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Cultural performance
at the Wall around Rachel’s Tomb,
Bethlehem
“UNDER THE
WATCHTOWER”
July 5, 2008
AEI-Open Windows
organizes a public performance and
celebration on Monday July 7, 18:00
– 19:00 near the Sumud Peace
House close to Rachel’s Tomb in
Bethlehem, Palestine. The program,
to be performed at the Wall and with
a military watch tower as part of
the “stage”, is intended as a
statement of life and persistence (sumud)
opposed to the fragmentation and
death for which the Wall stands.
The program is as
follows:
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Evi de Jean, Belgian singer who works and resides in the Netherlands will sing
two Dutch songs: Branding
(Surf) and Tijd van Toen
(Looking back). She will be
accompanied on the classic piano
by local musician Nubar
Vosgueritchan.
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The English-language song
Zeitun (olives), composed by
Evi de Jean, will be performed
by a Palestinian choir group
of AEI brought together for the
occasion.
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In a traditional diwan
set up under the watchtower,
youth will read a poem of
Mahmoud Darwish; a Palestinian
folklore story, and
prayer-wishes sent from
abroad.
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AEI director Fuad Giacaman will
explain about the educational
meaning of sumud
in Bethlehem and Palestine/
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The Artas Folklore Center Dance
Troupe will complete the event
with a Palestinian dabkeh
performance.
For more information
about Evi de Jean, see her website
www.evidejean.com.
The event marks the
end of AEI’s summer school. Products
from the summer school will be on
display on and besides the Wall,
including drawings made by
youth and wall tapestries
completed by two women’s groups.
The Sumud Peace house
is located next to the Tabash
Souvenir shop on the Hebron Road,
200 meters from the foot passenger
exit on the Bethlehem side of the
Jerusalem-Bethlehem checkpoint.
For more information,
please contact Toine van Teeffelen,
0522-789156.
Fuad Giacaman
AEI-Open Windows
02-2744030
aei@p-ol.com
www.aeicenter.org
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