Launch of the Classic European Cinema in Translation Project

With the support of the European Union Cultural Grants Programme, the Foundation has recently launched its project “Classic European... ...more

New Staff at the Qattan Foundation

Three new employees have joined the Foundation: Amal Barghouthi as Assistant Coordinator to the Culture & Arts Programme; Mirna... ...more

French Edition of Hassan Everywhere

The book Hassan Everywhere , by the late visual artist Hassan Hourani published by the Foundation in 2006, was recently published in... ...more

2008 Culture & Arts Programme Document

The Culture & Arts Programme has issued its Programme Document for 2008, which included details about the various fields of the... ...more

Issue No. 25 of Ru'a Tarbawyyia

Issue No 25 of the educational quarterly Ru'a Tarbawyyia was recently published by QCERD. It included a special file on scientific... ...more

Education in the Context of Life

QCERD has also recently published Education in the Context of Life by researchers Wa'il Kishek and Du'a Jabr. ...more

How can I purchase the Foundation's books?

In Palestine, you can buy our books from the QCERD's Ramallah library. Please contact our Librarian Azmi Shunnara on email ( azmi@... ...more

Qattan Centre for the Child

Throughout November, the Centre continued to carry out its Autumn Programme of Activities and in the past two months it witnessed a... ...more

“Paper & Pencil” in Creative Writing

Twelve children, girls and boys of secondary school age, participated in a course titled “Paper & Pencil”, where they learned... ...more

Dal'ouna Course in Palestinian Folklore

The children participating in the 16 boys and girls between primary and secondary school age took part in a “Dal'ouna” course where... ...more

Ceramics & Art Performances

The “Ceramics” course was held for mothers who are members in the Centre, in which they made a number of artistic shapes using ceramics... ...more

Information Technology Unit

The Information Technology Unit continued to present its courses and events throughout the past two months, most notably: Video Montage... ...more

Cultural & Arts Activities

There was a diversity of cultural and arts activities carried out by the Centre throughout the past two months most notably: ...more

Poetry Competitions and Other Literary Activities

69 children, both boys and girls all between primary and secondary school age, participated in our poetry contests throughout 3... ...more

Your Body…Secrets & Hidden Facts - Various Activities

Throughout the winter program Your Body…Secrets & Hidden Facts , the Centre organized an activity entitled Discover Your Body ”,... ...more

Your Health is the World

As part of the activity Your Health is the World , trainer Mohammed Al-Battah arranged two meetings that dealt with the special issue... ...more

Play & Discover”… & “Behaviors

In “Play & Discover”, Coordinator Manar Al-Azayzah, the human body was introduced to 18 children, all under age of six. In... ...more

Movement in Movement & Active Learning

33 children under the age of six participated in the activity Movement in Movement , which took place in 4 sessions under the... ...more

“A Drop of Water”…”Creative Writing”

In the workshop “Creative Writing”, the trainer Karmel Al- Abbassi taught the participants the basics of proper writing. And in the... ...more

Celebrating International Children's Day

On the 20/11/2007, the Centre celebrated International Children's Day, which included a variety of entertainment activities that ranged... ...more

Training Courses for School Librarians

In coordination with the Ministry of Education, 17 School librarians from Gaza Governorate were chosen to take part in the thirteenth... ...more

Outreach Service throughout Summer 2007

Lending libraries to 13 institutions Last November, the Centre had started a service of lending out libraries as part of the mobile... ...more

The Culture & Arts Programme organizes the Final Ceremony announcing the winner of its awards for the year 2007

The Culture & Arts Programme organized the Final Ceremony announcing the winners of its awards for the year 2007 in the presence of... ...more

Supporting Theatre Performances for Children

The Programme has supported six theatre performances in Gaza, Khan Yunis and Beit Hanoun for children of the play Story Is by Basma... ...more

Organizing & Supporting Art Exhibitions

The Programme organized an exhibition titled Reflection by artist Jawad Ibrahim (6-17th November) at the Foundation's premises. It also... ...more

Music

The Programme presented Al Kamandjati Association with a grant to organize its third edition of the Baroque Music Festival (12-22... ...more

Jiddariyyah in Tunisia

The Programme sponsored the participation of the Palestinian National Theatre in the Carthage Theatre Festival in Tunisia, with two... ...more

Launch of the Classic European Cinema in Translation Project

The Foundation launched, with co-funding from the European Union Cultural Grants Programme, its new nine-month project “Classic... ...more

Screening People of Yanun in Yanun School Playground

PAV screened the film People of Yanun by the French Director Jean-Claude Perron and his wife Catherine Shammas in Yanun's Primary... ...more

Training Programme

Michel Khleifi in Palestine to Supervise Post- Production The Palestinian Director Michel Khleifi supervised the postproduction phase... ...more

Re-filming Some Scenes from the Film Neighbors

Some scenes were re-filmed from Georgina Asfour's film Neighbors , which takes place in Jerusalem because of some technical problems in... ...more

Filming of Shweish Shweish

The shooting of the film Riyad Deis' short film Shweish Shweish was completed in November. The events of the film take place around the... ...more

Izkor – Slaves of Memory by Eyal Sivan released as part of Publishing & Distribution Grants

The film Izkor – Slaves of Memory by Eyal Sivan was awarded a grant as part of PAV's DVD Publishing and Distribution Grants. In... ...more

Jiddariyyah in Tunisia

The Programme sponsored the participation of the Palestinian National Theatre in the Carthage Theatre Festival in Tunisia, with two... ...more

Meetings for the Collaborative Research Project Science & Scientific Culture

In the context of its research on scientific and practical culture, the Centre started conducting collaborative meetings with several... ...more

Establishing a Teachers Forum for Employing Drama in the Educational Context

The Centre has started to establish a monthly Teachers Forum in order to employ drama in the educational context, which would enable... ...more

Workshop on “Puppet-Making & How to employ it in Education”

The Centre carried out a workshop on puppet making and how to utilize it in education, under the supervision of the Scottish artist... ...more

Meeting the Administrative Boards of the Teachers' Forums

The Centre's researchers met with the coordinators of the teachers' forums from various areas of the West Bank on the 17th of November... ...more

New Books for the Library from the International Sharjah Book Fair

Our colleague Nisreen Awwad purchased new cultural and educational books for the Centre during her visit to the International Sharjah... ...more

Expression Through Narrative (Writing & Visualizing)

The Centre organized a course in expression for 20 students aged between twelve and fifteen years, under the supervision of Wasim al-... ...more

Applied Practical Research

As part of its Applied Practical Research work on the topic Positivity & Negativity in the School Context – one side of Emotional... ...more

Meetings of the Course Evaluation Based on the Curriculum for Special Needs Students Continue

As part of our new annual course by researcher Nay Shomar on the topic of Evaluation Based on the Curriculum for Special Needs Students... ...more

Dialogue and Reflection- Discussion Meetings with Teachers

The Centre organized five discussion groups attended by 51 teachers. The participants watched applied lessons, which had been... ...more

Monthly Teacher Forums

Nine teacher forums on various subjects were convened, and 105 teachers took part in them. During those sessions, educational issues... ...more

Meetings on Scientific Culture

Two meetings took place with 24 teachers to discuss scientific culture in teaching and to analyse the exam system prepared by the UNRWA. ...more

Workshops on Thinking Skills and Teaching Mathematics

A workshop was held attended by many teachers, in order to prepare applied lessons around thinking skills and problems facing teaching... ...more

Two Meetings on Effective Educational Supervision & School Reform

Two educational meetings were held with 35 principals and supervisors. In the starting session, “Effective Educational Supervision” was... ...more

Student Delegations visit the Centre

As part of our goal of acquainting students, teachers and librarians with the Centre's activities, delegations from the following list... ...more

Filming Applied Lesson in Teaching English Language

In its aim to document the classroom experience, the Centre filmed a number of applied lessons in schools. The English lesson carried... ...more