Mar. 2012

I would like to express my appreciation for your interest and participation in the "Beautiful Faces of Balata" » exhibition. It was a great pleasure to share this moment with you.

BALATA Slideshow at Flickr [...]

It is not to be taken for granted that people who have suffered injustice manage to retain a great level of confidence and hope.

However, it is precisely this what I have been able to witness at the camp. People retain hope and are trying courageously to cope with their dire situation.

If people become politically conscious in a constructive way, it seems to me this is to a large part due to the persistent presence of international organisations and their services.

I would like to contribute to this increasing awareness.

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Al Mada Association for Arts Based Community Development together with UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East under the auspices of Commission General Filipo Grande are proud to announce that grammy award winners, guitarist John McLaughlin and tabla Maestro Zakir Hussain will play a one off concert with their world-renowned group Remember Shakti, at the Ramallah Cultural Palace on Feb 14th 2012. John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain and Shakti: The Palestine Concert Ramallah, Palestinian Territories, February 14, 2012.

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during their stay in the Westbank Town of Ramallah, from the 13th till the 15th of February 2012.

The concert is the first of its kind, a high profile solidarity event for Palestine, which will also further collaboration between Al Mada and UNRWA in providing the highest quality psycho-social care to Palestine’s refugee population.