24 rue Custine
Paris, 75018
France
- International/Cultural relations
- Youth and education
- Develop the collaboration network between European and Palestinian theatre companies and music groups
- Promote intercultural dialogue between Europe and Palestine, with an emphasis on reciprocity and collaboration.
- Target children and young adults in order to open an opportunity for them to express and develop their imagination and creativity.
In Europe :
- Present Palestine through a different scope than violence
- Sensitize people to the stakes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and claim for justice and peace to end a 58 year old conflict.
In Palestine :
- Break the cultural isolation of Palestine.
- Open a parenthesis in daily life under occupation thanks to quality cultural activities.
Past:
- 2003: Theatre tour of Al Rowwad’s children troupe in France, 25 performances over a month and a half.
- 2006: Tour of Al Rowwad’s children theatre troupe and the musicians of the national music conservatory of Nabluz, 30 performances in France and Belgium over a month and a half. Production of the DVD of the play.
Both time the troupe performed “We are the children of the camp”, a play by Abdelfattah Abou Srour, director of Al Rowwad center.
Present:
- October 2007: Theater and Music Festival in Palestine, as a project to reinforce networks of cultural cooperation between European (France, Belgium) and Mediterranean (Palestine, Morocco) countries. Five theater troupes and one music group will perform in 6 cities of the West Bank over 12 days.