Break the Silence Arts and Mural Project Presents:

INTERNAL EXILE, from Palestine to the USA to Mexico A multimedia exhibit connecting the experiences of indigenous people in colonized nations, who, despite separations of great distances, share legacies of survival and resistance against being rendered invisible in their own land featuring Palestinian, Israeli, Bedouin, Native, Chicano and Latino artists:

Tal Adler, Zeina Barakeh, Jesus Barraza, Richard Castaneda, Sergio De La Torre, Hanah Diab, John Halaka, Catherine Herrera, America Meredith, Sean Nash, Favianna Rodriguez, Charlene Sul and Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie

NOVEMBER 19th ­ 30th
SOMARTS Bay Gallery
934 Brannan Street, San Francisco
Tuesdays-Saturdays 2 p.m. ­ 8 p.m.
Closed Thursday, November 22nd - Saturday, November 24th
No charge for gallery admission.

Opening reception Monday, November 19th 5:30 ­ 9 p.m.
featuring music, poetry and performances by Jennifer Foerster, Reid Gómez, Lance Henson, Ariel Luckey, Mazen Nassar and Kim Shuck, and members of One Struggle. $10-$20 donation requested at door. No one turned away.

Special event: Wednesday, November 28th 6:30 ­ 9 p.m.
featuring Rabia Abu Rabia from the Bedouin Council of Unrecognized Villages, and bringing together organizers, the artists and organizations involved for a dynamic conversation around the struggle against on-going colonialism, as well as to explore different understandings or experiences of 'internal exile'. Join us for this cross movement building opportunity to put forward a vision for mutual support and future collaboration. $5-$10 suggested donation. No one turned away.

Rawia Aburabia is a Palestinian and Bedouin from Israel and is a social activist in the Negev. Rawia¹s father was originally from an unrecognized village and she currently lives in Beer Sheva. Rawia holds a degree in social work and is also a lawyer. She was the director of an NGO called Yedid, a community rights center.

³I think that the issue of the unrecognized villages is very important and I hope that during my visit I will have the chance to raise the awareness toward it. There are about 45 unrecognized villages (about 75,000 citizens) in the Negev and they are not been heard or seen. I hope to have the opportunity to tell their story.²

Tal Adler, an Israeli artist of Jewish descent, has been documenting the lives of Bedouin people in unrecognized villages.

³I assembled a photography project that makes use of artistic, media, educational and social tools to bring the story of the unrecognized Bedouin to the attention of wider audiences in Israeli society and beyond, said Tal Adler, Jewish-Israeli photographer and contributing artists to Internal Exile. It is terribly important for me as artist and activist to do joint exhibits like this, especially when displacement and internal exile are still part of the reality for many native communities.²

Cosponsors: Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Initiative (AMED), Break the Siege (BTS), Flashpoints-KPFA 94.1FM, Forrealism, General Union of
Palestine Students (GUPS), Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA), Northern California International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and Zawaya.If you have any questions about the exhibit or how to support, please contact Susan at: 415-271-0576 or go to breakthesilencearts.typepad.com