Due to the urgent situation in Gaza, organizers of this year’s Palestine Festival in Kitchener have shifted the focus from one of celebration to commemoration. One of the ways they’ve demonstrated the shift is by adopting a new theme — Solidarity: the World Stands with Palestine.
CKMS News spoke with Suhaila Salah, a co-founder of Sporas Scattered, who along with the local chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement who has organized the 3rd annual Palestine festival with the name Palestinian Solidarity Day. Speaking about the shift in the festival’s theme Salah explained, “It is not a day of mourning, it is a day to come together.” she added, “We still want to celebrate life”.
The Palestinian Festival happens Sunday July 28th in the public square at Kitchener city hall from 1-9pm.
A statement CKMS News received from Global Affairs Canada about accountability for the violence Israel is inflicting in Palestine is also included in this piece.
