Palestinian Unit: Gaza rappers discuss their art:
"an informal and brief look at some of the motivations and messages from leading Palestinian rappers in Gaza."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Showing posts with label Culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Culture. Show all posts
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
A Palestinian story - Fatenah
Reporter's file/ A Palestinian story/ 09/ 10 /2009:
Report on the 30-minute animated film Fatenah, the story of a Palestinian woman who died of cancer as Israel (the occupying power obligated to provide medical aid for the people under its occupation) refused to allow her entry into Israeli hospitals.
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Report on the 30-minute animated film Fatenah, the story of a Palestinian woman who died of cancer as Israel (the occupying power obligated to provide medical aid for the people under its occupation) refused to allow her entry into Israeli hospitals.
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Monday, August 17, 2009
Palestinian orchestra plays for peace
The Edward Said National Conservatory of Music in Jerusalem set up the Orchestra in 2004, It has held concerts in Jordan, Syria, Germany and Jerusalem.
Palestinian orchestra plays for peace
Agence France-Presse
Aug. 17, 2009. 08:31 AM EST
"If the notes sound a little scratchy, it's because the Palestine Youth Orchestra only plays together a few times a year. The musicians come from all over the Palestinian territories and neighbouring Arab countries. Due to travel restrictions imposed by the Israeli blockade, it's difficult for them to rehearse. Duration: 02:14."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Palestinian orchestra plays for peace
Agence France-Presse
Aug. 17, 2009. 08:31 AM EST
"If the notes sound a little scratchy, it's because the Palestine Youth Orchestra only plays together a few times a year. The musicians come from all over the Palestinian territories and neighbouring Arab countries. Due to travel restrictions imposed by the Israeli blockade, it's difficult for them to rehearse. Duration: 02:14."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Sunday, April 26, 2009
SEVEN JEWISH CHILDREN a play for Gaza PART ONE - Official ROOMS PRODUCTIONS Documentation
SEVEN JEWISH CHILDREN a play for Gaza PART ONE - Official ROOMS PRODUCTIONS Documentation:
Comment: You can watch the Guardian's video (9m 24sec) version of the play here
"This is ROOMS Productions' official video documentation of Caryl Churchill's SEVEN JEWISH CHILDREN a play for Gaza presented at ROOMS Gallery in Chicago, Illinois (Recorded March 14, 2009). SEVEN JEWISH CHILDREN's script contains only 7 blocks of text - leaving the staging up to the those groups producing the work. ROOMS Productions presented the Chicago premiere of Ms. Churchill's script as a three hour looped performance installation (shown on March 12, 14 and 15 of 2009. At the request of Ms. Chruchill, donations for the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians were taken at the door. http://www.map-uk.org/ Go to ROOMSGallery.com for more info about ROOMS Productions."
Part 1
Part 2
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Comment: You can watch the Guardian's video (9m 24sec) version of the play here
"This is ROOMS Productions' official video documentation of Caryl Churchill's SEVEN JEWISH CHILDREN a play for Gaza presented at ROOMS Gallery in Chicago, Illinois (Recorded March 14, 2009). SEVEN JEWISH CHILDREN's script contains only 7 blocks of text - leaving the staging up to the those groups producing the work. ROOMS Productions presented the Chicago premiere of Ms. Churchill's script as a three hour looped performance installation (shown on March 12, 14 and 15 of 2009. At the request of Ms. Chruchill, donations for the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians were taken at the door. http://www.map-uk.org/ Go to ROOMSGallery.com for more info about ROOMS Productions."
Part 1
Part 2
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Palestinians struggle to preserve heritage - 25 Apr 09
Palestinians struggle to preserve heritage - 25 Apr 09:
"The few operational museums in the occupied West Bank are small and underfunded, while scores of archaeological sites have been abandoned.
Archaeologists say there are important sites they cannot reach. Some have been left to the elements, and others have been confiscated by Israeli authorities.
Nour Odeh reports from East Jerusalem."
Comment: I have seen many newspaper reports on how Israeli Occupation soldiers invaded many archeological sites during the second intifada and stole archeological artifacts. The Israeli occupation never acknowledged taking these artifacts, but Many Palestinians believe such artifacts were sold to dealers in the black market.
Let's hope Al-Jazeera investigates this issue further.
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"The few operational museums in the occupied West Bank are small and underfunded, while scores of archaeological sites have been abandoned.
Archaeologists say there are important sites they cannot reach. Some have been left to the elements, and others have been confiscated by Israeli authorities.
Nour Odeh reports from East Jerusalem."
Comment: I have seen many newspaper reports on how Israeli Occupation soldiers invaded many archeological sites during the second intifada and stole archeological artifacts. The Israeli occupation never acknowledged taking these artifacts, but Many Palestinians believe such artifacts were sold to dealers in the black market.
Let's hope Al-Jazeera investigates this issue further.
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
War on Gaza relived on stage - 18 March 2009
War on Gaza relived on stage - 18 March 2009:
"While Palestinian leaders have been slowly edging towards reconciliation, its people are still dealing with the aftermath of Israel's latest offensive on Gaza.
A group of actors in the West Bank have staged a play which focuses on the injustices of the war.
Nour Odeh reports on how Israel's war on Gaza is likely to live long in the minds of Palestinians."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"While Palestinian leaders have been slowly edging towards reconciliation, its people are still dealing with the aftermath of Israel's latest offensive on Gaza.
A group of actors in the West Bank have staged a play which focuses on the injustices of the war.
Nour Odeh reports on how Israel's war on Gaza is likely to live long in the minds of Palestinians."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Monday, March 2, 2009
Wounds of the Heart: An Artist and Her Nation [FILM TRAILER]
Wounds of the Heart: An Artist and Her Nation [FILM TRAILER]:
"Wounds Of the Heart: An Artist and Her Nation
A Film By John Halaka
http://www.sittingcrowproductions.com/
Born and raised in the village of Tarsheha in the Galilee, Rana Bishara is a Palestinian Visual Artist whose creative practice includes sculpture, installation work and performance art. Her artwork functions simultaneously as an elegy to the Palestinian Nakba (the Arabic term for The Great Disaster that began in 1948), an unmasking of the brutality of the Israeli occupation of Palestine and a critique of the biased Western medias depiction of the Palestinians struggle against their occupiers. The objects employed in her artwork perform as surrogates for the body and spirit of Palestine and its people. Her work, in both its physical and conceptual manifestations is an expression of the inseparable blending of the personal and political experiences that define the identity of every Palestinian.
As a Palestinian citizen of Israel, Rana deeply understands how feelings of belonging and claims of ownership, irrevocably separate, yet permanently connect Arabs and Jews in their struggle for a land that is called Palestine by one group and Israel by the other. Each of the two cultures wants to hold on to every inch of land claimed by the other. The Palestinians strongly feel that they belong to the land, while the Israelis insist that the land belongs to them. Bisharas artwork is deeply embedded in and informed by the Palestinian experiences of displacement, exile and occupation and the desire of Palestinian refugees to return to the lands they were displaced from. Through her work, Rana wants to convey the wounds of the heart inflicted upon her fathers generation and subsequent generations of Palestinians. She wants to bear witness to a once multicultural Palestinian society that was destroyed in 1948 and a once thriving agricultural society that has been irrevocably changed.
2009 release by SittingCrow Productions
www.sittingcrowproductions.com
Produced, filmed, written, narrated and directed by John Halaka.
Edited by Marissa Bowman.
Music composed and performed by the Ramallah based musician Samer Totah and the Jerusalem based musician Nizar Rohana.
Running time: 53 minutes
For further information regarding the film, please contact John Halaka at sittingcrowproductions@gmail.com, or call 619.260.4107. "
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"Wounds Of the Heart: An Artist and Her Nation
A Film By John Halaka
http://www.sittingcrowproductions.com/
Born and raised in the village of Tarsheha in the Galilee, Rana Bishara is a Palestinian Visual Artist whose creative practice includes sculpture, installation work and performance art. Her artwork functions simultaneously as an elegy to the Palestinian Nakba (the Arabic term for The Great Disaster that began in 1948), an unmasking of the brutality of the Israeli occupation of Palestine and a critique of the biased Western medias depiction of the Palestinians struggle against their occupiers. The objects employed in her artwork perform as surrogates for the body and spirit of Palestine and its people. Her work, in both its physical and conceptual manifestations is an expression of the inseparable blending of the personal and political experiences that define the identity of every Palestinian.
As a Palestinian citizen of Israel, Rana deeply understands how feelings of belonging and claims of ownership, irrevocably separate, yet permanently connect Arabs and Jews in their struggle for a land that is called Palestine by one group and Israel by the other. Each of the two cultures wants to hold on to every inch of land claimed by the other. The Palestinians strongly feel that they belong to the land, while the Israelis insist that the land belongs to them. Bisharas artwork is deeply embedded in and informed by the Palestinian experiences of displacement, exile and occupation and the desire of Palestinian refugees to return to the lands they were displaced from. Through her work, Rana wants to convey the wounds of the heart inflicted upon her fathers generation and subsequent generations of Palestinians. She wants to bear witness to a once multicultural Palestinian society that was destroyed in 1948 and a once thriving agricultural society that has been irrevocably changed.
2009 release by SittingCrow Productions
www.sittingcrowproductions.com
Produced, filmed, written, narrated and directed by John Halaka.
Edited by Marissa Bowman.
Music composed and performed by the Ramallah based musician Samer Totah and the Jerusalem based musician Nizar Rohana.
Running time: 53 minutes
For further information regarding the film, please contact John Halaka at sittingcrowproductions@gmail.com, or call 619.260.4107. "
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
The Presence of Absence in the Ruins of Kafr Bir'im [FILM TRAILER]
The Presence of Absence in the Ruins of Kafr Bir'im [FILM TRAILER]:
"The Presence of Absence in the Ruins of Kafr Bir’im
A film by John Halaka
http://www.sittingcrowproductions.com/
Shot on location in the ruins and cemetery of Kafr Bir’im, a Palestinian village located in the Northern Galilee, the film introduces the viewer to Mr. Ibrahim Essa, an elderly poet who survived the ethnic cleansing of his homeland in 1948. Mr. Essa’s family has lived in Kafr Bir’im for the past 700 years. Through his narrative and poetry, Ibrahim Essa recounts his experiences as a youth in the village, the hardships of a life in exile and the intense emotional, physical and historical connections to the land that he shares with the 5,000,000 Palestinians who currently live in the Palestinian diaspora. Mr. Essa employs an ancient oral tradition of poetry that, in style, is similar to what is now referred to as “Spoken Word Poetry.” This improvisational oral tradition has been around for centuries in Northern Palestine and continues to be used by farmers and villagers to express the community’s intimate relationship to the land; a yearning for past times; and their cultural, psychological and physical attachment to the ancient and modern ruins that exist throughout that region.
In his introduction to the events that resulted in the complete destruction of the village, John Halaka explains that ”The village of Kafr Bir’im was ethnically cleansed of its Palestinian inhabitants by the military forces of the newly established state of Israel in early November 1948. All of the 1050 inhabitants of Kafr Bir’im were driven from their land, and were never allowed to return to the homes and fields that they and their ancestors had inhabited and cultivated for centuries.”
The film commemorates the 60th anniversary of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. The ethnic cleansing campaign was systematically carried out by Jewish military forces between December 1947and December 1948, resulting in the destruction of Palestinian civil and political societies, the eradication of 531 villages, and the expulsion of over 800,000 Palestinian civilians from their homes and homeland. The Palestinians refer to this great catastrophe as the “Nakba,” the Israelis celebrate it as “The War of Independence.”
The Presence of Absence in the Ruins of Kafr Bir’im presents a seldom-heard Palestinian perspective on the roots of the ongoing Palestinian/Israeli conflict.
2007 release by SittingCrow Productions.
www.sittingcrowproductions.com
Produced, filmed, written, narrated and directed by John Halaka.
Edited by Marissa Bowman.
Music composed and performed by the Ramallah based musician Mohsen Subhi
Running time: 60 minutes.
For further information regarding the film, please contact John Halaka at sittingcrowproductions@gmail.com, or call 619.260.4107."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"The Presence of Absence in the Ruins of Kafr Bir’im
A film by John Halaka
http://www.sittingcrowproductions.com/
Shot on location in the ruins and cemetery of Kafr Bir’im, a Palestinian village located in the Northern Galilee, the film introduces the viewer to Mr. Ibrahim Essa, an elderly poet who survived the ethnic cleansing of his homeland in 1948. Mr. Essa’s family has lived in Kafr Bir’im for the past 700 years. Through his narrative and poetry, Ibrahim Essa recounts his experiences as a youth in the village, the hardships of a life in exile and the intense emotional, physical and historical connections to the land that he shares with the 5,000,000 Palestinians who currently live in the Palestinian diaspora. Mr. Essa employs an ancient oral tradition of poetry that, in style, is similar to what is now referred to as “Spoken Word Poetry.” This improvisational oral tradition has been around for centuries in Northern Palestine and continues to be used by farmers and villagers to express the community’s intimate relationship to the land; a yearning for past times; and their cultural, psychological and physical attachment to the ancient and modern ruins that exist throughout that region.
In his introduction to the events that resulted in the complete destruction of the village, John Halaka explains that ”The village of Kafr Bir’im was ethnically cleansed of its Palestinian inhabitants by the military forces of the newly established state of Israel in early November 1948. All of the 1050 inhabitants of Kafr Bir’im were driven from their land, and were never allowed to return to the homes and fields that they and their ancestors had inhabited and cultivated for centuries.”
The film commemorates the 60th anniversary of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. The ethnic cleansing campaign was systematically carried out by Jewish military forces between December 1947and December 1948, resulting in the destruction of Palestinian civil and political societies, the eradication of 531 villages, and the expulsion of over 800,000 Palestinian civilians from their homes and homeland. The Palestinians refer to this great catastrophe as the “Nakba,” the Israelis celebrate it as “The War of Independence.”
The Presence of Absence in the Ruins of Kafr Bir’im presents a seldom-heard Palestinian perspective on the roots of the ongoing Palestinian/Israeli conflict.
2007 release by SittingCrow Productions.
www.sittingcrowproductions.com
Produced, filmed, written, narrated and directed by John Halaka.
Edited by Marissa Bowman.
Music composed and performed by the Ramallah based musician Mohsen Subhi
Running time: 60 minutes.
For further information regarding the film, please contact John Halaka at sittingcrowproductions@gmail.com, or call 619.260.4107."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Monday, November 3, 2008
Warda: A short animation film made by 12 young palestinian from Bethlehem and the Dheisheh refugee camp (english subtitles)
Warda (english subtitles):
"Short animation film made by 12 young palestinian from Bethlehem and the Dheisheh refugee camp.
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Twelve children from Bethlehem fly away from the separation wall. The building of the wall was started in june 2002. Once finished, it will be 705 km long. It encloses much Palestinian land and separates many people from their village, their family
CREDITS
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DIRECTOR : Louise-Marie Colon and Delphine Hermans
STORY, CHARACTERS, ANIMATION, VOICES, SOUND EFFECT AND MUSIC: 12 young children from Palestine
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Alain Pierre and Antoire Pierre
DURATION : 5 min
PRODUCER: Jean-Luc Slock
PRODUCTION : Camera-etc © (2008)"
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"Short animation film made by 12 young palestinian from Bethlehem and the Dheisheh refugee camp.
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Twelve children from Bethlehem fly away from the separation wall. The building of the wall was started in june 2002. Once finished, it will be 705 km long. It encloses much Palestinian land and separates many people from their village, their family
CREDITS
---------------------------------------- ---
DIRECTOR : Louise-Marie Colon and Delphine Hermans
STORY, CHARACTERS, ANIMATION, VOICES, SOUND EFFECT AND MUSIC: 12 young children from Palestine
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Alain Pierre and Antoire Pierre
DURATION : 5 min
PRODUCER: Jean-Luc Slock
PRODUCTION : Camera-etc © (2008)"
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Hudud: A short animation film by 12 young palestinian from Bethlehem and the Dheisheh refugee camp (english subtitles)
Hudud (english subtitles):
"Short animation film made by 12 young Palestinians from Bethlehem and the Dheisheh refugee camp.
HUDUD
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To be 16 in Palestine today is to have ones life dictated by curfews, clashes with soldiers at checkpoints and arbitrary arrests
CREDITS
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DIRECTOR : Louise-Marie Colon and Delphine Hermans
STORY, CHARACTERS, ANIMATION, VOICES, SOUND EFFECT AND MUSIC: 12 young people from Palestine
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Mathieu Labaye
DURATION : 8 min
PRODUCER: Jean-Luc Slock
PRODUCTION : Camera-etc © (2008)"
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"Short animation film made by 12 young Palestinians from Bethlehem and the Dheisheh refugee camp.
HUDUD
---------------------------------------- ---
To be 16 in Palestine today is to have ones life dictated by curfews, clashes with soldiers at checkpoints and arbitrary arrests
CREDITS
---------------------------------------- ---
DIRECTOR : Louise-Marie Colon and Delphine Hermans
STORY, CHARACTERS, ANIMATION, VOICES, SOUND EFFECT AND MUSIC: 12 young people from Palestine
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Mathieu Labaye
DURATION : 8 min
PRODUCER: Jean-Luc Slock
PRODUCTION : Camera-etc © (2008)"
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Friday, October 31, 2008
"Occupied Space" opens in London to highlight Palestinians' suffering
"Occupied Space" opens in London to highlight Palestinians' suffering
Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:57:57
Roshan Muhammed Salih, Press TV, London
(Requires Windows Media or Real Player)
Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:57:57
Roshan Muhammed Salih, Press TV, London
(Requires Windows Media or Real Player)
Sunday, October 26, 2008
A Historic First For Palestinian Football
A Historic First For Palestinian Football:
"The Palestine football team is making history with its first ever international game at home. For years they have been denied a home ground and were forced to play overseas.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter will inaugurate the new national stadium in Jerusalem before the team play Jordan in their first home game. Skys Middle East correspondent, Dominic Waghorn reports."
"The Palestine football team is making history with its first ever international game at home. For years they have been denied a home ground and were forced to play overseas.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter will inaugurate the new national stadium in Jerusalem before the team play Jordan in their first home game. Skys Middle East correspondent, Dominic Waghorn reports."
Friday, October 24, 2008
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Lebanon to sue Israel over encroaching on its cultural identity
Lebanon to sue Israel over encroaching on its cultural identity
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:57:32
Nadine Mazloum, Press TV, Beirut
Click here to see this Press TV Video - Requires Windows Media
Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:57:32
Nadine Mazloum, Press TV, Beirut
Click here to see this Press TV Video - Requires Windows Media
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Gaza opens historical museum - 30 Aug 2008
Gaza opens historical museum - 30 Aug 2008:
"A Palestinian living in Gaza opens an archaelogical museum in the Gaza Strip to showcase the area's history.
Al Jazeera's Ashraf Amritti reports from Gaza where Jawdat al-Khoudry, the museum's owner, fulfilled his dreams."
"A Palestinian living in Gaza opens an archaelogical museum in the Gaza Strip to showcase the area's history.
Al Jazeera's Ashraf Amritti reports from Gaza where Jawdat al-Khoudry, the museum's owner, fulfilled his dreams."
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Suzanne Klotz: The Other Side of the Holy Land
Suzanne Klotz: The Other Side of the Holy Land:
Introduction to the Other Side of the Holy Land, by Suzanne Klotz.
The impetus for my work is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, laws applicable during times of war and peace for all members of humanity.
The illustrations depict events I witnessed while in Palestine in the 1990's. The presentation includes documented facts about living conditions in Palestine, America's role in the Israeli military occupation of Palestine, and the non-relatedness of Zionism and Judaism. The presentation challenges commonly held misconceptions about the Israel-Palestine 'conflict', opening the door to dialogue about issues of paramount importance for Americans and the global community.
Artist's Introduction: Suzanne Klotz
Art reflects the values of a society and bridges the divide between the familiar and the unfamiliar. Art is invested with the power to elevate consciousness, illuminate the human spirit and unify humanity.
My intent is to present my ideas through a unique interaction of materials, form and content. Each piece incorporates cultural iconography that, when inverted, reveal chimeras that may well be in our unexamined social consciousness.
When military occupation of foreign soil is conveyed by media and press mediated by politicians it becomes too easy to romanticize destruction and death.. The misuse of vocabulary in the media plays a large part in public deception and ignorance. The intent of my current work is to encourage personal investigation of the 'facts on the ground' in distant lands as well as in our own back yard.
The surface reality presented by those in power (the media, government, and institutions) is explored to reveal the impact of personal accountability on the moral and ethical standards of a society. Similarly, social relations involving authority and power are explored for their misuses and abuses of human rights. The work symbolically incorporates certain colloquialisms descriptive of the conceptual intent. The materials are used as metaphors of the beliefs and attitudes prevalent in western societies.
For more see www.suzanneklotz.com
Music: "Tulbah" by El-Funoun, www.el-funoun.org"
Introduction to the Other Side of the Holy Land, by Suzanne Klotz.
The impetus for my work is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, laws applicable during times of war and peace for all members of humanity.
The illustrations depict events I witnessed while in Palestine in the 1990's. The presentation includes documented facts about living conditions in Palestine, America's role in the Israeli military occupation of Palestine, and the non-relatedness of Zionism and Judaism. The presentation challenges commonly held misconceptions about the Israel-Palestine 'conflict', opening the door to dialogue about issues of paramount importance for Americans and the global community.
Artist's Introduction: Suzanne Klotz
Art reflects the values of a society and bridges the divide between the familiar and the unfamiliar. Art is invested with the power to elevate consciousness, illuminate the human spirit and unify humanity.
My intent is to present my ideas through a unique interaction of materials, form and content. Each piece incorporates cultural iconography that, when inverted, reveal chimeras that may well be in our unexamined social consciousness.
When military occupation of foreign soil is conveyed by media and press mediated by politicians it becomes too easy to romanticize destruction and death.. The misuse of vocabulary in the media plays a large part in public deception and ignorance. The intent of my current work is to encourage personal investigation of the 'facts on the ground' in distant lands as well as in our own back yard.
The surface reality presented by those in power (the media, government, and institutions) is explored to reveal the impact of personal accountability on the moral and ethical standards of a society. Similarly, social relations involving authority and power are explored for their misuses and abuses of human rights. The work symbolically incorporates certain colloquialisms descriptive of the conceptual intent. The materials are used as metaphors of the beliefs and attitudes prevalent in western societies.
For more see www.suzanneklotz.com
Music: "Tulbah" by El-Funoun, www.el-funoun.org"
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