Eminent singers, performers, writers, journalists and political activists from South Asia and Canada are gathering at Mississauga Ontario on June 5th, 2010 for Third International Peace Festival 2010.
Keeping the tradition this festival is being held in honour of renowned Urdu poet, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, an artist who embodied the ideals of a generation breaking from colonial domination. The evening will be a tribute to his poetry and reflects his deep concern of the experience of individual humans in his life-long journey of democratic and progressive struggle. Participants from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan will read poems and give audio-visual presentations and speeches.
More than 500 participants are expected to take part in this event, being organised by the South Asian People’s Forum (SAPF), a progressive, democratic, and secular forum, which aims to empower the people of South Asia across borders in an era of increased military intervention, declining civil rights for women and men, and increased ethnic divisions between peoples.
SAPF builds alliances with individuals and groups to share information, present speakers and facilitate discussions, intervene in public sphere and organize programmes in communities in Canada and internationally.
