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Ashtar Theatre: self-love and resistance through performance
| August 13, 2018
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Ashtar was the first theatre organisation to open in Palestine, and while the outside world constantly tries to politicise Palestinian art, the students more greatly appreciate the tools they can take from theatre to use in their every day lives; such as confidence, friendship building and expression of self.
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What is driving Palestine’s tourism boom?
| October 30, 2017
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Palestine topped the UN list for the fastest-growing tourism industry, a recent report by the UN World Tourism Organisation revealed. What is driving the increase in foreign tourists, and what activities are on offer to visitors despite Israel’s occupation?
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Australian graffiti artist to hold workshop in Bethlehem
| October 15, 2017
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The Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem will host a graffiti master class with ‘the world’s most entertaining vandal,’ LushSux, at the end of October. The graffiti artist from Melbourne, Australia is well known for his large, provocative, street murals and more recently his painting on the Israeli – West Bank wall in Bethlehem.
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Nablus rap: self-expression as resistance
| May 10, 2017
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Bahaa Jper, a young artist from Nablus, told us how living under occupation got in the way of his passion for music. But he does not absolve his own society of criticism: “Freedom of movement is just a right, and the people of Palestine have stopped dreaming about what they want to do with that right.”
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Turning waste into everyday art
| May 09, 2017
 | ReSign for Recycling Design, an "upcycling" initiative, is committed to transforming trash into functional items with aesthetic appeal. The project is at the forefront of Palestine’s environmental movement.
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Ramallah dance festival explores the theme of exile
| May 02, 2017
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The 2017 Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival opened on April 20 with a symbolic ‘Welcoming the Stranger’ dance. The festival spanned 10 days and consisted of a repertoire of fascinating and international shows from Indonesia to Norway and Palestine.
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Against a hard surface
| April 21, 2017
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To coincide with the opening of the Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival, Palestine Monitor went backstage with one of the participating dance companies, the Yaa Samar! Dance Theater (YSDT). Their piece uses "walls" as a metaphor for the barriers people impose on themselves, as well as those inflicted by the occupation.
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A lightness of being
| January 28, 2017
 | Tayseer Barakat is a Gaza-born, Ramallah-based artist who works with a variety of materials to create pieces that reflect a combination of Arab and Palestinian visual art and mythology with contemporary aesthetics of political struggle. His latest solo exhibition, ‘Lightness of Being‘, launched this week at Zawyeh gallery in Ramallah.
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The Sufis of Nablus
| November 27, 2016
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In the corkscrew lanes of Nablus’ medieval centre, just a few steps from the austere beauty of the grand mosque, there is a low room with some plastic chairs and rich carpet. At first glance, it looks the same as any other Muslim holy place. But this room is actually a tekyeh, home to the Naqshbandi sect of Sufism.
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Women’s film festival showcases Palestinian optimism
| November 19, 2016
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Running until December 11, the Shashat festival is the longest running women’s film festival in the Arab world. Ninety screenings will take place in seventeen cities around the West Bank and Gaza. Two refugee camps are also hosting events.
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Building a “culture of resistance” in Nabi Saleh
| November 12, 2016
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The Nabi Saleh Cultural Committee held its first conference this weekend under the title “Occupation, the enemy of religions and humanity.” The two-day event attracted locals as well as international and Israeli supporters as both audience and speakers.
Many of them were familiar faces. The village of 550, located some 20 km north of Ramallah, has been at the centre of the Palestinian non-violent protest movement since it began demonstrating against land annexation by the nearby Israeli settlement of Halamish in December 2009.
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Musical kindergarten offers future to Palestinian children
| September 27, 2016
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The most striking thing about the school is its educational ethos. As the headmistress, Fida, explains, the kindergarten is not a “music school” in the typical sense. Other schools in Ramallah teach music. But the kindergarten, with its twenty-five pupils, is different: “We have lessons with two teachers, the music teacher and the subject teacher
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Gaza children return after a 10-day football trip in Ireland
| August 15, 2016
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"It was an amazing trip; a dream come true. I have learned so much and Irish people were so friendly with us," told Muhannad Abu Ouda. Muhannad is one of the 14 children from the Gaza Strip who have just returned from a 10-day visit to Ireland to play football. Aged 10 to 14 years old, the young team of Al Helal football club toured seven cities
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Know thy heritage, and share it with the world
| June 27, 2014
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While the Bethlehem Marching Band’s music echoed in the narrow streets of the town’s Old City, forty young Palestinians made their way to Manger Square. None of them grew up in Palestine, and most of them were seeing the country for the first time. On Sunday the 15 June they where welcomed to their homeland with speeches, music and dance...
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Promising opening for PalFest 2014
| June 04, 2014
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The unexpected cold wind on Saturday didn’t stop people from flocking to the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center in Ramallah for the opening of Palfest 2014—the seventh annual edition of The Palestinian Festival of Literature. The list of well-known authors set to read their poetry and prose made sure of that.
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Women’s cooperatives provide support and income for Palestinian women
| April 30, 2014
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Staggeringly high rates of unemployment, imprisonment, critical injury, and death at the hands of Israeli armed forces have rendered many men unable to provide for their families. As of January this year, according to Palestinian prisoner support and human rights association Addameer, there were 4,852 adult Palestinian males in Israeli prison...... | | .....Read More |
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Emmy Awards recognize Palestinian struggle
| December 02, 2013
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Emad Burnat, Bil‘in resident and film Director, along with co-Director Guy Davidi and Producer Christine Camdessus, won the award for Best Documentary at the 41st International Emmy Awards, last Monday 25th November in New York, for their production of 5 Broken Cameras.
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The Jenin Freedom Theatre presents, "Lost Land"
| November 26, 2013
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After two months of research, writing and rewriting, three weeks of pre-production with the designer, one month of travel within the West Bank, seven months living with a Palestinian family in a refugee camp, three months of Arabic lessons, two and a half months of rehearsals and thirty years ‘‘impassioned by the Palestinian plight‘‘ - a well...
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The Euro-Palestinian Water Film Festival
| October 24, 2013
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The United Nations (UN) named the year 2013 as the “International Year for Water Cooperation.” Since the start of the year, many projects have taken place worldwide aimed at increasing awareness about the international challenges and demands regarding water management, sanitation and access.
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Our sign is the stone: Stories from Nabi Saleh
| October 22, 2013
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The living room of activist and Nabi Saleh Popular Committee member, Manal Tamimi, has turned into a shelter for foreigners and locals during the village’s weekly anti-occupation demonstration. On these days, the room is transformed into meeting centerof violent Israeli military attacks or the training room where, sitting down meanwhile drinking ..
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The Taybeh Oktoberfest moves to Ramallah
| October 10, 2013
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As a student at Hellenic College in Boston, Nadim Khoury brewed beer in his apartment with a small home brewing kit. During the summers, when he had to come back to his hometown of Taybeh in order to maintain his Palestinian identity number, he brought the brew kit with him, keeping up the hobby in his native land.
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Lina Qadri, “Nostalgia”
| October 01, 2013
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Lina Qadri started painting when she was a child in her hometown of Nablus. After studying Arts at al-Najah University, she held her first solo exhibition in the French Cultural Center of Nablus. Her third exhibition, “Nostalgia,” was displayed last week in the intimate atmosphere of the Mahmoud Darwish Museum in Ramallah.
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- Israel’s puppet war unmasks apartheid regime
| July 03, 2013
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The El-Hakawati theatre was colorfully adorned to host its annual International Puppet Festival when a closure order by the Israeli authorities dashed the expectations of the Palestinian children living in East Jerusalem. Now signs announcing the closure of the theatre from June 22 to 30 have replaced the festive decorations.....
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Defying all odds, the first Palestinian Circus School flourishes
| April 24, 2013
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Currently submerged in an ambience of red noses, big shoes, squeaky flowers, stilts and many other props, the Palestinian Circus School (PCS) began as a small circus group in August 2006 thanks to the determination of Shadi Zmorrod and Jessika Devlieghere, who initiated the pathway to introduce circus arts from Palestinians for Palestinians...
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Getting to know Abdelhadi Yaish, Ramallah‘s local artist
| April 12, 2013
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Standing in the corner of the main Rukab Street with Al-Anbeya Street, the familiar site of Abdelhadi Yaish and his portraits adorned the wall and pavement. He leaned towards his drawing tripod while holding a cigarette in one hand and a pencil in the other, and asked, “Where are you from?”
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- "Suicide Note from Palestine" dramatizes the reality | April 09, 2013
 | It is the year 2090. A violent Israeli shelling of the Gaza strip is projected on a folding screen. Amal, a student shows up in the middle of the stage lying down in a hospital bed. Her heartbeat has already stopped and she is being resurrected in a medical care center by strange medical staff wear in UN white coats.
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Can a Documentary Save Palestine?
| April 06, 2013
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Although neither film won an Academy Award, the very inclusion of 5 Broken Cameras and The Gatekeepers in this year‘s Oscar ceremonies signals that support for Palestinian resistance is becoming more mainstream. But although it may seem the Oscar nominations for the two films came out of nowhere, they are both part of a proud tradition of...
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"We Exist, We Resist" showcases resistance photography
| March 07, 2013
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A new exhibit at the al-Bireh cultural center proves that photography can be a powerful tool in the struggle against the occupation.
The exhibit, called "We Exist, We Resist," features around 50 photos by 12 different photographers, both Palestinian and international. The event was organized by the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee and...
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Thank God It‘s Friday is Nabi Saleh‘s biggest film debut
| February 17, 2013
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Thank God it‘s Friday probably had the most successful film debut in the village of Nabi Saleh. The village‘s cultural center was filled beyond capacity, and seats were hard to find amid an excited, cheering crowd.
The documentary has been in the works for two years and focuses on the ongoing struggle to reclaim the land of Nabi Saleh, much of...
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Bukra Ahla: “Tomorrow is Better”
| December 13, 2012
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Last Wednesday the people of Jenin filed into Jenin cinema to watch the theatre’s second annual youth film festival entitled,”Bukra Ahla.”
The festival was the culmination of the hard work of students from Jenin Creative Cultural Centre, the Ariad School and the University School of Academic Education, who, for a number of weeks had been attend...
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Ex soldiers are Breaking the Silence with guided tours in Hebron
| November 07, 2012
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On October 25th the Breaking the Silence gave a tour to a mixed group (contenting of tourists and international students) in Hebron. Nadav Bigelman, who is born in Jerusalem and now lives in Haifa, was the guide for the day. As a 19 year old in 2008, he served as an Israeli combatant for one year and eight months in Hebron.....
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Mukhmas: Let the harvest begin!
| October 25, 2012
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Olive trees are everywhere in the West Bank, dotting the semi-arid hills with swaths of green for as far as the eye can see. The resilient and weathered olive tree is symbolic of the Palestinian people. They too are resolute and connected to the soil, willing to weather whatever may come their way. This fall, like every other year, the annual olive
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Extremism goes mainstream: Violence at Al Aqsa Mosque
| October 12, 2012
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Every year, the Jewish holiday of Sukkot brings with it groups of Jewish worshipers who try to penetrate security at the Al Aqsa compound, disregarding the sanctions of this Muslim holy place. Typically these antics lead to clashes between the Palestinians inside the compound and the Israeli police or soldiers, who offer protection to the Jewish...
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The Freedom Bus Rides ends in style
| October 08, 2012
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On Monday, 1 October 2012, the Freedom Bus made its final stop in the old city of Beit Sahour, on the outskirts of Bethlehem. An initiative of the Jenin Freedom Theater the Freedom Bus spent the last week traveling throughout the West Bank, stopping in 11 different communities to preform their self-styled Playback Theater, a mechanism through
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The Reopening of the Palestinian Heritage Museum
| July 24, 2012
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In the weeks following the Deir Yassin massacre, Hind Huesseini transformed the Husseini home into a school for children and orphans, renaming it the Dar Al-Tifl Al-Arabi (Arab Children’s House). A small museum opened in 1978 but ...
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Ahmad Canaan: Affirming Palestinian Existence Inside Israel
| June 18, 2012
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Earlier this month, Palestinian artist Ahmad Canaan invited the Palestine Monitor into his private studio at his home in Tamra in the northern Galillee for an interview. At age 47, Canaan has been one of the foremost Palestinian artists living within Israel for the last twenty years. A graduate of the Bezalel Academy of Art in Design in ........
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Press Release from the Jenin Freedom Theater
| December 30, 2011
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On 29 December 2011, co-founder of and mentor to the Freedom Theater, Zakaria Zubeidi, was told by the Palestinian Authority that his amnesty will be revoked by the Israeli authorities. His amnesty agreement, granted in 2007 by the Israeli Prime Minister’s office was in return for Zubeidi’s ending of armed resistance. The amnesty agreement.....
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