Shubbak (meaning “window” in Arabic) is about to open in London – July 11 – 25, 2015. The city’s largest biennial festival of Arab culture was founded in 2011 by the Mayor of London. The 2013 event presented more than 55 events across 42 venues, attracting an audience of more than 50,000 people. Egypt will be … Read more
Acclaimed Palestinian musician Ramzi Aburedwan and the Dal`ouna Ensemble performed at Busboys and Poets during their July tour of the DC metro area. Bringing together musicians from the Arab world and the West, their music crosses many boundaries by promoting diverse intercultural exchange through fusion of Palestinian folk music, world and classical music, and jazz.
Elliott Colla, professor of Arab and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University, gave a lecture on 25 June 2015 at the Palestine Center entitled “The Poetry of Dissent.” Colla discussed the use of poetry in Egypt’s 2011 revolution and subsequent political unrest, as well as the strands of protest politics in the country.
Foty Fusion, a Palestinian-American group commemorates this year’s anniversary of the Nakba through a musical performance and visual presentation highlighting the historical significance of a series of songs.
From Sandy Tolan, author of the now classic The Lemon Tree, comes a moving story of music as a means of empowerment and healing. Children of the Stone: The Power of Music in a Hard Land is the incredible story of Ramzi Hussein Aburedwan, a child of Palestinian refugee camps who was caught by a photographer hurling a rock at an Israeli tank in 1988.
By Zeina Azzam
The wars and humanitarian disasters unfolding in Syria, Yemen, Nepal, the Mediterranean basin, and so many other parts of the world have eclipsed the dire situation in Gaza. Israel’s 51-day bombardment of the 140-square-mile strip of land in the summer of 2014 left a devastated population living in poverty, instability, and the ruins of their homes and neighborhoods. To make matters worse, the economic blockade and closure of Gaza since 2007—as well as wars in 2008-9 and 2012—have made any steps forward a near impossibility.
In light of Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent reelection and his pronouncement about Palestinian statehood, many in Washington are reexamining U.S. policy toward Israel and Palestine. This panel discusses possible options and assess their short term and long term implications on Washington’s evolving policy in the region
This ongoing series of works evoke floating dwellings of the Ma’dan people of the marshlands of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
By Palestine Center
Last night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud party won Tuesday’s parliamentary elections, scoring 30 seats in the Knesset, compared to the Zionist Union led by Isaac Herzog, which gained 24 seats, and the Joint List (an Arab Israeli coalition of parties) which gained 14 seats. Many were not expecting the Likud party to win again and have described the right-wing victory as an upset. This win solidifies Netanyahu’s fourth term as prime minister; he will soon make history as the longest-serving prime minister of Israel since David Ben-Gurion.
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