaim their lives—while giving them a powerful voice to speak out, and take bold action toward prevention for other boys. Boys and Men Healing is being produced in association with International Documentary Association. "It is and excellent film for teaching about children's experiences of sexual abuse and the multiple experience that support their recovery..a marvelous gift!"--Ernesto Mujica, Ph.D, Clinical Psychologist and Psychoanalyst, NYSPA Division of Psychonanalysis.

The film features David Lisak's moving and poignant personal story of facing his own childhood sexual abuse, his dedication to speaking out, and his professional work educating about the impact male child sexual abuse has on the cycle of violence. David's powerful story is witness to the hope available when men heal, and a serious call-to-action to address the potential impact on men and communities.

Mark Crawford's story is a true hero's journey of a survivor working relentlessly and successfully against all odds to change unjust laws and to seek justice for male survivors. Mark’s own personal and arduous healing, and consequent commitment to help survivors, along with his ongoing efforts to educate about pedophiles in communities, and his tenacity and determination to change still unjust laws, will have us cheering him on, and joining him, by film’s end!

Tony Rogers, raped by a pedophile when he was 9-years old, breaks the cycle of violence and self-destruction through his commitment to heal.

After being unable to find a support group for male survivors in his community, he joined with other men to start a much needed peer-led group. Witnessing his fellowship with other men, and the sensitivity and authenticity in their sharing, is a beautiful testimony of men breaking silence and isolation, taking the initiative to join together, and rebuilding a sense of deep trust with other men.

Boys and Men Healing is a source of hope and inspiration for all men who have suffered sexual abuse and violence. The men are candid about a seemingly hopeless issue which effects us all. The film is witness to survivors' ability to thrive and lead fulfilling lives, while advocating

for prevention and education to protect children.

Crew

Director: Kathy Barbini | bio

Kathy Barbini, founder of Big Voice Pictures, and producer/director, is an independent documentary and television producer focusing on social issues. She has worked on award-winning programs for Discovery Channel, Lifetime Television, ABC and NBC network news, HBO, MTV Networks and on national political media campaigns. Her independent films have been funded by leading foundations and distributed internationally. She is producer/director of Big Voice Pictures’ new film, Boys and Men Healing, produced in association with The International Documentary Association.

Ms. Barbini's independent documentary, The Healing Years, became an acclaimed film in the field of women’s issues and child sprevention, and has been utilized for training and education in thousands of organizations internationally. The film has been broadcast on PBS stations nationwide, screened in international film festivals and leading conferences and endorsed by leaders in the field. Lifetime Television and The Times Square Project awarded her with recognition for helping end violence against women.

Her films illustrate her commitment to bringing hope to challenging issues. Additional projects produced by Ms. Barbini include: The Discovery Channel's multi-award winning educational documentary series Assignment Discovery, an ACE-Award nominated special for MTV Networks about celebrities who donate their time to social causes, and co-producer on a prime-time Presidential election-eve special broadcast on ABC, NBC and CBS. Additionally, she was Project Director for HBO's national for screening tour of the Emmy Award-winning documentary Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam, organizing national screenings and fundraising to benefit the Vietnam Veterans of America.

A film by KATHY BARBINI

A Big Voice Pictures Production

The Canadian premiere will be followed by a discussion with one of its subjects, Dr. David Lisak, University of Massachusetts, and Rick Goodwin of The Men’s Project, Ottawa.

When: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.

Where: Library and Archives Canada Auditorium at 395 Wellington St. at Bay

Tickets cost $ 10, and available at:

rsvp@themensproject.ca

Collected Works 1242 Wellington W., After Stonewall 370 Bank St.

Leishman Books Westgate Mall, The Men’s Project, 321-180 Argyle Ave.

Synopsis

Boys and Men Healing is a documentary about the impact of male sexual abuse on both the individual and society, and the importance and power of healing and speaking out for male survivors for the well being of individuals, families, and communities.

The film portrays courageous non-offending men whose arduous healing helped them reclaim their lives, speak out, while taking action toward prevention for other boys. The film is an important statement promoting a societal shift from cycles of abuse to cycles of healing for males, and is a bold voice revealing a secret crime that effects us all, while pointing the way toward hope and solutions.

This is a film that digs deep into the issues and effects related to male child sexual abuse, yet bursts forth with the beauty and celebration of men’s emotions and voices that transform—too long veiled under masculinity stereotypes and silence. Jim Hopper, Founding Board Member, 1i6.org states: “Kathy Barbini’s film has the potential to transform those stories and voices into healing –not only for individuals but also for families, communities, and even societies”.

Boys and Men Healing is produced by Big Voice Pictures in association with The International Documentary Association, is a prophetic call-to-action and answer the need for prevention and educational resources for male survivors. The documentary joins with others leading the way in breaking silence and paving new and healthier roads for boys and men.

Although men’s healing and voices are celebrated in Boys and Men Healing, the effects of child sexual abuse can never minimized. Rhonda Perkins, Prevention Education Child help, USA says: “the film shows the link between early sexual abuse and subsequent substance abuse, criminal activity, and continuing the cycle of abuse against future generations of innocent children--we as a society cannot afford to ignore the important messages this film has to offer.”

In one powerful segment in the film featuring respected forensic psychologist and researcher, Dr. David Lisak, reveals on-camera for the first time his personal story of facing his own childhood sexual abuse during his riveting interview with death row inmate, James Thomas, also sexually abused as a boy. David’s own courage and healing instills a passion to educate about his groundbreaking work researching the impact male child sexual abuse has on the cycle of violence, and is a call to action for breaking silence and attending to the deep, insidious scars of child sexual abuse. His honesty about his own abuse and it’s effects on his life, and his commitment to heal and speak out, is a humbling witness to his courage, as he lights the way for other men beginning their healing journey.

Christopher de Serres, Co-Founder of (Wo)Men Speak Out says, “I am a male sexual abuse survivor and I say this with more courage than I did the day before because of films like Boys and Men Healing”. The film also profiles, Tony Rogers, raped by a pedophile when he was 9-years old. From touting a gun on the streets of Oakland, California, to choosing to heal and interrupting a life cycle of crime, Tony is a model black man rising from the ashes and creating a productive and hopeful life.

But his choice to heal was thwarted by lack of services for non-offending male survivors in his community. Yet, by taking initiative, Tony, along with other men, initiated their own peer-led group in San Francisco. Witnessing Tony’s fellowship with these courageous men, and the sensitivity and authenticity in their sharing, a heartwarming and beautiful testimony of men breaking silence and isolation, by joining together, and rebuilding a sense of deep trust with other men unfolds throughout the film.

The moncitizenship is the new Canadian governmental task. The diplomatic lines of Republics of Yemen and Poland are non grata with their masks.

M.T. Al-Mansouri

Survivor advocate, Rev. Patrick Kennedy, Priest in the Washington Baltimore area states: “Becoming able not only to live with, but to heal these wounds - to bridge this abyss - is by its very nature a spiritual journey, one undertaken with great effort, honesty, courage and, most of all, the finding of new meaning. Just such a journey is evident in what the filmmakers have done in Boys and Men Healing. Through the lives of men who have begun this healing themselves, those who see it may begin to know that such a meaning-filled healing is even possible.”

Mark Crawford's story is a true hero's journey of a survivor working successfully against all odds to change unjust laws and to seek justice for male survivors. Mark’s own healing and consequent availability to help other survivors, along with his relentless efforts and tenacity to change still unjust laws and passion to educate about pedophiles in communities, will have us cheering for him and joining his cause by film’s end. Senator Joe Vitale, New Jersey State Senator who was instrumental in helping Mark change important laws benefiting survivors says , “While it is clear this film will help survivors heal and providers treat, I see an even greater purpose. Use this film to educate lawmakers, serve on Commissions, run for public office, and become the agents for change”.

And ultimately, this film is also for boys and children, and a call to action to speak out, protect and advocate for children. Eileen King, Regional Director Justice For Children/Washington, D.C. Chapter, speaks about the film, “ I predict that Boys and Men Healing will have a profound effect on the ears that are still closed to the message that we must hear, care, act and protect, especially when the voice is quiet and small”.

Boys and Men Healing is a celebration of courage, the power of truth, and the power to transform.

BIG VOICE PICTURES seeks to reveal truths and bring difficult issues to light for the well being of individuals, families and communities, with the intention of motivating discussion, and effecting change. www.bigvoicepictures.com.

Book Launc on Monday June 14th, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. At Collected Works BookStore 1242 Wellington, Ottawa, CANADA

http://www.collected-works.com/

Monday, June 14, June, 2010

Carol Little reads from "A Study in Love" , with paintings by Kristy Gordon - 7:30 p.m.

A Study in Love is a visceral analysis of love and loss, their mutability and interchangeability, and the pain derived from both. Written over a two-year period, these poems explore emotionally sensitive territory in order to garner a deeper understanding of human relationships, boundaries, and tendencies. Award winning novelist and poet Carol Little offers a fresh, innovative voice in the landscape of modern Canadian poets. This collection pairs her pieces with stunning paintings by critically acclaimed artist, Kristy Gordon.

Carol Little is a novelist and poet. Her first novel, Hide Your Life Away, was nominated for the 2009 Montaigne Medal, winner in the General Fiction category of the 2009 Eric Hoffer Book Awards, and a finalist in the 2009 Indie Book Awards. Little has had poems printed in publications in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. She is a member of the League of Canadian Poets, and has been invited to read at numerous universities and festivals, including the 2009 Canada Games Artistic Mentor Program. A Study in Love is Little's first collection of poetry.

Author Little Shows Big Flair, Potential

June 11, 2010

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, Canada – Beset by a constant craving to write, author and poet Carol Little clings to big literary aspirations. Luckily, she also possesses hefty doses of the perseverance and talent needed to achieve them.

“I've been writing for as long as I can remember – from childhood,” said Carol when interviewed at one of her favorite workplaces, a tiny table at Timothy's coffee shop in Charlottetown, the capital city of her home province.

Thirty-four-year-old Carol's impressive (although short) first novel, Hide Your Life Away (2008, Meanwhile Studios, Canada, 142 pages), shows a pleasing flair for dialogue and details. On June 14, she does an encore by launching A Study in Love, her first poetry book, at the Collected Works bookstore in Ottawa, Canada's national capital.

In Hide Your Life Away, Carol's protagonist, Jason Mahoney, glides along as a vaguely familiar 32-year-old grocery-store stock-boy beset by problems and stuck in a “generic small town”. This novel competed for the Montaigne Medal, won an Eric Hoffer Award for fiction and was a finalist at the 2009 Indie Book Awards.

“Being a novelist was always my fantasy occupation,” Carol said. “When younger, I thought it wasn't a realistic idea. Maybe it isn't, but I'm trying.

“Writing's very important to me. It's a big part of who I am. I need to write. It's necessary for my well-being. At times, I've been physically ill due to not being creative.

“Since I don't make a great living from writing, I doubt if it's something most people would do for money or glamour – because there isn't much. I do it because I have to – it's a compulsion, an urgent need.”

Not long ago, Carol lived in Kensington and commuted nearly two hours several days per week to write at Timothy's. There, the staff members knew her and brewed her favorite coffee. Now she has moved to Charlottetown.

“I do the bulk of my writing in coffee shops. Every now and then, someone comes in and asks me to sign a book,” Carol said. “And there's nowhere better to drink soy lattes.”

But the need to write follows no schedule. “I carry a pen and notebook everywhere,” Carol said. “I'll stop on a street to write, or when driving, which I shouldn't, but when an idea strikes me, I'm writing it down. Actually, I write everywhere and all the time. I sleep with a pen and notebook by my bed. Regularly, I wake up with an idea and then write in the dark.”

Despite the computer age, Carol prefers to write with a pen and paper. “I love the connection of pen to paper, its tangibility. For some reason, my words flow better that way. And I like being able to write anywhere. I don't need to carry a computer or stay near a power outlet.”

Initially, Carol wrote much of Hide Your Life Away in the International Three-Day Novel Competition on a long weekend in 2007. “That was a challenge I'd wanted to accept for about five years, but kept delaying and being intimidated by it,” Carol said. “It's astounding to think of writing so quickly, and I almost can't fathom having done it. I started that weekend with just the title and an idea for the beginning. I didn't know where the plot would go or how it would end.”

The setting emerged from years of observations in and near Summerside, Carol's earlier hometown. “You write what you know,” she said. “In my head, the hospital scene is at Prince County Hospital. The farmers’ market scene is at the Charlottetown Farmers Market. The fictional town pulls together different bits of Prince Edward Island.”

Carol spins the mundane intricacies of her characters’ daily lives into a pleasing mix of comedy and tragedy. Realistic dialogue and recognizable details make the readers feel like honest-to-gosh participants.

“Readers comment on the fluidity of the dialogue,” Carol said. “All aspects of writing are a bit difficult, but for me, dialogue is the easiest part. I enjoy writing it, maybe due to studying human nature. For me, it's natural to watch nuances, how people use their words and bodies when talking. It's a constant study.”

Carol even gains mileage by enduring food allergies. “The novel mentions a lot of food,” she said. “Having food allergies, I really notice food-related details.”

As for A Study in Love, Carol's friend, Kristy Gordon, an artist from British Columbia, illustrated the poems. “Kristy's a fantastic contemporary painter,” Carol said.

Many of Carol's public appearances are to read poetry. She's a member of the League of Canadian Poets.

Her second novel, A Life Within Limits, should appear soon. “I also have an idea for a third,” she said.

Along with Carol's creative work, she focuses on another huge task. She's a mother of toddling three-year-old twins. “They're happy, busy girls,” she said. “When I'm at home, they get most of my attention, which is why I don't try to write there.”

Earlier, Carol worked as a screen-writer in the animation industry. More recently, she has done freelance writing and editing.

In the 1990s, she studied “to become a psychiatrist”, first at the University of Prince Edward Island and then at Carleton University in Ottawa. So she's competent to analyze her obsession with placing words on pages.

No matter how much Carol writes, her compulsion remains: “I can't stop. For me, there's no question of retiring. Even if I had the money of J.K. Rowling (who wrote the Harry Potter books), I'd still write. It's necessary.

“I'm already doing what I want, which is to spend my days writing – as a novelist and poet. Of course, I'd like to be really successful and get my work out there too.”

As afflictions go, her “writing ailment” has a lucky consequence for everyone else – the prospect of more good books.

For more information: www.carollittleauthor.blogspot.com\

The moncitizenship is the new Canadian governmental task. The diplomatic lines of Republics of Yemen and Poland are non grata with their masks.

M.T. Al-Mansouri

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Wellington Street Readers meet at Collected Works - 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

The book club discusses A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka. Meetings are open and new members are welcome at any time. If you have any questions about Wellington Street Readers activities, please visit wsreaders.wordpress.com.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Dalton Higgins reads from Hip Hop World at Collected Works - 7:00 p.m.

Hip hop is arguably the predominant global youth subculture of this generation. Artists around the world have taken hip hop's blueprint and fused it with their own music, language, dance rituals and art to create something new and innovative to serve their local region's needs. In Hip Hop World, Dalton Higgins takes vivid snapshots of the hip hop scenes in Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and more. American hip hop has gone through growing pains, and is questioned for being too commercialized to articulate the hopes, concerns and dreams of marginal youth and community members - what it was originally created for. Outside the US, hip hop culture is often just the opposite - a political tool to mobilize disenfranchised communities around hard issues, with little support from mainstream corporations or sponsors.

Dalton Higgins is Canada's foremost expert on hip hop culture. A music programmer, pop culture critic, author, broadcaster and journalist, he takes his analysis beyond North American parameters to consider the social and political uses of hip hop around the globe. Hip Hop World is his third book.

Saturday & Sunday, June 26 & 27, 2010

Screenwriting workshop #1: The Fundamentals of Screenwriting at Collected Works - 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

If you want to learn how to write a screenplay, looking for a refresher on the basics of crafting a script, or need a jump-start to get you writing again, this two-day workshop is the answer. Fee: $295 (register by June 15th and get a 10% discount). For more information, visit the Screenwriting with Sharon Buckingham Facebook page. To register, contact Sharon Buckingham at tsbprod@rogers.com.

Sharon Buckingham is a well-known screenwriter and producer with both feature and television production credits. She was the writer and a producer of the award winning STICKS & STONES, a movie for television for the CTV network; worked as a story editor and writer on the long-running television show BEASTMASTER; and wrote the Genie Award nominated feature film TO WALK WITH LIONS. She is presently working on two drama series, a game show, and a feature comedy with funding from Telefilm Canada. Sharon has headed up workshops for both the Summer Institute of Film and the Canadian Screen Training Centre.

July, 2010, Saturday & Sunday, July 24 & 25

Screenwriting workshop #2: Feature This! at Collected Works - 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

If you have an idea for a feature film (or even if you don’t) you’ll learn what you need to know to write a feature script. Participants may bring a synopsis of their idea for discussion. Fee: $295 (register by July 10 and get a 10% discount).For more information, visit the Screenwriting with Sharon Buckingham Facebook page. To register, contact Sharon Buckingham at tsbprod@rogers.com.

Sharon Buckingham is a well-known screenwriter and producer with both feature and television production credits. She was the writer and a producer of the award winning STICKS & STONES, a movie for television for the CTV network; worked as a story editor and writer on the long-running television show BEASTMASTER; and wrote the Genie Award nominated feature film TO WALK WITH LIONS. She is presently working on two drama series, a game show, and a feature comedy with funding from Telefilm Canada. Sharon has headed up workshops for both the Summer Institute of Film and the Canadian Screen Training Centre.

August, 2010, Saturday & Sunday, August 28 & 29

Screenwriting workshop #3: TV Guide at Collected Works - 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

If you have an idea for a TV movie or series you won’t want to miss this. You’ll learn what you need to know to write a script for television and how to develop a series proposal. Participants may bring a synopsis of their idea for discussion. Fee: $295 (register by July 10 and get a 10% discount).For more information, visit the Screenwriting with Sharon Buckingham Facebook page. To register, contact Sharon Buckingham at tsbprod@rogers.com.

Sharon Buckingham is a well-known screenwriter and producer with both feature and television production credits. She was the writer and a producer of the award winning STICKS & STONES, a movie for television for the CTV network; worked as a story editor and writer on the long-running television show BEASTMASTER; and wrote the Genie Award nominated feature film TO WALK WITH LIONS. She is presently working on two drama series, a game show, and a feature comedy with funding from Telefilm Canada. Sharon has headed up workshops for both the Summer Institute of Film and the Canadian Screen Training Centre.

September, 2010, Thursday, September 16

Wellington Street Readers meet at Collected Works - 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

The book club discusses The Wife's Tale by Lori Lansens, led by Angela. Meetings are open and new members are welcome at any time. If you have any questions about Wellington Street Readers activities, please visit wsreaders.wordpress.com.

October, 2010, Thursday, October 21

Wellington Street Readers meet at Collected Works - 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

US discovers huge Afghan mineral wealth: report

AFP Photo: Afghan miners drill into rock in a makeshift emerald mine in the Panjshir Valley in Afganistan at: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/ss/events/wl/20061026_afghanistan

Mon Jun 14, 4:55 AM : KABUL (AFP) - Afghanistan has nearly one trillion dollars in mineral deposits, according to a US study, but there are doubts the war-torn and graft-prone country can manage the windfall offered by the untapped riches.

The moncitizenship is the new Canadian governmental task. The diplomatic lines of Republics of Yemen and Poland are non grata with their masks.

M.T. Al-Mansouri

President Hamid Karzai said in January that the deposits could help the war-ravaged nation become one of the richest in the world, based on preliminary findings of the United States Geological Survey.

The final results, reported in the New York Times Monday, found previously unknown reserves of lithium, iron, gold, niobium, cobalt and other minerals that the paper said could transform Afghanistan into a global mining hub.

"The natural resources of Afghanistan will play a magnificent role in Afghanistan's economic growth," Jawad Omar, spokesman for the country's ministry of mines and industries, told AFP.

"The past five decades show that every time new research takes place, it shows our natural reserves are far more than what was previously found," he said.

Afghanistan's potential lithium deposits are as large of those of Bolivia, which currently has the world's largest known reserves of the lightweight metal, the Times said.

There is ever-growing demand for lithium, which is used to make batteries for everything from mobile phones and cameras to iPads and laptops. Future growth in electric and hybrid cars could create still more demand.

Afghanistan has so much of the metal that it could become the "Saudi Arabia of lithium", according to an internal Pentagon memo quoted by the New York Times.

The iron and copper deposits are also large enough to make Afghanistan one of the world's top producers, US officials said.

"There is stunning potential here," General David Petraeus, head of the US Central Command which oversees Afghanistan, told the newspaper. "There are a lot of ifs, of course, but I think potentially it is hugely significant."

Little has been exploited because the country has been mired in conflict for three decades, and is today embroiled in a vicious insurgency by Islamist rebels led by the Taliban.

The country would have to find a way of bringing the minerals to markets but its infrastructure is rudimentary, with only one national highway connecting north to south and its ramshackle roads often targeted by Taliban bombs.

Analysts worried the country, hobbled by rampant corruption and a weak central state, was not ready to manage its potential mineral wealth.

"I highly doubt it will be able to either properly manage these resources or use the riches to build a more peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan for all Afghans," Janan Mosazai, a political analyst, told AFP.

"We have living examples of other countries where natural riches have actually turned into a curse for peace and prosperity for people," he said, citing Nigeria's endemic poverty and conflict despite vast oil exports.

The Afghan government has already reported large deposits of chromite, natural gas, oil and precious and semi-precious stones.

"The only significant new bit of information (this year) is the dollar figure, as Afghan and Soviet geologists already had evidence of the riches," Mosazai said.

China and India have bid for contracts to develop Afghan mines, with the Chinese winning a huge copper contract. An iron-ore contract is due to be awarded later this year.

A new minerals rush could pit US and Chinese interests against each other. Some critics in Washington grumble that China is reaping rewards from the copper mine while US troops are heavily committed against the Taliban.

These countries aren't unlucky — they're poor by design.

All of the countries on this list have at least one trait in common: Their governments discourage private investment — and economic growth — through policies of crony capitalism, expropriation or arbitrary enforcement of the laws. That makes it difficult to generate hard currency to pay off government debt and discourages citizens from investing in education to improve their own economic lots.

* All dollar amounts in USD unless otherwise noted.

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1. Zimbabwe

GDP per capita: $375

Inflation rate: 5%

At the height of its inflationary fever in 2008, the price of a loaf of bread soared from 200,000 Zimbabwean dollars to 1.6 trillion. Dictator Robert Mugabe's policies of seizing productive grain farms and handing them to his political cronies has turned the nation from one of Africa's biggest food exporters into an economic basket case, reliant on foreign aid to feed its people. A power-sharing arrangement between Mugabe and rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has led to some reforms and inflation has cooled since the government began settling transactions in U.S. dollars.

2. Democratic Republic of Congo

GDP per capita: $172

Inflation rate: 51%

Inflation spiked past 50% last year as this commodity-rich nation's central bank extended too much credit to troubled banks and it struggled to pay $13 billion in external debt. Debt service now accounts for 25% of government revenue and 150% of exports. A $3 billion mining deal with China might help trim the DRC's massive current account deficit but the government needs to fix a dilapidated infrastructure and high levels of malnutrition.

3. Guinea

GDP per capita: $414

Inflation rate: 8%

This West African nation sits on 30% of the world's known bauxite reserves but has trouble attracting productive investment. Poorly maintained roads, military coups and constant government meddling in private business have slowed investments like a $5 billion Guinea Alumina project with Abu Dhabi and BHP Billiton. Says the U.S. State Department: "Many companies already operating in Guinea have slowed exploration efforts considerably in fear that falling prices and government intervention could precipitate massive investment losses."

4. Sierra Leone

GDP per capita: $310

Inflation rate: 11%

Rich in diamonds, titanium and other commodities, Sierra Leone might finally be getting its act together. The IMF projects 4.7% GDP growth in 2010 and a 2008 anticorruption act has led to the removal of at least 13 government officials, including the vice president's chief of staff. But with exports of just $205 million last year, Sierra Leone struggles with a current account deficit of almost 9%.

5. Nicaragua

GDP per capita: $971

Inflation rate: 1%

The government of socialist President Daniel Ortega might be popular with leftists elsewhere in South America, but it isn't delivering the goods at home. The second-poorest country in the Western Hemisphere after Haiti, Nicaragua actively discourages foreign investment and its citizens suffer from blackouts, water shortages and high energy costs that disproportionately hurt the poor.

6. Burundi

GDP per capita: $163

Inflation rate: 8.5%

This war-ravaged Central African nation needs $5.8 billion in telecommunications, energy and transportation investments over the next 20 years to raise its economy to sub-Saharan standards, according to the African Development Bank. With the government spending 12% of GDP on its own employees, it's hard to see where the money's going to come from. Last year Burundi exported $44 million in coffee, leaving a $207 million trade deficit.

7. Eritrea

GDP per capita: $363

Inflation: 30%

Since gaining independence from Ethiopia, this East African nation has struggled to build an economy. Extensive meddling by the ruling Peoples Front for Democracy and Justice doesn't help. The U.S. State Department. cites an "arbitrary and complex set of regulatory requirements" that discourage domestic and foreign investment.

8. Liberia

GDP per capita: $234

Inflation rate: 10%

Once the site of some of the world's most vicious civil warfare, Liberia has been relatively peaceful since 2005. But the West African nation established by freed slaves in 1847 is swamped by $3.4 billion in war debt and 85% unemployment. Some economic growth is expected after Arcelor Mittal begins shipping iron ore from the Yekapi complex in 2011.

9. Ghana

GDP per capita: $671

Inflation rate: 16%

Bauxite, the world's largest manmade lake, a 1-gigawatt hydroelectric plant and now offshore oil. Ghana's got it all, except a functioning economy. Persistent electricity shortages have sidelined the massive Valco aluminum smelter and the government of Ghana must privatize several money-losing state-owned enterprises to reduce its budget deficits, which run close to 10% of GDP. Oil revenues are expected to flow next year from offshore fields, being developed by Anadarko Petroleum and others. Perhaps the government will use the money to stabilize its finances instead of launching another spending binge.

10. Madagascar

GDP per capita: $412

Inflation rate: 8%

A March 2009 military coup has stalled economic recovery plans in this island nation, with the European Union and U.S. refusing to aid the government of Andry Rajoelina. Exports of vanilla, coffee, cloves and industrial minerals can't overcome a stubborn trade imbalance, which led to a 17% current-account deficit in 2009. Poverty remains high in the interior regions.

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POLOKWANE, South Africa – The infamous Jabulani World Cup ball has had goalkeepers in the tournament worrying, panicking and complaining for the past week. Now it has reduced one of them to tears.

Adidas claims that the Jabulani World Cup ball is the most accurate ever produced. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)

Algeria’s Faouzi Chaouchi was the latest keeper to be impacted when he allowed a long-range strike from Slovenia’s Robert Koren to evade his grasp and produce the only goal of a 1-0 loss at Peter Mokaba Stadium on Sunday.

Chaouchi could not control his emotions after the game. After striding through the interview zone without pausing to speak to reporters, he boarded the team bus and cried.

“You could see he had tears in his eyes and he could not help it,” said Algeria fan Mohammed Dahbi. “It is sad for the country but it is not his fault. Anyone can make a mistake and unlucky things can happen with that ball.”

That ball is the adidas Jabulani, and it already has sparked a storm of controversy. The manufacturer claims it is the most accurate ball ever made, but some weird plays on the field say otherwise.

Its unpredictability may have benefited the United States on Saturday night, when Clint Dempsey’s tame effort worked its way past England’s Robert Green. In truth, both Green and Algeria’s Chaouchi should have made comfortable saves on the goals they conceded. Yet on both occasions, there was significant movement in the air once the ball had been kicked.

“For sure, it is the ball,” said Algeria defender Madjid Bougherra. “You could see it moving, and once it bounced in front of him it just took off and gave a crazy bounce.”

The goal came in the 79th minute. Algeria, playing with 10 men after substitute Abdelkader Ghezzal was sent off, was trying to hang on for a draw. But the game’s only goal appeared to have more to do with the ball than the 11 vs. 10 situation. Just ask the scorer.

“Every player, if he is being honest, will tell you there is something strange about the ball,” said Koren, the Slovenia captain. “It is different to what we are used to and it gives keepers a big problem – like we saw today.”

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Slovenia might be the only team in Group C without much of a problem. Certainly, there are nervous times ahead for the United States, England and Algeria.

And, surely, for a certain manufacturer whose signature product is coming under ever-increasing scrutiny. Adidas, however, defends the ball.

“This ball has been around since December and been used around the world with very few comments,” Andy Harland, the developer of the ball, said in a recent interview with British television station Sky Sports News. “Teams have gone to altitude and you have seen comments in those situations.”

A skeptical public – and 32 starting goalkeepers – might take a bit more convincing.

النفط لنا ... والارض لمن ؟

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هـــل نبدأ المـشوارَ يا رُفَقائي ؟ فــــي جُعـْـبتي حُـزني وبعضُ غـِـنائي
أم أنَّ قانون القبيلة في بلاديً يحظر الشكوى على الفقراءِ؟
أم أنَّ أسلوب القصائد خاطئ ويخالف الدستور يا رفقائي ؟
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أيَّ المراكب أمتطي في رحلتي ؟
كلُّ المراكب زغردت للقائي

في العالم العربي جولتنا معا ً
أغراضُنا .. حربٌ على الدُّخَلاء

لا ضيرَ في التعب الكبير فكلنا
تـَـعِب ٌ ولا جدوى من الإرساء ِ

أقسى المآسي حدةً تلك التي
تدبيرُها استعصى على الحكماء ِ

نارُ العروبة أحرقتْ أفراحَنا فَسَقطْتُ مهترئا ً كشـَسْع ِ حذاء ِ
الليلُ يمضي حاملا ً أسرارَه مُترنحا ً.. فأحوشه بردائي
أصداءُ هذا الليل ِ.. توقظني فأسقط مثقلا ً بالصوت والأصداء
ماذا أقولُ وقولُنا كفر ٌلدى السلطان ِ بـَـلْ نوعٌ من الفحْشاء ؟

يا أمتي كم من نتيف ِالريش
يمشي مِشية الطاووس في خُيَلاء

النفط ُعفَّن في عباءته وشعبٌ
ينطفي في قبضة ِالعَسْرَاء ِ

مُتَكرِّشٌ بالنفط ِبل وبغازه
مُتَهدِّلُ الرَّدْفين .. كالنُفَساء

باع َالإلهَ وكل َمخلوقاتِه ..
عَلَنا ً، وداس كرامة َالآباء ِ

فتبارك َالبترول ُ نــَـــدْلـُــقه ….
لعاهرة ٍعلى الأقدام ِوالأثداء ِ

وتبارك البترول نعبده إلها ً

يُرجع ُالأقصى من الأعداء ِ

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إنّا لنرفض نفطكم ونقولها يحيا على البترول كل ُّ مراء ِ
فالناس قبل َ النفط ِ أذلال ٌ وبعد النــــفـط " خــَـدّامون " للأمراء ِ
ما زادنا البترول وآأسفي سوى جيش ٍمن الّلفات ِوالنُبلاء ِ

لو أن َّرب العرش يحرمكم فقط
من لعبة البترول والأثداء ِ

كنتم عرفتمْ قيمة َ الأرض ِ التي
حَبِــِلتْ بإفــك ِ النفط ِ والنـَّـعْماء ِ

يا ربُ بالبترول قــد أشقيتنا فتطاول الحمقى على العقلاءِ
كثـُـرَ اللصوصُ بأرضنا فتناسلوا وفـُـتاتـُهم يـُلقى الى البُـسطاء ِ
يا أخوتي ، هذا زمانٌ عــــائب ٌ يعلو الخسيسُ به على الشرفاء ِ
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ما جئتُ والخيراتُ ملءَ حقائبي
كلا ، ولا الأفراحُ ملءَ وِعائي

لكنما الإصــرار أحمله لكم
زادُ المنى أجدى لدى الكُرَمَاء ِ

لا بد ّ من إعــجام كل ِّ حروفنا
لا شأن لي بالأحــرُف الخرساء ِ

إستغرق التمجيدُ نصفَ حياتنا
والمدحُ يبقى شِــيـْمة َ الضُعَفاء ِ

أبكي الدماءَ لأمـة ٍ ضاعتْ سُدىً
وَتَـــفرّقتْ .. بزرائب ِ الرؤساء ِ

لا يأمن ُ الأخُ من أخيه بوائقا ً
فجميعُهم .. باتوا من الأُجَراء ِ

إنـَّــا لـــدجّالون رغم َ أنوفنا يا ويحَنا نشقى بغير شَـــقاء ِ
يوم افترقــْـنا واليهودُ تجمعوا ضِــعنا بأرض ِ الله ِ كالغرباء ِ
دخلوا علينا فاستباحوا أرضَنا وتــَشرّدَ الأحبابُ في الأرجاء ِ
عَـبَـثا ً نحاول أن نلمَّ شــتاتــَنا عبثا ً أحاول جـــمعَها أشـــــلائي
أصبو لأجمعها بشوق ٍ مُـــضُرَم ٍ فـتــَفِرَّ تعــــبى من يدي أعضائي
أوَ هــــكذا نِــسْرُ العروبة قد هوى ونــــــسورهُم تــمتدُّ في الأجواء ؟؟

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في داخلي عطشٌ شديدٌ هل تُرى
لحُشاشتي حظ ٌ من الإرواء ِ ؟

لا ماءَ في الوطن ِالكبير ِفماؤه
نفطٌ وممنوع ٌعلى الفقراء ِ

سفنُ العروبة ِمن هُنا قد أبحرتْ
محزونة ًفي الأبْحُر ِالسوداء ِ

من خلفنا ماض ٍ يطاردنا
تُظلِّلُنا وقائعُه .. نذيرَ فَناء ِ

فمصائبٌ كبرى تناسينا معالمَها
أزحناها .. عن الأضواء ِ

وهزائم ُالماضي تصافحنا وتبصق
فوقنَا شيئا ً من الإزْراء

يا أمتي ، إن ماتت ِالأمجاد ُمِنْ خجلٍ لحاضِرنا ، فلا تستائي
في سالف ِالأزْمَان كنّا امة ً واليوم َأصبحنا قطيع َإماء ِ

يأتي حزيران ٌيجرُّ عباءة ً
سوداءَ مثلَ وجوهِنا السوداء ِ

ويَشيلُها تلك التي سُفِحتْ على
أطرافها يوم َالرحيل دِمائي

يوم انتهى زحف ُاليهود بقدسنا
وتنادوا في مهبط ُالإسراء ِ

قلتم لنا في حينِها : لا تهربوا
لا تهربوا ،سنُطْعِمُهم إلى الدأماء ِ

لن نترك َالأقصى مضافة َهازل ٍ ولبائعات ِ العـُــهْر ِ دارَ بَـغاء ِ
قلتم لنا : تلك التي حدثت ْمُجرَّدُ نكسة ٍ، سنعودُ في خُيَلاء ِ
قلتم : أولاءِ حُثالة ُالدنيا فلا تَتَخوّفوا أسطورة َاللُّقطاء ِ
قلتم لنا : لكنما الأيام ُقالت ْ غيرَ ما قلتم عن الدُّخَلاء ِ

رُحْنا نُضمِّد جرحنا بمذلة ٍ
تبكي عليها … عـِـزَّة ُ الشرفاء ِ

نبكي كجرذان الحقول لجوعها
في موسم ٍ يمضي بغير شتاء ِ

القَرُّ يقتل ما تبقى من منى
وطعامُها يمضي مع الأنواء ِ

ندعو الإله َبأن ْيُنزِّل جُندَه
وبأن ْيَصد َّ جحافل َالأعداء ِ

أكل اليهودَ مَوائدَا ً من ضَعفِنا
وتسربوا كالدودِ في الأرْجاء ِ

يا سادتي نَكَساتُ أمّتنا لقد كَثُرتْ ، ونبكي الأرضَ كالبُلَهاء ِ
سيروا إلى النصر ِالكبير ِبقوة ٍ لا نصرَ عندَ الله ِللضعفاء ِ
مَنْ يُؤْمِن ِاللهَ العبادة َكُلّها ينصرْه ، هل كنتم من الأُمَنَاء ِ؟

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يا موطنا ً فاضت ْعليّ كُرومُه
وملأتُ من خيراتِه صحرائي

ماذا أُرَجِّي من لحىً مأجورة ٍ
وضمائر ٍتــَقـْتات ُ بالأهواء ِ ؟

من أين يأتي النصرُ يا وطني تـُرى
وبلادُنا تكــتظ ُّ بالزعــــماء ِ ؟

وإذاعة ٌمسعورة ٌتعـوي تُمنِّي
الشعب َبالبُشْرى وبالعَلْياء

وصحيفة ٌ تبكي على أنقاضِنا
مأجورة ٌ كبقية ِ الأجراء ِ

فلْتُخرِسوا هذا النباح َفإنه ألعوبة ٌتلقى إلى البُسَطاء ِ
كل ّ ٌ يحاولُ أن يكون إلهَنا والكلُّ مِـنكم كـــافرٌ ومُراء ِ
علّمتُمونا الطاعة َالعمياءَ، هل ْ نصر ٌ لنا في الطاعة ِالعمياء ِ

ما للعروبة ِأحرقتْ بُستانَها
لبستْ خمارَ الزَّيْف ِوالبغْضاء ِ ؟

يا امتي ، لن تظفري ومصيرنا
في عـُـهْدة ِ التجار والسفهاء ِ

تـــاج ُ الزعيم ِ بأرضـــنا يا أمتي ..
خُــلخالُ عـــاهرة ٍ ، وشـَـسْع ُ حـِذاء ِ

ثوري نردُّ الدودَ عن أشجارنا
فلقد مللنا وقـفة َ الجُبناء ِ

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هل أنت ِيا ليلى العروبة ِههنا أمْ أنَّ اُخرى تحتمي بخبائي ؟
أنَا مثقل ٌ بهزائمي ومصائبي وكسرتِ يا ليلى ، كؤوسَ عزائي
مهزومة ٌخيلي وكلُّ بيارقي والخُلْفُ حولي .. والشِّقاقُ ورائي
مدي يديك وعانقيني علَّني .. ألقى وجودي أو أضمُّ فنائي

للشِّعر ِحُرمتُه ولكن ْأهلُنا
يحيونَ في حربٍ مع الشعراء ِ

فالحرف ُ مذبوحٌ على أبوابنا
والشعر ُ أشكال ٌ من الإنشاء ِ

كلُّ الحروفِ تلعْثَمتْ في خاطري
فهل التلعثم شيمة ُالبُلَغاء ِ؟

إني أكابد ليلتي وحدي فلا
السُّمّارُ من حولي ولا نُدَمائي

والكأسُ في كفِّي مُضرَّجَةٌ فهل
هي كأسُ خمرٍ ام نزيفُ دمائي ؟

أنَا حالم ٌ بالنصر ُ والأحلام ُ
ترفُضُني تُشيحُ الطرف َباستهزاء ِ

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في غزة َالشمّاء ملحمة ُالنضال وصِــيَّة ُ الآبـــــاءِ …. للأبناء ِ
خلعوا ثيابَ الذل عن أجسادهم وتخلصوا من حُلّة البَأســـاء ِ
يا أخوة َالدرب الطويل تحيتي لبنادق ِالأحرار والشرفاء ِ

تأبى النفوسُ العالياتُ مذلَّة ً
والصاغراتُ يَمُتْن في العلياء ِ

للنصر أوقاتٌ ستبلغها بنادقنا
فتُزهر غـــــابة ُ الشهداء ِ

لن يفقأوا للحق عينا ً .. إن عين
الحق تُبصر من ورا الظلماء ِ

لا ضيرَ في الخطأ الصغير فدفترُ
التصحيح ِ لا يخلو من الأخطاء ِ

وضريبة ُالمجدِ الكبير ِعَناؤه
لا مجدَ في الدنيا بغير عناء ِ

حسبُ النسور ِكرامة ًفي أنها
تقضي بسفح الربوة العلياء ِ

لا ضير لو حرقوا السهولَ فنَبْتُنا
العربـــيُّ مُـــعتادٌ على الصحراء

أو أفرغوا قِرَبَ السماء مياهَها
شجرُ القضية عندنا برمائي

فالثورةُ الكبرى بشائرها تُطِلُّ
وأفْـْـقـُنا يـــكتظ ُّ بالـبُـشَراء ِ

لا يأسَ فالأملُ الكبيرُ مُحلِّقٌ ويعيد رغم َ الحزن ِ بعضَ رَجائي
فلْتَسْكُن ِ الأفراحُ تحت نوافذي ويهلَّ من أفقي .. رَفـِـيفُ ضـــــياء ِ
أنا حالمٌ بالنصر ِوالأحلامُ تحضنني تـــــغـضُّ الطـــرفَ باستحياء ِ

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خاص بعرب تايمز

ملحوظة من عرب تايمز : لا مانع من نقل قصيدة الشاعر الكبير الدكتور احمد حسن المقدسي واعادة نشرها في الصحف والمواقع الالكترونية شريطة ان تنشر القصيدة كاملة دون تحريف موقعة باسم كاتبها وعنوانه الالكتروني المبين اعلاه والاشارة الى عرب تايمز كمصدر

Culture, Spirituality & Ethics
in Critical Care, Chronic Care

& Mental Health Care

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June 17-18, 2010
St. Paul University,
223 Main Street,
Ottawa, ON, K1S 1C4
Pre-Conference - Plenary Session
6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 17, 2010 ence
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Friday June 18, 2010

The moncitizenship is the new Canadian governmental task. The diplomatic lines of Republics of Yemen and Poland are non grata with their masks.

M.T. Al-Mansouri

M.T. Al-Mansouri

Limitation of Resources &
Chronic Care Management:
The Duty to Care in an Ageing Society

by
Dr. Hazel Markwell PhD, ThD

Director, Centre for Clinical Ethics
Professor, Dept. of Anesthesia, University of Toronto

Hazel Markwell, PhD, DTh
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Hazel Markwell, PhD, DTh, is the Director of the Centre for Clinical Ethics, a shared service of Providence Centre, St. Joseph's Health Centre and St. Michael's Hospital, in Toronto. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anaesthesia, University of Toronto. Her background includes work as an Ethicist at St. Mary's Hospital in Montreal, and a Theologian at Concordia University. Her research interests include End of Life Care, Conflict Resolution and Organizational Ethics.

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Je hais la musique J'aime pourtant les tambours Je hais les chansons J'aime pourtant Aznavour Je hais le lyrisme J'aime portant la magie de mots Je hais la poésie J'aime pourtant le noir soleil du jour Je hais le cinéma J'aime pourtant les sièges pourpres Je hais le théâtre J'aime pourtant Beckett et les pièces de théâtre de l'absurde J'aime le bruit Je hais pourtant le train J'aime le cri Je hais pourtant les enfants du lac Saint-Martin J'aime les pleurs Je hais pourtant les visages bruns J'aime la douleur Je hais pourtant le chagrin J'aime le sang Je hais pourtant le couteau assassin J'aime les épines Je hais pourtant les cactus qui soient géants ou nains Je hais la vie Je déteste pourtant la mort Je hais l'envie Je déteste pourtant le remords Je hais l'amour Je déteste pourtant le rancœur Je hais la pudeur Je déteste pourtant l'amoralité Je hais le sexe Je déteste pourtant les seins cachés Je hais l'argent Je déteste pourtant l'impécuniosité .

The moncitizenship is the new Canadian governmental task. The diplomatic lines of Republics of Yemen and Poland are non grata with their masks.

M.T. Al-Mansouri

A. F. Moritz

He has written more than 15 books of poetry. He has been a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award and he has won the Award in Literature of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and a Guggenheim Fellowship. His recent collection, Night Street Repairs, published by House of Anansi Press in 2005, won the ReLit Award and The Sentinel (House of Anansi, 2009) was given Poetry magazine’s Bess Hokin Prize. A. F. Moritz lives in Toronto and teaches at Victoria University. His most recent book of poetry, The Sentinel, won the 2009 Griffin Poetry Prize.

The moncitizenship is the new Canadian governmental task. The diplomatic lines of Republics of Yemen and Poland are non grata with their masks.

M.T. Al-Mansouri

Pre-Tree Workshops: On

Terry Ann Carte

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Pre-Tree Workshops: On the 22nd of June, Terry Ann Carter: The leftover Beats: Gary Snyder and John Brandi. Be prepared to be inspired by eco-spiritualism and travel-mysticism.

The pre-Tree workshops are part of a series of one-hour poetry workshops. They are held in the usual Tree venue between 6:45 and 7:45 on regular Tree evenings.

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By James Adams

From Tuesday's Globe and Mail Published on Monday, Jun. 01, 2009 12:52 PM EDT Last updated on Wednesday, Jun. 03, 2009 8:49AM EDT

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Last Updated: Friday, June 11, 2010/1:42 PM AT : CBC News. A car crash that killed three Riverview, N.B., teenagers was caused in part by speed, unworn seatbelts, alcohol and drugs, say the RCMP.

Caledonia RCMP issued a statement Friday with preliminary information on the fatal May 29 car crash that killed Karey Marshall, 19, Chelsea Marchand, 18, Sam Pignatelli, 18.

The moncitizenship is the new Canadian governmental task. The diplomatic lines of Republics of Yemen and Poland are non grata with their masks. M.T. Al-Mansouri

Five teens were in a car driving along a rural road near Petitcodiac when the car left the road and smashed into a tree.

RCMP Sgt. Marco Papillon said the early findings show the crash could have been prevented.

No one was wearing a seatbelt, the officer said. Marshall was driving the car, which was going well over the speed limit of 80 kilometers an hour.

"An inspection of the vehicle shows it was mechanically sound and that nothing was malfunctioning with the car," he said. "These kind of tragedies are difficult for us to comprehend, because you can look back and see how it could have been prevented."

The RCMP's findings also indicated that Route 905 in Forest Glen, N.B, was wet from rain earlier that evening.

The pathologist's exam, according to the RCMP's preliminary report, showed the car's driver and passengers had alcohol and marijuana in their blood.

Papillon said the police investigation is continuing as they try to speak to possible witnesses.

The RCMP officer said he doesn't know how the two crash survivors are doing. Police are waiting to interview them.

With graduation ceremonies just around the corner, Papillon said he hopes this will make teens stop and think before they get behind the wheel.

"We need to be a little bit more responsible in the decisions that are taken. Let's be safe."

Papillon said unfortunately young people don't seem to be getting the message.

He said not wearing a seatbelt, alcohol use and aggressive driving continue to be leading factors in fatal car crashes in the province.

The RCMP in northeastern New Brunswick have also issued a caution this week for young drivers to slow down.

Two young men were arrested this week in Tracadie-Sheila after driving down the highway at 160 km/h, well above the 100 km/h speed limit.

And Jeremie Grant, 17, died over the May long weekend in a street-racing crash.



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