We were so pleased to be able to welcome 20 visitors from Aida Refugee Camp for the Festival, 15 of them young dancers, accompanied by their dance teacher Nasim Abu Aisha, and three key workers from Aida Camp: Salah Al-Ajarma, the director, Mohammed Al Azraq the programmes co-ordinator, Kholoud Al-Ajarma the media co-ordinator and Rich Wiles the photographer and author who lives and [...]
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Palestinian-English dance in local schools
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Art Exhibition in the Piece Hall
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On the Festival Day, the art work which had been produced by Riverside Junior School, Hebden Bridge and Mount Pellon Junior School, Halifax was exhibited alongside samples from four new photographic exhibitions created by the young people of the Lajee Cultural Centre, Aida Refugee Camp, Bethlehem. The youngsters of Lajee were dancing at the Festival with new friends made [...]
Asim Rafiqui presents his photographs.
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In the days leading up to the Festival, there were some preliminary events, including a presentation of work by photographer, Asim Rafiqui. Asim is an independent photographer based in Stockholm, Sweden. He has been working professionally since 2003 and focuses on issues related to the aftermath of conflict. This interest has led him to produce work from Iraqi [...]
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