FESTIVAL OF CULTURAL RESISTANCE

"Representation & Misrepresentation"

SEPTEMBER 24TH THROUGH OCTOBER 3rd, 2004
ALWAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
16 BEAVER STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

In preparation for its 1st annual cultural festival, Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, in collaboration with the Culture and Conflict Group is accepting submissions for the talent portion of the festival on Saturday, September 25th.

  • The Talent Show is open to Palestinian Arabs and Arabs for Palestine between the ages of 4 and 21 years.
  • Submissions can be in any form: spoken word, small scale paintings, sketch, dance, song, musical, comedy and any other art form.
  • The focus of the submission must be Palestine. For example the theme could be any of the following: 'What It Means To Be Palestinian'; 'What Palestine Means To Me' ; 'How I Maintain My Arab/Palestinian Heritage', etc.
  • The deadline for submissions is September 21st, 2004. Those interested can email Lamis Deek at Lamisjd@riseup.net, or Lamisjd@hotmail.com, or leave a message at (212) 946-1458. Please be sure to indicate your FULL NAME, PHONE NUMBER, THEME & TYPE OF SUBMISSION, & AGE.
  • PLEASE NOTE: Although the deadline for this festival is September 21st, we will have similar events throughout the year, so if you are interested in participating or performing in future events please forward your information or leave a message.

See below for more information about the festival:

Representation & Misrepresentation brings together 10 artists from Palestine, the Arab World, Iran and the United States. This exhibition is part of the weekend long Festival of Cultural Resistance which marks the 22nd anniversary of the massacre of Palestinian refugees in the camps of Sabra and Chatila in Lebanon1982. It also marks the fourth anniversary of the current Palestinian Intifada which began in September 2000.

Tentative Schedule

  • Fri. September 24, 7 - 10 PM: Art Display Opening Reception
  • Sat. September 25, 4 - 11 PM: Local Voices Talent Show & Display, Professional Debka Performance, Live Arabic Musical Group
  • Sun. September 26, 3 - 11 PM: Film Festival
  • Please Note, the Art Show will run from Sept.24 to Oct 3rd . We also expect to have more events and dialogues with the Artists during that period. Please refer to our website for more information:
    http://www.al-awdany.org.