Fadia Kisrwani Abboud &
Maissa Alameddine

Fadia Kisrwani Abboud is a filmmaker. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications (Media Arts and Production) from the University of Technology, Sydney. Fadia has produced a number of short-films, documentaries, and participated in the production of exhibitions, installations and public art projects. Some of her recent work has been screened in festivals locally and internationally including Brisbane International Film Festival (2006), Flickerfest (2006), and Chicago Palestine Film Festival (2006). Fadia currently works for community arts based organization Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE) managing SWITCH: Multimedia and Digital Arts Access Centre and is Co-director of the Sydney Arab Film Festival.

Maissa Alameddine is a digital media artist and producer. She grew up in Lebanon and now resides and works in Sydney. She has a Master of Arts (Digital Arts) from the Institute of the Arts, Canberra and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications (Media Analysis and Production) from the University of Canberra. Maissa has produced various digital video shorts and installations. Maissa's work has been exhibited both locally in Australia and internationally including; Lebanon, Germany and Canada. Maissa works as digital arts facilitator for community arts projects and is web manager for the National Association for the Visual Arts.

"Return to Sender"

For 5 weeks, Israel's aggression against Lebanon and the Lebanese people included dropping thousands of pamphlets over Lebanese cities and villages promising to bomb their homes and instructing them to leave.  Israel fulfilled its promise in these letters, but the Lebanese have returned.
This work is in defiance to Israel's aggression and arrogance in its effort to expel innocent people from their own homes and impose its propaganda.
This work will allow people who want to say NO, we are not listening, we are resisting, the chance to respond and return these letters with their own messages to the so called "sender".  We plan to send these messages to Israel's Defense Ministry.