Author William Parry’s U.S. speaking Tour

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William Parry, a London-based photojournalist who contributes

 regularly to the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, will be discussing his book,

Against the Wall: the art of resistance in Palestine, in an upcoming U.S. tour. He will be giving illustrated talks around the country between Feb. 17 and March 3, 2012 (see itinerary below).

His stunning book of photos (available from the AET Book Club, www.middleeastbooks.com)

captures the graffiti and street art that has transformed Israel’s apartheid wall into a livingcanvas

of resistance and solidarity. Featuring the work of artists including Banksy, Ron English, Swoon,

Faile, Bluand others, as well as Palestinian artists and international grassroots activists, these

photos express outrage, compassion, solidarity, peaceful resistance and touching humor.

They mirror the wall’s toll on lives and livelihoodsand are coupled with interviews that show

the hardship it has brought to tens of thousands of Palestinians, preventing their access to

work, education, families, vital medical care and places of worship.

William Parry has given over 50 illustrated talks throughout England, Scotland, Ireland and

Canada for advocacy, student and arts groups (the UK launch was held with a talk and

exhibition at Amnesty International’s UK headquarters). He has been interviewed on BBC’s

News 24 channel, al Jazeera English, Australia’s national ABC Radio, Montreal radio station

C-JAD and other media. Against the Wall has received excellent reviews and publicity in a

range of media, including Electronic Intifada, Publishers Weekly, the New York Review of

Books, street art websites and many others.

From the May/June 2011 Washington Report on Middle East Affairs:  www.wrmea.com/pdf/parry.pdf

Itinerary

 

 

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