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Palestine Festival of Literature

Wed, 2009/05/20 - 11:14 — Manal
2009/05/23 - 00:00
2009/05/28 - 23:59
Website: 
PalFest
Location: 
Ramallah, Jenin, al-Khalil/Hebron, Bethlehem and Jerusalem
Organizers: 
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The Palestine Festival of Literature is a traveling cultural roadshow touring across the West Bank from the 23rd to the 28th of May 2009.

Palfest brings writers and artists from around the world to Palestinian audiences. It initiates and organizes cultural festivals with international and local participation. It organises workshops with students in Palestinian academic institutions in co-operation with Palestinian academics.

Among this year's authors are:

  • MICHAEL PALIN
  • AHDAF SOUEIF
  • SUHEIR HAMMAD
  • SUAD AMIRY
  • HENNING MANKELL
  • CARMEN CALLIL
  • CLAIRE MESSUD

And many more....

Because of the difficulties Palestinians face under military occupation in traveling around their own country, the Festival will travel to its audiences. It will tour to Ramallah, to Jenin, to al-Khalil/Hebron and to Bethlehem. To celebrate its year as Cultural Capital of the Arab World, the festival will begin and end in Jerusalem.

Ways to connect and follow their updates:

  1. On Facebook
  2. Check their Programme.
  3. Short, varied videos released every day: Readings, interviews, diaries, drama, whatever's interesting.. You can directly follow them on their Vimeo Channel or their YouTube account.
  4. A different author will be blogging each day, their experiences, thoughts, expectations etc.
  5. They will be uploading the 20 best photos from each day on to their Flickr account.
  6. The festival blog will chart the day to day of the fest, recording all the ups and downs.
  7. They will also have live twitter updates keeping you right up to speed with all the action...
  8. You can stay up to date, live, right here where all these connect methods are collected on.