25/01/2007 :: 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 and cultural institutions.
I therefore look forward to the opening
of the Yabous Cultural Centre, hoping
it will revive the cultural scene
of East Jerusalem ", says Head of
the Norwegian Representative Office
Mr Sten Arne Rosnes.