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The A.M. Qattan Foundation

Serving Culture and Education in Palestine and the Arab World

7 - 2009

Annual Board Meetings Held in London

The Foundation's Annual Board Meetings were held on 21 and 22 April 2009 at the Mosaic Rooms, London in the presence of members of the...

 

In this Newsletter

  Mayor of Paris and other distinguished visitors   American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA) President visits Gaza Music School (GMS)
  Launch of Summer Activities Programme   A France-Palestine Cultural Week
  Jerusalem – My City   Record Attendance Numbers So Far
  Creative Writing Workshop for Librarians   Extended Services Unit Organises Open Days in Number of Areas
  Visual Arts   Music
  Performing Arts   Literature
  Literature   Study Days
  Bursaries/Scholarship   Conferences

 

General News

Mayor of Paris and other distinguished visitors

The Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, was among a number of distinguished visitors to the Foundation during the period. Delanoë... ...more

American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA) President visits Gaza Music School (GMS)

Bill Corcoran, President of ANEERA (right, with GMS Director Ibrahim Najjar) paid a visit to the new premises of the Gaza Music School... ...more

Child Centre Gaza

Launch of Summer Activities Programme

In response to growing demand and the dire effects of the Israeli siege on the children Gaza, QCC launched a number of ambitious summer... ...more

A France-Palestine Cultural Week

In collaboration with the French Cultural Centre in Gaza, the Centre hosted a France-Palestine Cultural Week. This included a book fair... ...more

Jerusalem – My City

As part of the initiative“Jerusalem Cultural Capital of the Arab World”, the Centre organised an eight-week programme of activities... ...more

 

Record Attendance Numbers So Far

During the past two months, the activities attracted record numbers of children and parents, particularly in terms of those who... ...more

 

Creative Writing Workshop for Librarians

A five-day workshop was held for nine members of our Librarian Club. ...more

 

Extended Services Unit Organises Open Days in Number of Areas

The Extended Services Unit organised four open-day activities unit in Rafah, Khan Yunis, Bureij Camp and Beit Lahia. These included... ...more

Culture And Arts Programs

Visual Arts

The Programme organised Palestine's first international video art and performance festival, a collaborative effort involving more than... ...more

Music

After the success of their Palestine tour two years ago, the Programme renewed its support once again for the Choir of London's semi-... ...more

 

Performing Arts

An independent jury looked at seventy-seven applications for the Qattan-Ford Performing Arts Fund 2009 and awarded nineteen grants... ...more

 

Literature

Akram Musallam's novel, Diary of a Sweating Scorpion , winner of the Young Writer Award 2007, which was published in 2008 by Dar Al-... ...more

The Mosaic Rooms

Literature

Akram Musallam's novel, Diary of a Sweating Scorpion , winner of the Young Writer Award 2007, which was published in 2008 by Dar Al-... ...more

Educational Research and Development Programme

Study Days

A number of study days around different themes were held during the period. In June, a study day on “Education in Palestine:... ...more

Bursaries/Scholarship

Five teachers received preliminary acceptance to the Qattan-Qaddumi Postgraduate Scholarship Programme in Education, which is now in... ...more

 

Conferences

QCERD researchers attended two local conferences. The first was, the National Symposium for Quality English Teaching. Under the theme “... ...more

 
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