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Revoke the decision to ban The Attack by Ziad Doueiri

Revoke the decision to ban The Attack by Ziad Doueiri

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Started by Anonymous 13 years, 3 months ago
This is a petition to call on the Interior Ministry to revoke its decision to ban “The Attack,” the latest film by Lebanese director Ziad Doueiri. On September 6 2012 The Attack had received the permit to be released in Lebanon (Permit number: 1477/2012), but then, on the 26th of April 2013 this permit was revoked after the Ministry of Interior received a protest letter from the Israeli Boycott Office of the Arab league. The main argument put forth to justify The Attack’s ban in Lebanon is that the film was partly shot in Israel and that it includes a number of Israeli actors. While this is true, it is also true that a number of Palestinian films, which were shot in Israel, and included an Israeli cast, some even financed by Israeli funds, were granted a license to be released in Lebanon in the past. This begs the question, how come a different decision was made for Lebanese-born Ziad Doueiri’s The Attack? Moreover, those calling for its ban are claiming that it causes prejudice to the Palestinian cause. Clearly, they have not seen the film. The fact of the matter is that the Sûreté Générale itself had approved its contents and had nothing to say on that matter. In light of this, this petition is driven by a growing and serious concern over what has become a pattern of arbitrary, uninformed decisions dictated by ignorance and taboos, and resulting in a shameful and anachronistic habit of censoring artistic production. This is the latest in a series of politically-driven decisions that are yet again, another insult to the intelligence of Lebanese citizens, to their own faculty of judgment, and their freedom of thought. نناشد من خلال هذه العريضة، معالي وزير الداخلية البناني ، لالغاء قراره بمنع عرض فيلم " الصدمة" (the Attack) في لبنان، لمخرجه زياد دويري. هذا الفيلم الذي حاز على الترخيص بتوزيعه (الترخيص ذات الرقم1477/2012) ثم سُحب بتاريخ 26 نيسان 2013، بناء على رسالة احتجاج صادرة عن مكتب مقاطعة اسرائيل في جامعة الدول العربية. اعتُمد انتقاد الفيلم، على انه صُوّر بجزء منه في اسرائيل، وان بعضاً من ممثليه هم اسرائيليون. مع ان أفلاماً فلسطينية عديدة صوّرت في اسرائيل مع ممثلين اسرائيليين وبتمويل اسرائيلي، قد عرضت في لبنان. فلماذا يمنع عرض فيلم " الصدمة " لمخرجه زياد دويري.؟ ان من طالب بهذا الحظر، اعتمد - وحتى دون مشاهدة الفيلم بأنه ضد القضية الفلسطينية ، مع العلم ان الأمن العام اللبناني قد وافق على عرض الفيلم بعد مشاهدته له، ولم يجد في محتواه اية مشكلة. ان ما يبرر هذه العريضة، هو القلق العميق لهكذا قرار تعسفي بنظرته الخاطئة للمحرّمات، ولردة فعل متخلّفة و بالية أدّت الى اخضاع هكذا عمل فني الى الرقابة. ان هذا الحظر جاء نتيجة تحركات خلفيتها سياسية، وهي صفعة لذكاء وفطنة اللبنانيين ولحكمتهم على اصدار احكام صائبة، وعلى حريتهم في التفكير و التعبير. Ceci est une pétition pour appeler le ministère libanais de l’Intérieur à révoquer sa décision d’interdire la sortie du film L’attentat de Ziad Doueiri, au Liban. Le film avait d’abord reçu le 6 septembre 2012 l’autorisation d’être distribué (Autorisation numéro 1477/2012), puis elle lui a été retirée le 26 avril 2013 quand le ministère de l’Intérieur a reçu une lettre de protestation émanant du bureau de boycott d’Israël de la ligue arabe. On reproche au film d’avoir été tourné en partie en Israël avec certains acteurs israéliens. Plusieurs films palestiniens tournés en Israël avec des acteurs israéliens et même financés par des fonds israéliens ont pourtant eu l’autorisation d’être distribués au Liban, alors pourquoi pas l’Attentat du libanais Ziad Doueiri? Ceux qui demandent son interdiction ont par ailleurs conclu sans même avoir vu le film qu’il portait atteinte à la cause palestinienne. Pourtant le film avait reçu l’accord de la sûreté générale qui n’avait rien trouvé à redire quant à son contenu. Cette pétition est motivée par une sérieuse inquiétude quant à la répétition de décisions arbitraires dictées par l’ignorance, les tabous et un réflexe anachronique de censurer les productions artistiques. Cette interdiction est la dernière en date d’une longue série de décisions dont les motivations sont politiques, c’est encore une insulte à l’intelligence des Libanais, à leur faculté de jugement et à leur liberté de pensée.

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Reached 500 supporters

May 7, 2013

May 6, 2013

We are approaching the 500 signature threshold required to finalize the formal complaint for the Ministry of Interior. Please direct your contacts to this page immediately so we can present a completed petition during our scheduled meeting with the censorship committee.

May 3, 2013

The petition has reached 100 signatures. I am now preparing a formal letter to submit to the Ministry of Interior to request a review of the permit revocation.

Reached 100 supporters

May 1, 2013

April 30, 2013

We are approaching one hundred signatures which provides the threshold needed to formalize our request for a meeting with ministry officials. Please direct this petition to individuals who can help us reach this specific target by the end of the day. This data is necessary for the presentation being prepared for the media briefing.

9 Comments

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Karim Meyer
13 years ago Featured

Ridiculous to ban it. Censorship helps nobody. Let us finally see the work for ourselves.

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Sarah Sharpe
13 years ago Featured

so sad that we still live in a time where movies are banned like this. open your minds.

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Omar Mason
13 years ago Featured

totaly agree. we are not children we can decide what to watch.

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Nadia Griffin
13 years ago Featured

LEBANON NEEDS ART NOT CENSORSHIP. Release the film.

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Walid Jenkins
13 years ago Featured

Freedom of expression is dying here. Let people think for themselves.

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Maya Whitaker
13 years ago Featured

C'est une honte de censurer un réalisateur libanais. On veut voir le film.

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DAHOU
9 years ago

Contre l'obscurantisme et pour le dialogue entre les êtres.

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Francesconi
12 years ago

GREAT MOVIE CONGRATULATIONS

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