11th Floor, Braamfontein Centre
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Braamfontein, 2017
Johannesburg
South Africa
07 January 2015
Dear Friends and Comrades,
NELSON MANDELA AND LEILA KHALED
Above is a photo of Nelson Mandela and Leila Khaled, both have been dubbed “terrorists” by the USA. In fact Nelson Mandela and South Africa’s ruling party the ANC both remained on the USA terrorism watch list till as recent as 2008. Many Palestinians including Leila Khaled are today considered terrorists like the ANC and Nelson Mandela were once classified terrorists. Click here for a Guardian Newspaper interview with Leila Khaled.
MOVIE: LEILA KHALED HIJACKER
“Leila Khaled Hijacker” is a 50 minute Swedish documentary (with English subtitles) on the life of Leila Khaled. Contact BDS South Africa for a copy of the DVD (at info) or click here to watch the film free of charge on YouTube.
“I have learned that a woman can be a fighter, a freedom fighter, a political activist, and that she can fall in love, and be loved, she can be married, have children, be a mother.”
– LEILA KHALED
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PALESTINIAN ICON, LEILA KHALED, ON SOUTH AFRICAN FUNDRAISING SPEAKING TOUR FOR BDS SA
The Palestinian struggle icon Leila Khaled will be in South Africa between the 5th and 15th of February 2014. Leila Khaled will be in several South African cities on a BDS South Africa Fundraising Speaking Tour.
Leila Khaled has been dubbed “the poster girl of the Palestinian struggle”. Khaled’s image flashed across the world after she hijacked a passenger jet in 1969 and made world history by becoming the first woman to hijack an airplane. The picture of a young, determined looking woman with a checkered kuffiyah scarf, clutching an AK-47, was as era-defining as that of Che Guevara, Ruth First and other political figures from our recent past. See below or click here for Leila Khaled’s South African speaking dates and contact details to purchase dinner tickets.
FULL LEILA KHALED SA FUNDRAISING SPEAKING TOUR
PRETORIA/JOHANNESBURG DATE: Friday, 6 February 2015 TIME: 18h30 CONTACT: 0824179338 (for info or tickets) CO-HOSTS: Caring Womens Forum & Benoni Spurs FC DINNER TICKETS: Between R150-R500 (includes complimentary “Leila Khaled Hijacker” DVD)
