{"id":51251,"date":"2016-03-06T12:01:17","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T10:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefreedomtheatre.org\/?p=51251"},"modified":"2016-03-06T12:01:17","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T10:01:17","slug":"omar-barghouthi-ilan-pappe-mazin-qumsiyeh-forum-in-jenin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefreedomtheatre.org\/ar\/2016\/03\/omar-barghouthi-ilan-pappe-mazin-qumsiyeh-forum-in-jenin\/","title":{"rendered":"Omar Barghouthi, Ilan Papp\u00e9, Mazin Qumsiyeh among speakers at Forum in Jenin"},"content":{"rendered":"

In April 2016, The Freedom Theatre celebrates its tenth anniversary\u00a0with a six-day\u00a0<\/span>festival of Palestinian performing art and a forum on cultural resistance. The anniversary will bring\u00a0together Palestinian theatre companies, performers and scholars, with the aim\u00a0of exploring the role of the arts in the broader Palestinian popular struggle movement. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PROGRAM<\/strong><\/span>
\nProgram Forum and Festival<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SPEAKERS
\n<\/strong><\/span>Alaa\u00a0Hlehel:\u00a0Post-colonialism and the role of culture<\/strong><\/span>
\nAlaa Hlehel is an author, playwright and journalist. He has an\u00a0MA in Mass Communication and Fine Arts from Haifa University and is the\u00a0chief editor of Qadita website for literature and culture. Hlehel is also\u00a0a translator for human rights and cultural organisations as well as a translator of books and plays.<\/span><\/p>\n

Moderator: Nabil Al-Raee<\/strong>, Artistic director of The Freedom Theatre, theatre director and playwright, actor and instructor, trained with Theatre Day Productions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hala Nassar:\u00a0Cultural production and confusing agendas<\/strong><\/span>
\nHala Nassar is a lecturer,\u00a0researcher and writer on Arab\/Palestinian theatre, literature and drama. She is considered the first Palestinian academic to focus on Palestinian theatre in Western academia. Her book on the history of Palestinian theatre is forthcoming and she is co-editor of Mahmoud Darwish; Exile\u2019s Poet.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Moderator:\u00a0Mervat Ayash<\/strong>, Artist and lecturer\u00a0in interior design at An Najah University, member of the board of The Freedom Theatre.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ilan Papp\u00e9 (via video link): Culture confronting occupation<\/strong><\/span>
\nIlan Papp\u00e9 is a historian, professor at Exeter University and director of the university’s European Centre for Palestine Studies,\u00a0author of among other books\u00a0The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine<\/em>,\u00a0The Modern Middle East<\/em>, and\u00a0A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Moderator: Gabriel Varghese<\/strong>, Co-artistic director of Sandpit Arts (UK), writer and theatre director,\u00a0recently completed his\u00a0Ph.D. at Exeter University on the history of Palestinian theatre after the first Intifada.<\/span><\/p>\n

Khaled Katamesh and Ramzi Abu Adwan:\u00a0Art under occupation – experiences and common goals<\/strong><\/span>
\nKhaled Katamesh is the director of El Funoun Dance Troupe and a co-founder of the Popular Art Centre. He is a\u00a0former dancer,\u00a0instructor and choreographer.\u00a0<\/span>Ramzi Abu Radwan is a musician, composer and founder of Al-Kamandjati music society\u00a0and Dal’ouna ensemble.<\/span><\/p>\n

Moderator: Said Abu Mualla<\/strong>, instructor\u00a0of news editing, communication and online journalism at the Arab American University in Jenin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mazin Qumsiyeh: Conceptual dilemmas about cultural resistance<\/strong><\/span>
\nMazin Qumsiyeh is an author, professor, lecturer and researcher at Bethlehem and Birzeit Universities and director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History and Institute for Biodiversity Research. He has published hundreds of articles and talks and several books, including\u00a0Mammals of the Holy Land, Sharing the Land of Canaan: human rights and the Israeli\/Palestinian Struggle\u00a0<\/em>and Popular Resistance in Palestine: A history of Hope and Empowerment.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Moderator: Manal Tamimi,<\/strong> Activist in the popular resistance in Nabi Saleh, member of the Popular committee against the wall and settlements in Ramallah.<\/span><\/p>\n

Omar Barghouthi:\u00a0Effective popular resistance – the cultural boycott model<\/strong><\/span>
\nOmar Barghouthi is an author, researcher and\u00a0human rights activist. He is the\u00a0founding committee member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and\u00a0co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Moderator:\u00a0Rahma Hijji<\/strong>,\u00a0Journalist and activist with the BDS movement. Working with Al-Haya Aljadeda newspaper (website) and with 24 FM broadcasting, Hijji\u2019s focus is on cultural, social and political issues.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reem Talhami: Women, theatre and resistance<\/strong><\/span>
\n Reem Talhami is a singer and actress who has released several albums and is often featured in festivals around the Middle East. She is a\u00a0former teacher at National Institute of Music in Jerusalem and Ramallah and\u00a0performer with El Hakawati – Palestinian National Theatre and Al Kasaba Theatre.<\/span><\/p>\n

Moderator:\u00a0Eman Nazzal,<\/strong>\u00a0Feminist activist\u00a0leader in the Jenin area, coordinator of Palestinian women’s affairs technical committee, head of\u00a0the women committee of\u00a0Al Fatah in Jenin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sudhanva Deshpande: What’s next?<\/strong><\/span>
\nSudhanva Desphande is an actor and director with Jana Natya Manch street theatre company, India, and editor with LeftWord Books publishing company.<\/span><\/p>\n

Moderator:\u00a0Faisal Abu Alhayjaa<\/strong>, Actor,\u00a0theatre instructor and director with The Freedom Theatre and actor with Red Noses Clowndoctors Palestine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Roundtable discussion:\u00a0The role of culture in unifying resistance<\/strong><\/span>
\nAyman Yousef<\/strong>,\u00a0Professor in Political Sciences and International Relations, Dean of Arts Faculty at Arab American\u00a0University.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alam Massad<\/strong>, Painter in plastic arts featured in local and international exhibitions, chairman of the board of\u00a0Naqsh Troupe, activist in social and prisoner issues.<\/span><\/p>\n

Iyad Staiti<\/strong>, Musician and director of Al-Kamandjati, music instructor, key figure in popularising oriental music.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other speakers:<\/span><\/p>\n

Baraa Sharqawi<\/strong>, Photography instructor at The Freedom Theatre.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bilal Saadi<\/strong>, Chairman of the board of The Freedom Theatre, member of Jenin Refugee Camp Popular Committee and\u00a0secretary for the Youth Centre in Jenin Refugee Camp.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jonatan Stanczak<\/strong>, Managing director and co-founder of The Freedom Theatre, former producer at The Swedish National Touring Company,\u00a0coordinator at The Palestine Solidarity Association in\u00a0Sweden, and active in the\u00a0BDS movement in Sweden.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mustafa Sheta<\/strong>,\u00a0Journalist and researcher, secretary of the board of The Freedom Theatre, coordinator of the Theatre Festival and Forum on Cultural Resistance.<\/span>
\nMohammed Moawia<\/strong>, Multimedia coordinator at The Freedom Theatre, filmmaker, photographer and graphic designer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Performances at the Theatre Festival\u00a0will include<\/u>:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Siege<\/em>\u00a0by The Freedom Theatre<\/strong>,\u00a0Searching for Handala<\/em>\u00a0by Yes Theatre<\/strong>, Confession<\/em>\u00a0by Quds Art<\/strong>,\u00a0Taha<\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0Amer Hlehel<\/strong>,\u00a015 seconds in\u00a0Gaza<\/em>\u00a0by Mo’min Switat<\/strong>, and a circus performance by The Palestinian Circus School<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The program will also include theatre and dance workshops, photography and art exhibitions, film screenings, guided tours\u00a0and much more.<\/span><\/p>\n

REGISTER HERE<\/strong><\/span>
\n10-year anniversary registration form<\/a>.
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