BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.2.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:445@palestinecampaign.c6digital.dev DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130627 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130707 DTSTAMP:20130613T122533Z URL:https://palestinecampaign.c6digital.dev/events/palestine-events-at-lon don-shubbak-festival-2013/ SUMMARY:Palestine Events at London Shubbak Festival 2013 DESCRIPTION:Palestine Events at\n\n \n\nShubbak Festival 2013 │ A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture \n\n22 June – 6 July\n\n \;\n\nhttp:// shubbak.co.uk/\n\n \;\n\n+++++++++++++++++++++\n\n \;\n\nkissing t he heat 1 -\n\nneW PLayWrights from PaLestine\n\n27 June\n\n19.30\n\nThe M osaic rooMs\n\n226 Cromwell Road SW5 0SW\n\n \;\n\n£10\, £8 Concessi ons\n\n \;\n\nTel: 020 7370 9990\n\n \;\n\nrsvp@mosaicrooms.org ww w.mosaicrooms.org\n\n \;\n\nProduced in association with the Royal Cou rt Theatre\n\n \;\n\nCaitlin McLeod directs a reading of Dalia Taha’ s keffiyeh/Made in china\, in association\n\nwith the Royal Court Theatre. \n\n‘Taha’s work ... makes us feel the huge lack of horizon which ever y Palestinian\n\nexperiences ... she paves a new and original feminine way for Arab theatre’ Mohamed\n\nKacimi.\n\nTaha is one of ten internationa l writers participating in this Summer’s Royal Court\n\nInternational Re sidency for Emerging Playwrights.\n\nMcLeod has directed three critically acclaimed sell-out productions at the Finborough\n\nTheatre. She won the p restigious Buzz Goodbody award for Best Director\, and was Trainee\n\nDire ctor at the Royal Court Theatre from 2011-2012\n\n \;\n\nhttp://shubba k.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Shubbak-Festival-Guide-2013.pdf\n\n \;\n\n& nbsp\;\n\n++++++++++++++++++++\n\n \;\n\nnarrating gaza\n\n \;\n\n 28 June\n\n \;\n\n13.00 - 14.00\n\nica\n\n \;\n\nthe studio\, The Mall SW1Y 5AH\n\n£5\, Free for ICA members\n\n \;\n\nwww.ica.org.uk\n \n \;\n\nProduced by The Mosaic Rooms\n\n \;\n\nNew Voices from ga za\n\n \;\n\nGaza-based authors Ali Abukhattab and Samah al Sheikh dis cuss their work as writers\n\nand promoters of new literature. These autho rs’ outputs have been featured in various\n\nanthologies and collections . Al Sheikh’s first novel will be published by Saqi Books this\n\nyear.\ n\nThe narrating gaza online initiative will also be introduced.\n\n \ ;\n\nRun by the A.M. Qattan Foundation\, it is an incubator for diverse wr itten and visual narratives from or about the\n\nbesieged Gaza Strip.\n\n& nbsp\;\n\nThe event is a platform to discuss contemporary literary practic es of Gaza’s young creative generation. The authors will perform reading s of their work. Presented by Omar Al-Qattan\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n++++ ++++++++++++++++++\n\n \;\n\nthe Lady from teLaViV\n\n \;\n\n1 JuL y\, 18.30.\n\n \;\n\nDoors open at 18.00\n\n \;\n\nfoyLes bookshoP \, 113 - 119 Charing Cross Road WC2H 0EB\n\nAdmission free.\n\n \;\n\n Booking not required. First come\, first seated.\n\n \;\n\nwww.arabbri tishcentre.org.uk/events/lady-tel-aviv\n\n \;\n\nProduced by The Arab British Centre with support from English PEN and Telegram Books\n\nJoin th e arab british centre in celebrating the english translation of rabai al-M adhoun’s ‘\n\nthe Lady from tel aviv’.\n\n \;\n\nThis work\, sho rtlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2010\, is both\n\n a meditation on the nature of fiction and an incisive exploration of the e ffects of\n\noccupation on a people and what it is to be a Palestinian.\n\ n \;\n\nA Palestinian writer and Israeli actress meet on a plane bound for Tel Aviv. Their\n\ninteractions exposes the chasm between them in the land they both call home.\n\nThe English translation is by Elliot Colla.\ n\n \;\n\nBorn in Palestine in 1945\, Al-Madhoun is one of the Arab wo rld’s prominent literary\n\nfigures.\n\n \;\n\n+++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++\n\n \;\n\nkissing the heat 2 – neW PLayWrights from P aLestine\n\n \;\n\n3 JuLy\, 19.30 the Mosaic rooMs\,\n\n226 Cromwell R oad SW5 0SW\n\n \;\n\n£10\, £8 Concessions\n\nTel: 020 7370 9990\n\n rsvp@mosaicrooms.org www.mosaicrooms.org\n\n \;\n\nProduced in associa tion with The Royal Court Theatre\n\nCaitlin McLeod directs a reading of s abra by Ismail Khalidi.\n\n \;\n\nIt is August 1982 and Beirut is unde r siege. In the Sabra refugee camp the spectre of a\n\nmassacre looms as t he Akawi family receives an unexpected visitor that brings the past\n\nrus hing back and alters the course of events to come.\n\nIsmail Khalidi is a playwright\, actor and author. His plays include Truth Serum Blues\,\n\nTe nnis in Nablus and Final Status. Tennis in Nablus premiered at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre\n\nin 2010\, where it was nominated for a Suzi Bass Awar d\, and will have its New York City\n\npremiere in 2013 at the Culture Pro ject. Khalidi is currently co-editing an anthology of\n\nPalestinian plays .\n\nCaitlin McLeod has directed three critically acclaimed sell out produ ctions at the\n\nFinborough Theatre. She was the winner of the prestigious Buzz Goodbody award for Best\n\nDirector\, and Trainee Director at the Ro yal Court Theatre from 2011- 2012.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n+++ +++++++++++++++++++++\n\n \;\n\nborderLess beats\n\n \;\n\n6 JuLy 20.00\n\nthe fLyoVer\, 3 - 5 Thorpe Close W10 5XL\n\n \;\n\n£10 Advan ce\, £12 Door\n\nwww.onetaste.co.uk\n\n \;\n\nProduced by One Taste\n \ncLosing night of shubbak.\n\n \;\n\nShowcasing New Palestinian Hip-H op and Roots Music.\n\n \;\n\nThis renowned London-based music and poe try collective is bringing together inspiring\n\nyoung Palestinian artists from the USA\, UK and both sides of the Jordan river. Their style is\n\na fresh blend of Arab hip-hop\, soul and reggae\n\nSee traditional Palestin ian dance performed to dub beats\, remixed Palestinian folk songs\n\nand t he poetic rhymes of Palestine’s sharpest hip-hop emcees.\n\n \;\n\nA full-blown party follows\, featuring Moroccan Gnawa dance music\, Mozambi que/\n\nCarribean hip-hop and grooves\, and DJs spinning their latest unde rground African/Middle\n\nEast dance cuts.\n\n \;\n\nFeatured artists include\n\nZ the People\n\nel far3i\n\nWalaa sbeit\n\nnative s\n\n \; END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR