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“Wein a Ramallah 3” (14-30/7/2011)Wein a Ramallah is more than an annual celebrative ritual of the city and deeper than a summer tradition. Wein a Ramallah is an occasion to engage in discourse about Ramallah through workshops and seminars, and through the artists’ dialogue about our city and its future. Wein a Ramallah is an occasion to meet outside traditional venues, in the city’s open horizons and spaces. Wein a Ramallah is the suggestion we propose to visit wider audiences and provoke deeper interests. Wein a Ramallah is a new and comprehensive model of partnership between the city’s organizations and people.

“Wein a Ramallah 3” and its activities fall in five main categories: in the Courtyard, Ramallah’s Skylights, Ramallah and the arab Spring, Conference: Ramallah and Cultural Development, and Ramallah international Work Camp 2011.

in the CouRtyaRD:The geographic center of the city lies between Rashed Al-Hadadeen Square and the Ramallah Municipality. In the Courtyard, our program joins all the city’s residents regardless of their political, religious or social affiliations. Right in that space, bands will meet and perform for all ages and tastes, right from the heart of Palestine. events:• Wala’at Band - Akka• National Orchestra for Arabic Music (Al-Kamandjati) - Ramallah• Palestinian Popular Dance Festival

Ramallah’S SkylightS:Our activities would come to you wherever you are…on your way home, in public parks, at work, in the Old City and in the heart of the beautiful city of Ramallah.

Our activities, ranging from artistic to cultural, include workshops and art exhibitions in public spaces, music concerts, dance performances in addition to events programmed especially for children. This program manifests a conscious and dedicated choice to open up the city’s spaces to the largest number of the city’s residents and visitors. events:• Rim Banna - Nazareth • Sports Theater - Ashtar for Theatre Production and Training• Pygmalion Falasteen - Al-Mahata Gallery • Dandara Group for Theater and Story Telling • Wast Al Balad Music - Al-Kamandjati Group• Mazaj Music Band• The Nazareth Choir (Michelle Darmlkinian) - Nazareth • “City Portraits” Exhibit - Curated by Amer Shomali• “All the Names” Exibit - Artist Shorouq Harb• “Food Tasting in Ramallah” Exhibit • The Mobile Circus 2011 - Palestine Circus School and Lido-

Toulouse Circus • Taekwondo from Korea• Jewelry Making in Palestine Workshop - Hiam Rouhana• Creative Writing Workshop - Dalia Taha• Souq Al Kalam• Story Telling by Sarb - Tamer Institute for Community Education• Story Telling by Yara’at - Tamer Institute for Community

Education

Ramallah anD the aRab SpRing:In a program solely dedicated to youth, Ramallah will be hosting unique bands, musical groups and poets from Ramallah, Gaza, Haifa, Yafa, Akka and the Occupied Golan Heights. Their recent works is inspired for the freedom revolutions in Tunisia,

Egypt, Syria, Yemen, Libya and Bahrain. This program provides Palestinian young and emerging artists the chance to dream of a better future for the Arab World, and pay tribute to the martyrs of all revolutions including that of Palestine. events:• The Green Revolution Group - Sami Matar, Awlad Al Hara, Dam

Rap, Wala’ Sbeit, Mahmoud Jariri, Maisa Sbeit, Aied Fadel, Rami Nakhleh, Shadi Auideat, Hasan Nakhleh, Eli Riziq, Hilal Jabarin, Bruno Cruz, Treiz Sulieman, Misa Dao

• Haq Group - Nazareth• Shadi Zaqtan & Imad Al Seirafi - Ramallah• Toot Ard - Occupied Golan Heights • Poetry and Prose Readings - Asmaa Azaizeh, Ahmad

Al Ashqar, Dalia Taha, Raed Wahsh, Ghayath Al Madhoun, Maen Samara, Mahmoud Madi, Rasha Hilwe, Asa’d Saftawi, Anas Abu Rahmeh, Salim Abu Jabal, Maya Abu Ilhayyat

• “Revolutions Posters” Exhibit - Hafez Omar, Amer Shomali, Dia’ Al Azzeh, Nidal Khairi, Amal Kaawsh, Basil Nasr

• Post Revolution Films - “Me and the Agenda” by Egyptian Filmmaker Neveen Shalaby, “Ain Shams” by Egyptian Filmmaker Ibrahim Batout, “Saba’s Chicken” by Tunisian Filmmaker Rafiq Omrani

ConfeRenCe: Ramallah anD CultuRal Development Through dialogue with policy makers, specialists, artists, art operators and academics, the Conference: “Ramallah and Cultural Development” aims to open up discussion and consequently drew conclusions and recommendations on how to institutionalize and develop the performance of local authorities in the field of cultural development in Palestine.

The conference will discuss comprise of the following sessions: • Ramallah the Cultural Capital of Palestine?• Working Towards an Increasingly Active Cultural Role for Local

Government Institutions• Legal and Financial Framework of Cultural Work• Towards Building Wider Audiences for Cultural Programs

Ramallah inteRnational WoRk Camp 2011The Ramallah Municipality is pleased to announce the launch of the Ramallah International Work Camp 2011 (RIWC) which comes to revive and orchestrate voluntary work in the city of Ramallah. Expected to start on the 20th of July 2011 and end the 1st of August 2011 with a Ramdan Iftar, the Ramallah International Work Camp fulfils our desire to promote the city of Ramallah through youth throughout the world and allow Palestinian youth a unique chance of cultural exposure and solidarity with Palestine. RIWC has received applicants of two categories: participants and volunteers. A participant is expected to abide by the full program of RIWC while volunteers are given the chance to partially participate in the camp .Through RIWC, the Ramallah Municipality offers a kaleidoscope of work opportunities that range from construction to community services that will specially target the most marginalized groups in the city of Ramallah. A special cultural and educational program is also organized for the participants in the camp.

In an attempt to consolidate the spirit of cooperation with the city’s youth organizations, the Ramallah Municipality formed a steering committee commissioned to run RIWC: First Ramallah Group, Ramallah Islamic Club, Ramallah Orthodox Club, Ramallah Youth Club, Qadura Youth Club, Ministry of Youth and Sports and Birzeit University.

Thursday 14/78:30pm ............... Opening Event: Wala’at Band - Akka Rashed Al-Hadadeen Square - Opposite

Ramallah Municipality

Friday 15/76:00pm- ........... Palestinian Popular Dance Festival 10:30pm Rashed Al-Hadadeen Square -

Opposite Ramallah Municipality

Saturday 16/76:30pm ............... Sports Theater - Ashtaar Yousef Qaddura Park8:30pm ............... Green Revolution Group Al-Harajah Theater - The Old City

Sunday 17/712:00pm ............ Dandara Group for Theater & Storytelling Palestine Medical Complex -

The Children's Ward7:00pm ............... Wast Al Balad Music - Al-Kamandjati Main Street - City Center8:30pm ............... Haq Group - Nazareth Al-Harajah Theater - The Old CityMonday 18/78:00pm ............... Poetry and Prose

............... Raed Wahsh - Khan Al-Sheikh Refugee camp, Syria

............... Dalia Taha - Ramallah ............... Asa'd Saftawi - Gaza ............... Ahmad Al-Ashqar - Tulkarem ............... Rasha Hilweh - Akka ............... Maya Abu Al-Hayyat - Ramallah

Ottoman Court Amphitheater

Tuesday 19/71:0pm .................. Mazaj Band Arab Women Union Association - Ramallah7:30pm ............... Storytelling by Sarb Group/

Tamer Institute for Community Education Al-Kholoud Garden - Masaief

Wednesday 20/77:30pm ............... Storytelling by Sarb Group/

Tamer Institute for Community Education Adaraj (Stairs) Garden - Tireh8:30pm ............... Nazareth Choir (Michelle Darmlkinian) -

Nazareth Ramallah Cultural Palace

Thursday 21/78:30pm ............... Fi Balad - Ramallah ShadiZaqtanandImadAl-Seirafi Al-Harajah Theater - The Old City

Friday 22/76:00-8:00pm... “Food Tasting in Ramallah” Exhibit Al-Harajah Theater - The Old City6:00pm ............... Mobile Circus 2011 Al-Harajah Theater - The Old City8:00pm ............... Korean Group/-Taekwondo Al-Harajah Theater - The Old City

Saturday 23/78:30pm ............... Egyptian Film Screening: “Me and the

Agenda” Directed by Neveen Shalabi Ottoman Court Amphitheater

Sunday 24/712:00pm ............ Dandara Group for Theater and Storytelling Palestine Medical Complex - The Children's Ward 7:00pm ............... Wast Al Balad Music - Al-Kamandjati The Main Street - City Center8:30pm ............... Egyptian Film Screening: “Ein Shams”

Directed by Ibrahim Batout Ottoman Court Amphitheater

Monday 25/76:00-7:30pm... Pygmalion Falasteen Rukab Street7:30pm ............... Poetry & Prose

............... Asmaa Azaizeh - Daborieh ............... Ghayath Al Madhoun - Gaza/Sweden ............... Anas Abu Rahmeh - Ramallah ............... Tareq Al-Arabi - Nablus ............... Maan Samara - Ramallah ............... Mahmoud Madi - Gaza ............... Salim Abu Jabal - Occupied Golan Heights

Ottoman Court Amphitheater

Tuesday 26/710:00am- ........ Conference: Ramallah &3:00pm Cultural Development (Day One) Ramallah Cultural Palace Sarb Group/

Tamer Institute for Community Education7:30pm .................Kamel Ajlouni Garden - Batn El Hawa

Wednesday 27/710:00am- ..........Conference: Ramallah &3:00pm Cultural Development (Day Two) Ramallah Cultural Palace8:00pm................ Tunisian Film Screening: “Saba's Chicken”

Directed by Rafiq Omrani Ottoman Court Amphitheater

Thursday 28/77:30pm ............... Yara’at Group/

Tamer Institute for Community Education Al-Qasr Garden - Al-Narjes - Tireh8:30pm ............... Rim Banna - Nazareth Garden of Nations

Friday 29/78:30pm ............... Toot Ard Al-Harajah Theater - The Old City

Saturday 30/78:30pm ............... Closing Ceremony: National Orchestra for

Arabic Music (Al Kamandjati) - Ramallah Rashed Al-Hadadeen Square- Opposite

Ramallah Municipality

Exhibitions (22 - 30 / 7)- "Cities Portraits", Beside Ramallah Municipality Building - "All the Names", Shorouq Harb - Rashid Al Hadadeen Square- "Revolution Posters", Hafez Omar, Amer Shomali,

Basil Nasr, Amal Kaawash, Nidal Al Khairi, Dia' Al Azzeh - Al-Harajah Theater - The Old City

Closed Workshops- Souq Al-Kalam - The Family Garden - Creative Writing Workshop - Dalia Taha

(for children from 14-17)- Palestinian Jewelry Making Workshop - Hiam Rouhana

Free Admission to all events

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