Film Archives - The Jerusalem Fund

Alan Dershowitz demands censorship of Al Jazeera Israel lobby film

March 15, 2018 by Samirah Alkassim

Alan Dershowitz is calling for the government of Qatar to censor Al Jazeera’s suppressed film exposing the US Israel lobby. In a letter on Monday he called for the channel to “reshoot and re-edit” the film before its release to add “pro-Israel commentators.” Clayton Swisher, Al Jazeera’s head of investigations, revealed in an article for The Jewish Daily Forward on Friday that he ran into Dershowitz at a restaurant when the Harvard law professor and prominent propagandist for Israel was recently in the Qatari capital Doha.

Essay Film Series: “Valentino’s Ghost: Why We Hate Arabs” (2015) by Michael Singh

August 9, 2021February 5, 2016 by Samirah Alkassim

Narrated by Mike Farrell, Valentino’s Ghost exposes the way America’s foreign policy agenda in the Middle East influences Hollywood and mainstream media portrayals of Arabs and Muslims.

The Map is Not the Territory

July 28, 2021September 17, 2015 by Tamara Kamel

Thursday September 17, 2015, The Map is Not the Territory group art exhibit that combines Palestinian, Irish & Native American artists’ artwork opens at Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center in Boston/East Cambridge along with the Boston Palestine Film Festival.

Evening Film: “Infiltrators” by Khaled Jarrar

August 9, 2021October 10, 2014 by Samirah Alkassim

Friday, October 10, 2014 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. The Jerusalem Fund For Palestinians, trying to travel from the West Bank to Jerusalem is a journey made almost impossible by checkpoints and restricted permits. For those who want to be reunited with loved ones and sick relatives, get to hospital for medical treatment, and … Read more

Evening Film: “A World Not Ours” by Mahdi Fleifel

August 9, 2021September 26, 2014 by Samirah Alkassim

Friday, September 26, 2014 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. EST The Jerusalem Fund Drawing on a family history of video-taping, Mahdi Fleifel offers an intimate glimpse into theAin el-Helweh refugee camp in Lebanon—a settlement of less than a square mile, home to over 70,000 people and in existence for more than 60 years. This is where Fleifel spent his formative years … Read more

Portraying Arabs: 30 Years Later

February 15, 2016June 11, 2014 by Nick Bascunan-Wiley

Jack Shaheen’s “TV Arab” studied the images of Arabs on television while Edmund Ghareeb’s “Split Vision” looked at news, print and broadcast media. At this panel event, the authors discuss the theses of their works 30 years later and how much has changed, if anything at all, about the images and portrayal of Arabs and Muslims in American mass media.

From These Streets – A Photography & Film Presentation

November 17, 2015December 17, 2013 by Tamar Ghabin

Mohammad Al-Azza, who teaches youth about photography and documentary production in the Lajee Center will discuss the challenges journalists face in the midst of demonstrations and clashes. He will present photographs from three different exhibits he produced in Aida Camp, one of which is his arrest and facial injury.

Evening Film: “Al Helm: Martin Luther King in Palestine” with Connie Field

August 9, 2021November 9, 2013 by Tamar Ghabin

An African American gospel choir is the Greek chorus for a Palestinian play on Martin Luther King which tours the West Bank preaching nonviolence. It is a personal and cultural exchange where, over the course of the journey, their ideas about each other are radically transformed.

Visualizing a National Narrative: Art, Resistance, and the Consciousness of Exile

February 15, 2016July 31, 2013 by Nick Bascunan-Wiley

This panel features local Arab art experts for a discussion about art, resistance and exile. Art plays a unique role in shaping national consciousness and preserving Palestinian identity, serving to both inform and reflect national movements, from the Arab Spring to the Palestinian experience.