BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2109@palestinecampaign.org DTSTART:20180514T180000Z DTEND:20180520T223000Z DTSTAMP:20180424T091243Z URL:https://palestinecampaign.org/events/70-celebration-contemporary-pales tinian-culture/ SUMMARY:@70: A Celebration of Contemporary Palestinian Culture DESCRIPTION:@70: A CELEBRATION OF CONTEMPORARY PALESTINIAN CULTURE\nMon 14 May to Sun 20 May 2018\n\nStudio Theatre\, RADA Studios\, 16 Chenies Stree t\, WC1E 7EX\n\nhttps://70palestine.comhttps:// \n\nwww.rada.ac.uk/whats- on/other-events\n\n@70: Celebration of Contemporary Palestinian Culture\, taking place from the 14-20 May\, is a week-long festival of theatre\, dan ce\, films and talks commemorating the Palestinian experience of disposses sion and loss of a homeland.\n\nEvery year on May 15\, Palestinians around the world\, numbering about 12.4 million\, mark the Nakba. Three artists from Gaza - Ahmed Masoud\, Ahmed Najar and Khalid Ziyada\, have worked clo sely with Amnesty International UK\, the Hoping Foundation\, Amos Trust\, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Al Zaytouna Dance Theatre to bring together this creative response to decades of injustice.\n\nAbout the even ts:\n\nThe Shroud Maker\nA play by Ahmed Masoud\nRunning time: 70 minutes\ n\nHajja Souad\, an 80-year old Palestinian woman living on the besieged G aza Strip\, knows about business. She has survived decades of wars and opp ression through making shrouds for the dead. A compelling black comedy\, T he Shroud Maker delves deep into the intimate life of ordinary Palestinian s to weave a highly distinctive path through Palestine’s turbulent past and present. Loosely based on a real life character still living in Gaza\, this one-woman comedy weaves comic fantasy and satire with true stories t old first hand to the writer\, and offers a vivid portrait of  Palestinia n life in Gaza underscored with gallows humour.\n\nAhmed Masoud is a write r\, director and academic based in the UK and author of Vanished: The Mys terious Disappearance of Mustafa Ouda. His plays include Camouflage (Lon don\, May 2017)\, Walaa/Loyalty (London\, June &\; November 2014)\,  Unto the Breach (London\, November 2012 &\; Vienna\, November 2013) an d Go to Gaza\, Drink the Sea (London\, 2009 &\; Edinburgh Fringe\, Au gust 2009). His radio piece Escape from Gaza was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.\n\nProject 51 \nA dance performance by Al Zaytouna Dance Troup e  \nRunning time: 70 minutes\n\nAl Zaytouna Dance Troupe in collaborati on with Hava Dance Group present Project 51\, written and directed by Ahme d Najar. Project 51 – the  Israeli war on Gaza in summer 2014 lasted 51 days- questions the unequal media coverage of conflicts and terrorism\, and critically challenges the given perceptions of the Palestinian strugg le through the western media. The play centres on a Gazan man trying to di stract his daughter from explosions and the sound of drones and military a eroplanes. Creatively using the power of the traditional Palestinian folk dance ‘Dabke’ and blending it with modern dance and theatre - this typ ically inclusive\, infectious and widely popular dance form is used in a s atirical way bringing an eruption of joy and an affirmation of individuali ty and belonging.\n\nAhmed Najar is a Palestinian director\, playwright\, dabke expert and co-founder of the Al-Zaytouna dance troupe. The company f uses traditional Palestinian folk dance (dabke) with contemporary dance\, theatre\, poetry\, music\, and digital media to create inspiring pieces of dance theatre to tell powerful stories about Palestine\, often focusing o n identity and cultural resistance.\n\nAs well as a being a regular dancer with the troupe\, Najar has also written and directed several productions . He wrote Between the fleeting words\, which toured the UK and Europe in 2011.\n\nNajar took dabke teaching abroad when he worked with the Hava dan ce group in Slovenia (2014)\, writing and directing Water and Salt (Sloven ia 2015) and Project 51 (London 2016).\n\nSanaa Moussa\nA music performanc e by Marsm \nRunning time: 90 minutes\n\nRenowned Palestinian singer Sana Moussa’s work is a tribute to Palestinian women’s folklore and a cele bration of indigenous traditions in the face of occupation and globalizati on. Raised in a musical family hailing from Deir El Assad in the Galilee\, Moussa could not help but develop a passion for traditional Palestinian s ound from a young age. Moussa’s first album Ishraq was released one year ago and she has subsequently toured  Palestine\, Jordan and Cairo before coming to London. Remarkably\, Moussa is simultaneously pursuing her PhD in Microbiology.\n\nPortraits of Palestine: A case study from the British Colonial Archive \nA screening by Marsm\nRunning time: 60 minutes\n\nThis 1947 British colonial propaganda film shows how the British government so ught to present its role in Palestine at the very end of the Mandate perio d. Using archival documents to tell the full story of the film's productio n\, this presentation will show the forces at work in the creation of  co lonial film propaganda at the end of Empire. A rare chance to see fascinat ing footage from the British colonial era. Presented by writer and researc her Francis Gooding\, who will present a close reading of the archival rec ords\, in order to unpick the imagery produced\, and the motivations behin d the making of the film.\n\nKings and extras: digging for a Palestinian i mage\nA screening \nRunning time: 60 minutes\n\nDirector Azza El Hassan c hronicles her journey on the trail of films made by the PLO Media which we nt missing during the Israeli invasion of in  Beirut in 1982. The films w ere supposed to show a self-determined image of Palestinians from the mome nt of civilian expulsion in 1967 to PLO activity in Lebanon continuing unt il 1982. Through the narratives of individuals who El Hassan feels can ass ist in her search\, the film touches on  several aspects of contemporary Palestinian life. She travels through Syria\, Jordan and Lebanon searching for clues as to where the lost archive might be. The increasingly absurd search leads her to where the films are said to be buried - but no one wan ts to dig them up.\n\nThe film reflects the situation in the Middle East\; a failed revolution\, the problematic relationship with the Arab neighbou rs and the question of a Palestinian identity today.\n\nAzza El-Hassan is an award-winning Palestinian filmmaker. Since launching her film career in Ramallah\, El-Hassan has now become one of Palestine’s most promising f emale directors. She has produced several works all of which reflect the d ifferent stages of her journey exploring her complex relationship with her Palestinian identity. Her films include Always Look them in the Eyes (2 007)\, Kings &\; Extras (2004)\, 3cm Less (2003)\, News Time(2001) \, The Place (2000)\, Sinbad is a She (1999)\, A Title Deed from Mose s (1998) and Arab Women Speak Out (1996).\n\nTimetable:\nYou can book f or single events or for everything on that evening (i.e. a double bill).\n \nTickets £26 for double bill performances (£23 concessions)\n\n£16 for single performances (£13 concessions)/£20 closing night Sun 20 May (£1 6 concessions)\n\nMonday 14 May \n18:30 The Shroud Maker (followed by 3 0min Q&\;A)\n20:00 Portraits of Palestine: A case study from the Briti sh Colonial Archive\n\nBOOK: THE SHROUD MAKER\n\nBOOK: PORTRAITS OF PALEST INE\n\nTuesday 15 May \n18:30 The Shroud Maker (followed by a free pres entation by Amnesty International from 20:00 - 21:30)\n\nBOOK NOW\n\nWedne sday 16 May\n19:30 The Shroud Maker (preceded by a free presentation by Amos Trust starting at 18:30)\n\nBOOK NOW\n\nThursday 17 May\n18:30 The S hroud Maker\n20:00 Sanaa Moussa\n\nBOOK: THE SHROUD MAKER\n\nBOOK: SANAA MOUSSA\n\nFriday 18 May\n19:30 Project 51\n21:00 Sanaa Moussa (live musi c)\n\nBOOK: PROJECT 51\n\nBOOK: SANAA MOUSSA\n\nSaturday 19 May\n18:30 Th e Shroud Maker\n20:00 Project 51\n21.15 Q&\;A\n\nBOOK: THE SHROUD MAKE R\n\nBOOK: PROJECT 51\n\nSunday 20 May\n\n09:00 PSC Conference: At 70 - Pa lestinian Refugees and the Right of Return \n17:00 The Shroud Maker\n18: 30 Kings and extras: digging for a Palestinian image (followed by a Q&am p\;A at 19:30)\n\nhttps://70palestine.comhttps:// \n\nwww.rada.ac.uk/what s-on/other-events \n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://palestinecampaign.org/wp-content/uploads /at7011.jpg LOCATION:RADA Studios\, 16 Chenies St\, London\, WC1E 7EX\, United Kingdom GEO:51.5207306;-0.1327020999999604 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=16 Chenies St\, London\, W C1E 7EX\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=RADA Studios:geo:51.52 07306,-0.1327020999999604 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR