This Week in Palestine
Issue no. 11  -  June 1999
 
The Popular Art Centre - El Bireh
organizes
The Palestine International Festival for Music and Dance 1999
28 June - 5 July
Birzeit University Old and New Campuses
The largest annual event organized by the Popular Art Center, the Palestine International Festival was first organized in 1993 and continues to be the most popular event in Palestine.
In addition to the regular program of music and dance performances from all over the world performed in open air, the festival also features a modern dance program to be performed at Kamal Nasser Hall at the Birzeit University Campus, the first such program in the country.

 
Day Time Group Ticket Price
Monday
 
28 June
 
Opening Cermony
'Aarass group
NIS 40
Tuesday
 
29 June
 
Saber Al Riba'i (Tunisia) 
 
NIS 80 (1st class) NIS 50 (regular)
Wednesday
 
 
 
 
30 June
 
 
 
 
Music Ensemble (Morocco)

The Arabic Music Ensemble (Nazareth)

NIs 80 (1st class) NIS 50 (regular

NIS 50 (1st class) NIS 30 (regular)

Thursday 1 July Turkish Erkoseler Ensemble NIS 50 (1st class) NIS 30 (regular)
Friday 
 
2 July
 
STOMP (Britain)
 
NIS 50 (1st class) NIS 30 (regular)
Saturday 
 
3 July
 
Ali Abdul Sattar (Qatar)
 
NIS 50 (1st class) NIS 30 (regular)
Sunday
 
4 July
 
Ali Abdul Sattar (Qatar)
 
NIS 50 (1st class) NIS 30 (regular)
Monday
 
 
 
 
5 July
 
 
 
 
Celebraing the 20th anniversary of El Funoun ash Shaabiyyeh Palestinian Popular Dance troupe NIS 40 
 
 
 
 
Modern Dance Program - Kamal Nasser hall, Birzeit University Campus (all tickets NIS 20)
(all performances start at 17:30)
 
Tuesday 29 June Nomad Dance Theatre (Australia)
Wednesday 30 June Nacera Belaza (Algiers)
Thursday  1 July Nawal Skandarani (Tunisia)
Imen Smoui (Tunisia)
 
 

For more information contact: The Popular Art Center, Tel: 2403981; Fax: 2402851; email: pac@ palnet.com; http://www.popularatcenter.org
 

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