Storytelling Project - Scots and Palestinian folk tales: Shellycoat/The Fox’s Tail/The Eagle and the Jackal
Palestinian folktale told for children in Scotland
Faris Ishaq
Faris Ishaq playing an original composition on the nay, an end-blown flute originating from the MENA region.
Majnoun Leila - Alrowwad Centre for Arts and Culture
A performance of ‘Majnoun Leila’, a play produced by choreographer and artistic director Philippe Talard, by the Alrowwad theatre company.
The End of the Night
Performance of a piece commissioned by the Bethlehem Cultural Festival, based on the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish.
Glasgow/Bethlehem bagpipe collaboration
Collaborative video of piping in Glasgow and Bethlehem with the National Piping School, Glasgow and the Scout bands of Bethlehem
Carols from Glasgow, Jerusalem and Bethlehem
Carol service with the Lord provost and Rev. Mark Johnstone. With readings and carols from Amwaj choir and the choir of Talitha Kumi school, including an Armenian Christmas-related song by Amwaj with solo singer Levon Kaladjian.
Faris Ishaq and Saied Silbak
Musicians Faris Ishaq on Nay and Saied Silbak on Oud will be joining forces to play together for the first time ever.
Hawwiya Dabka Dance
Hawiyya Dance Company was founded in 2017 as an all-women’s collective that explores identity, culture and resistance through dance. The collective uses Dabke and contemporary dance forms to create interwoven narratives of identity, displacement and resistance.
Clarinet Theatre
This theatrical work is to revive the memory of a Palestinian child who has lived in Beirut during the war in 1982 with all its dimensions.
Baroque Mosaic
The pieces of the Baroque Mosaic are works by European composers of the 17th and 18th Century.