Culture

“Rafiki” is the story about Naisha who suddenly vanishes and no one knows where she and her mother are. With no other clue than an address written in invisible ink, her friends sneak out, bound for the big city. “Rafiki” – meaning “my friend” in Arabic – addresses many important issues related to friendships. The young viewers in Gaza were particularly intrigued by the strength of the friendshi... Read more

«Look at the empty table», one of the active ladies from the Twin City Association Sarpsborg-Bethlehem said from inside the Sarpsborg booth. “We made 400 waffles and brought a shipload of candy and 200 Christmas chocolate calendars. Everything was gone in one hour”. Read more

The Nordic representative offices and consulates have the pleasure of inviting the public to Northern Lights - a Nordic Film Festival in corporation with Yabous Cultural Center, East Jerusalem. The festival aims to promote Nordic film culture and create a cultural meeting place between Nordic and Palestinian artists and audience. The selection of Nordic films is to show the nuances of Nordic... Read more

The Norwegian violinist Mr Christian Stejskal has recently toured the Gaza strip together with the actor Jamal al-Rossi. Together they have been performing “Ferdinand the Bull” at different schools across the strip, with a total of 25 performances. The tour was financed by the Palestine Committee of Norway and the Representative Office of Norway to the Palestinian Authority. United Nations Reli... Read more

Battir Cultural Landscape has been awarded “The Melina Mercouri International Prize” for protection and management of cultural landscape on the West Bank. The project is a collaboration between UNESCO’s office in Ramallah, local government and Norway. Read more

The Festival of Førde and Talent 2008 have received the Unesco award «Young artist for intercultural dialogue between the Arab and Western worlds». The award is an honour to young artists for the work to promote dialogue through culture. Read more

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The Seminar started with the Premier performance of the play Nora "A Doll's House" by Henrik Ibsen, on the evening of the International Women Day 8 March 2008.  On Sunday 9 March, the Norwegian MP, Ms. Inga Marte Thorkildsen gave a speech on Women in Politics in Norway and related to her personal experience serving 2nd term in the Parliament at the age of 31.  Mr. George Ibrahim, General Read more

The Norwegian Representative Office is pleased to announce that it has supported the reconstruction and renovation of the old cinema in Azzahra Street in East Jerusalem with USD 640 000. When completed by August 2008 the buliding will house the Yabous Cultural Centre with a cinema, café, concert hall, meeting rooms as well as music lessons for children. "East Jerusalem lacks cultural acitivites... Read more