Intimate Portraits of Gaza’s Lost, featuring Photographer Anne Paq, Journalist Ala Qandil and the Obliterated Families Project, will take place Sunday, April 2, 2 p.m. at St. James Church, 1128 St. James Ct.

The event is free and open to the public; beverages and desserts including baklawa will be served. Donations will support the Samira Project for traumatized children in Rafah, Palestine.

March 16, 2017, marked fourteen years since 23-year-old American peace activist Rachel Corrie was run over and killed by an Israeli soldier driving an armored D-9 Caterpillar bulldozer, as she stood with others against the demolition of a Palestinian family home in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, Palestine.

Each year between March 16 and April 10, Rachel’s birthday, the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project honors Rachel and celebrates her life with an event that benefits Palestinian children.

This year’s event features award-winning French photographer Anne Paq of Activestills and Palestinian-Polish journalist Ala Qandil, who will present from Obliterated Families, a multi-media project that profiles Gaza families partially or entirely annihilated during the Israeli bombardment in 2014.

The event will also offer the latest batch of Palestinian olive oil and our other Palestinian crafts for sale. And don’t miss the return of Door Prizes!

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