SAHTAIN! PALESTINIAN BRUNCH
Sep
27
11:00 AM11:00
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SAHTAIN! PALESTINIAN BRUNCH

Featuring Chef Isam Kaisi & Master of Qanun Dr. George Sawa

Join TPFF for Sahtain! Palestinian Brunch and enjoy a popular selection of delicious traditional brunch dishes prepared by Isam Kaisi, acclaimed chef of District Oven. This year the brunch will take place at District Oven at 842 College St (at Ossington). Tickets $25 (TPFF 10 Card cannot be used for this event). We are honoured and delighted to have the highly acclaimed Master of the Qanun, Dr. George Sawa, join us for a special musical performance.  Based in Toronto since he emigrated from Egypt in 1970, Dr. Sawa has lectured and performed with many Arab musical greats worldwide. He is also the author of key books and articles on music of the Middle East, and founder and director of the Traditional Arabic Music Ensemble. Dr. Sawa holds a lifetime achievement award from the Egyptian Ministry
of Culture.  His 2009 CD ""The Art of the Early Egyptian Qanun"" was nominated for a Juno Award.

The qanun, one of the most difficult string instruments to master.  Common across the Middle East, it is a trapezoidal shaped instrument with 26 sets of triple strings and a range of three octaves. It is played on the lap by plucking the strings with two picks, one in each hand.

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TPFF ART SHOW FEATURING BASIL ALZERI
Sep
26
to Sep 27
Event

TPFF ART SHOW FEATURING BASIL ALZERI

Featuring Basil Alzeri & Ibrahim Abusitta

The Toronto Palestine Film Festival is proud to host Basil AlZeri as this year's exhibiting artist during our upcoming festival. The main component of the exhibition will take place at Jackman Hall (AGO) before and after the 2PM and 4PM screenings on Saturday and Sunday (Sept 26 and 27). Curated by Ibrahim Abusitta.

Basil AlZeri is a visual artist working in performance, video, installation, food, and public art interventions. His practice strives to interact with the public through gestures of generosity in social interactions and exchanges in a site-specific context. AlZeri’s work has been presented in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Mexico City, and Santiago.

The TPFF Art Show is a free event.

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47SOUL: THE SHOW MUST GO ON!
Sep
24
10:00 PM22:00
Event

47SOUL: THE SHOW MUST GO ON!

Featuring Walaa Sbait AKA Ministry of Dub-Key & Ramzy Suleiman AKA Z the people & 47Soul

Join The Toronto Palestine Film Festival after our opening night screening for a must-see concert! TPFF proudly presents, 47 Soul on their first tour of North America.

The concert takes place on September 24th, 2015 (doors 9pm; show 10pm) at Lula Lounge and is presented in conjunction with Small World Music Society.

Formed in 2013, 47SOUL came together from across the Levant to play electronic Palestinian street music. Their new wave of Arabic music has garnered them a large following in the underground music scenes of Europe and the Middle East, and landed them on the stages of prominent UK music festivals including Womad and Glastonbury.

Their sound, rooted in Dabke and hyped up with analog synthesizers, drum machines, guitar lines, is paired with socially conscience lyrics in English and Arabic. Their unique shamstep style places them in a genre of a new generation of international electronic/hip hop acts that are reinventing the old for the future.

47Soul band members - Z the People and Walaa Sbeit re-mix Arabic debke with electronic beats.

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Co-presented by Small World Music Society

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