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The A.M. Qattan Foundation

Serving Culture and Education in Palestine and the Arab World

3 - 2010

Launch of Film Production Support Project

The Culture and Arts Programme is pleased to announce the launch of the Production Support Project as part of its newly established...

 

In this Newsletter

  New Building, Ramallah   Save the Children
  Delegation of European Artists visit Foundation in Ramallah   Launch of 2010 Culture and Arts Programme Guidelines
  Winter School Break Programme   A Trip Round The World
  Gaza in the Eyes of Its Children   Workshop on Animating Children's Activities
  Re-launch of Parents' Clubs in Kindergartens   Closing Ceremony of Gaza Socio-psychological Support Programme
  Young Artist of the Year Award 2010 finalists announced   Jazz Evening
  War Madmen   Plays Supported in West Bank and Akka
  Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation (SDC) Supports Theatre Tours   Support for UK Fundraising Concert
  Parliamentary Delegation Visits Gaza Music School   Guest House
  Is This Your First Time in Gaza? opens in London   Drama in Early Childhood Workshop
  Big Brum Theatre Visits QCERD   Research Support Programme Activities
  Annual Education Report Meetings   Preparatory Meetings for UNICEF-funded Study
  Methods of Teaching Physics   Teaching Mixed-Ability Classes
  Student Parliamentary Delegation From Jabalya School, Gaza   Early Childhood Workshop for Naqab and Jerusalem Teachers
  Forming Primary Education Teachers Workshop, Qalqilya

 

General News

New Building, Ramallah

The architectural drawings for the Foundation's new building in Ramallah have been submitted to the Engineer's and Architect's Union... ...more

 

Save the Children

Ziad Khalaf, Foundation Director, took part in Save the Children's cyclical review meeting in Jericho during February. The conference... ...more

 

Delegation of European Artists visit Foundation in Ramallah

A group of Italian, Belgian, French and Irish artists, members of the International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts, paid a... ...more

 

Launch of 2010 Culture and Arts Programme Guidelines

Please note that these guidelines are currently only available in Arabic. If you cannot read Arabic and have an enquiry, www... ...more

 
Child Centre Gaza

Winter School Break Programme

Thousands of children were able to benefit from the Centre's winter break programme which included activities in music, dance, the... ...more

A Trip Round The World

This group of themed programmes was launched by the Centre in February and is due to continue until the end of April. Activities were... ...more

Gaza in the Eyes of Its Children

The Centre hosted an art exhibition of work by children in collaboration with Shababeek Studio. In addition, the Studio held an... ...more

Workshop on Animating Children's Activities

A seminar on animating children's activities was given by Rawia Sahweel and attended by a variety of professionals school librarians'... ...more

Re-launch of Parents' Clubs in Kindergartens

The second part of QCC 's Reinforcing Family Culture in Gaza programme, which is co-funded by Save the Children UK, launched new... ...more

Closing Ceremony of Gaza Socio-psychological Support Programme

At the close of this ambitious and multi-faceted programme, a ceremony of music and dance was held at the Rashad Shawwa Centre in Gaza... ...more

Culture And Arts Programs

Young Artist of the Year Award 2010 finalists announced

The Jury of the YAYA 2010 announced the list of artists who now qualify to go through to the final phase of the award. They will be... ...more

 

Jazz Evening

The Programme supported a jazz performance by Ahmad Eid and Michel Sajrawi that took place at the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre in... ...more

 

War Madmen

Basil Maqosi's exhibition, War Madmen , which had previously been shown in Gaza in November of last year, was opened at the French-... ...more

 

Plays Supported in West Bank and Akka

The Programme supported a number of theatre productions in the West Bank and Akka, including the new play Fortyeight Minutes for... ...more

 

Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation (SDC) Supports Theatre Tours

Clarinet, written by Fadi Al-Ghoul and directed by Akram Maliki, was produced by Safar Theatre Group in Bethlehem at the Inad Theatre... ...more

 

Support for UK Fundraising Concert

The Programme supported a UK fundraising tour by the Orpheus Group (Nazareth) with Karim Said (piano) and Nabil Abboud Ashqar (violin... ...more

 

Parliamentary Delegation Visits Gaza Music School

An international parliamentary delegation, including Swiss singer Michael Buller, visited the Gaza Music School on January 19. Buller... ...more

Guest House

A busy time for the Ramallah Guest House, which hosted Swiss photographer Anne-Marie Flyer , who worked on a new project and presented... ...more

 
The Mosaic Rooms

Is This Your First Time in Gaza? opens in London

Hazem Harb ‘s first solo UK exhibition opened at the Mosaic Rooms on February 26. Harb is one of the most interesting young artists to... ...more

Educational Research and Development Programme

Drama in Early Childhood Workshop

A five-day workshop by Greek expert Kostas Amairopoulos on drama in early childhood education was held between January 18 and 22... ...more

 

Big Brum Theatre Visits QCERD

The UK-based Big Brum Theatre Company visited Palestine in January and held a workshop at the Al-Qasaba Theatre with thirty-eight... ...more

Research Support Programme Activities

As part of its programme to support teachers and postgraduate education students in their research methodologies, the Centre presented... ...more

Annual Education Report Meetings

As part of the preparations for the drafting of its first Annual Education Report, the Centre held a number of meetings with teachers,... ...more

 

Preparatory Meetings for UNICEF-funded Study

A number of preparatory meetings were held by QCERD researcher Dr Nader Wahbeh for the diagnostic study supported by UNICEF, which will... ...more

 

Methods of Teaching Physics

A workshop was held on February 19 and 20 with Professor Roger Heinrichs with thirty-three teachers and seven university physics... ...more

Teaching Mixed-Ability Classes

More than twenty-five English-language teachers took part in a workshop on ways of dealing with mixed-ability classes, held at QCERD-... ...more

 

Student Parliamentary Delegation From Jabalya School, Gaza

Members of the Jabalya School Parliamentary delegation visited the Centre in Gaza where the film The Eagle Parable was screened and a... ...more

Early Childhood Workshop for Naqab and Jerusalem Teachers

Fifty teachers from kindergartens in the Jerusalem and Naqab Desert areas attended a workshop in Al-Bireh led by QCERD researchers on... ...more

Forming Primary Education Teachers Workshop, Qalqilya

Eighteen teachers from schools in the Qalqilya area took part in a two-day workshop focused on ways of linking curriculum subjects with... ...more

 
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