Date/Time
Date(s) - 15 Nov 2011
7:30 PM - 7:30 PM
REMI KAZANI
“Repression creates resistance. It also generates beautiful artistic works, which
become a cultural weapon in the struggle for the realisation of dreams.
This book of poems is a shining example of tomorrow’s Palestine.”
Ronnie Kasrils, ANC activist and former South African government minister
JOIN US FOR REMI KANAZI’S
AUTUMN TOUR!
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 15TH
7 30PM
FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE
SHIP STREET BRIGHTON
<img src=”https://www.brightonpsc.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/PoeticInjusticeFrontNew.jpg” alt=”Flyer” />
Remi is a poet, writer, and activist based in New York City. He is the editor of Poets For Palestine and the author of the collection of poetry, Poetic Injustice: Writings on Resistance and Palestine. His political commentary has been featured by news outlets throughout the world, including Al Jazeera English, GRITtv with Laura Flanders, and BBC Radio. His poetry has taken him across North America and the Middle East, and he recently appeared in the Palestine Festival of Literature as well as Poetry International. He is a recurring writer in residence and advisory board member for the Palestine Writing Workshop as well as an organizing committee member for the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel.
About Poetic Injustice
Laced with searing indictments of occupation, ethnic cleansing and war, the debut collection by Palestinian-American poet Remi Kanazi, Poetic Injustice: Writings on Resistance and Palestine, tackles some of the most pressing global issues of our time. Bringing alive the passion and heartfelt stories spread across the collection, Poetic Injustice includes a captivating 15-track performance CD.
More about Remi Kanazi: Remi is a poet, writer, and activist based in New York City. He is the editor of Poets For Palestine and the author of Poetic Injustice: Writings on Resistance and Palestine. His political commentary has been featured by news outlets throughout the world, including Al Jazeera English, GRITtv with Laura Flanders, and BBC Radio. His poetry has taken him across North America and the Middle East, and he recently appeared in the Palestine Festival of Literature as well as Poetry International. He is a recurring writer in residence and advisory board member for the Palestine Writing Workshop as well as an organizing committee member of the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel.
Praise for Poetic Injustice
“Some poetry is meant to make you sit in quiet contemplation. Not so with Remi Kanazi’s. Read his words out loud for yourself and your friends. Let their compassionate anger, their intricate dance of ideas, their unflinching witness, wash over you, dance with you, pick you up, and spur you to action.”
Ali Abunimah, Co-founder of Electronic Intifada and author of One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse
“It is through art not the news that we feel and begin to understand the long night of suffering and humiliation endured by the Palestinians. There is more truth, and perhaps finally more news, in Remi Kanazi’s poems than the pages of your daily newspaper or the sterile reports flashed across your screens.”
Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize winner and Nation Institute senior fellow
“Repression creates resistance. It also generates beautiful artistic works, which become a cultural weapon in the struggle for the realisation of dreams.This book of poems is a shining example of tomorrow’s Palestine.”
Ronnie Kasrils, African National Congress activist and former South African government minister
“You want to hear a voice which refuses to be silenced, and only such voices carry the deep truth about what’s happening these days, about what’s happening in Gaza or Iraq or East Jerusalem? OK. If you do, listen to Remi Kanazi and the lucidity of his anger.”
John Berger, novelist and Booker Prize winner
“Remi Kanazi’s poetry, full of defiance and longing, allows us to feel the power and pain of Palestine’s struggle.”
John Pilger, Award-winning journalist, author, and filmmaker
“Back from Gaza, Remi Kanazi’s poems make tears come to my eyes. Poetry more than any other means communicates what is deepest in man, what gives us hope beyond crime and despair.
Stéphane Hessel, French ambassador, former French resistance fighter, and participant in the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
“In Poetic Injustice, Remi Kanazi lines up his word soldiers and marches into the battle of identity, occupation, loss and exile. Stripping the spin and gloss from policies and politics, Kanazi volleys truths from his own life as a Palestinian-American and as a witness to the oppression and occupations, state terrorism and racism. A poet with immense power and bravery, he underlines each phrase, word and line with devotion.”
Elmaz Abinader, Author, poet, and PEN Award winner
“I am proud to have Remi Kanazi as a partner-in-rhyme in our global struggle for peace & justice…His words resonate on paper just as much as his unforgettable delivery does in person!”
Omar Offendum, Hip hop artist, author, producer