The Association of Pioneers for Culture and Arts in Aida refugee camp celebrated 20 years of arts and culture classes with the opening of their new building Sunday night. Director General of Pioneers Association for Culture and Arts, Dr. Abdel-Fattah Abu Sorour, hailed the construction of the new building as the next step in Alrowwad’s...
Nora Marzouqa, a 17-year-old Palestinian from Bethlehem, has wanted to study at Harvard University for as long as she can remember. But the aspiring doctor and skilled debater grew up believing her dream was out of reach. “I’ve seen my family members try to study abroad but they couldn’t for financial reasons, and also because...
GAZA (Reuters) – A small group of Palestinian women in Gaza are stretching their limbs with yoga to help them teach others to cope with the stresses and traumas of living in the embattled territory. The Gaza Strip, which is dominated by the Islamist Hamas faction, has experienced three wars with neighboring Israel in the...
The first Palestinian-themed museum in the United States that opened on Sunday in Woodbridge, on the outskirts of New Haven in Connecticut, showcased Palestinian art, culture and history. The “Palestinian Museum U.S.”, as it was called, includes work by Palestinian artists from all over the world in celebration of Palestinian diversity, culture and history. The...
Friday is the 15th anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie, the student at The Evergreen State College who died after she was run over by a bulldozer in the Gaza Strip while attempting to protect the home of a Palestinian family. Corrie’s story continues to inspire activism and compassion in Olympia and around the...
In light of the White House’s official remarks made this afternoon, (December 5, 2017) that President Trump will deliver a statement tomorrow, possibly announcing a different US policy on the status of Jerusalem, we greatly regret to inform you that the planned reception, ‘A Bethlehem Christmas on the Hill,’ tomorrow, December 6, 2017 will unfortunately...
The PLO General Delegation to the US participated in the مهرجان القدس 2017 Al-Quds Festival on Sunday November 12, 2017. At the festival H.E. Ambassador Husam Zomlot delivered a speech emphasizing the significance #Jerusalem has to Palestine’s national identity. The Al-Quds Festival, included music, Debkah dance, art, a children’s program, and traditional #Palestinian cuisine.
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said on Thursday that 42 years since Palestinians in Israel demonstrated against Israeli seizure of their land and lost six of their young people shot dead by Israeli forces, the Palestinian people continue to endure destruction, displacement and humanization. In March 1976, the Israeli government announced its decision to expropriate...