Bethlehem Cultural Festival

Tag: Performance

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.

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Flash Mob in Manger Square

Dabke celebrations in Manger Square as the 2021 Bethlehem Cultural Festival is launched.

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Storytelling Project - Scots and Palestinian folk tales: Shellycoat/The Fox’s Tail/The Eagle and the Jackal

A Scots story and a Palestinian folktale told for children in Palestine and Scotland.

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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.

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Faris Ishaq

Faris Ishaq playing an original composition on the nay, an end-blown flute originating from the MENA region.

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Galilee Quartet

The Galilee Quartet is a classical string quartet comprised of three brothers and one sister from the Sa’ad family. They performed with the great virtuoso violin player Nigel Kennedy in a phenomenal concert in the BBC proms music festival in London at the Royal Albert Hall.

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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. 

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Lighting of the tree in Bethlehem and Glasgow

Cathedral and Manger Square, Bethlehem, followed by a candle-lit procession outside.

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The End of the Night

Commissioned piece by BCF based on the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish

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The End of the Night

Performance of a piece commissioned by the Bethlehem Cultural Festival, based on the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish.

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