Contributed by This Week In Palestine on 25.02.2006:
By Nicholas Rowe
This Week in Palestine
May 2005
One gets the impression Palestinians are very disciplined at stillness. Waiting, waiting, waiting. Israeli checkpoints, concrete walls, "detention facilities" and bureaucracy have all no doubt contributed to this, but At The Checkpoint elevates this stillness into an art form.
As the first truly contemporary dance (...)
Contributed by This Week In Palestine on 25.02.2006:
This Week in Palestine
March 2005
Celebrating 26 years of Creativity and Rootedness
El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe was established in 1979 with a mission to revive Palestinian music and dance folklore as a manifestation of national identity. Its early productions were the result of extensive research in Palestinian villages, preserving centuries-old songs and (...)
Contributed by This Week In Palestine on 25.02.2006:
New Developments in Palestinian Art
By Basil Ayish
This Week in Palestine
January 2005
Palestinian culture, that common thread which is distinctly Palestinian and ties Akka to Gaza to Jericho and everywhere else in between, has many forms. It is the maftoul, mansaf, msakhan, mjudarrah and karshat [popular Palestinian dishes] that we eat. It is the embroidered tho(...)