tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59308894581797878212024-03-21T15:28:29.446-07:00Jerusalem Arts Network "SHAFAQ"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08984779246646423677noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930889458179787821.post-8120548679162576002017-04-20T10:18:00.001-07:002017-04-20T10:18:57.811-07:00The "Jerusalem Nights"<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 'Jerusalem nights' is a new concept for East Jerusalem that aims at rebuilding the sense of community and belonging to the Jerusalemites and creating a cultural/commercial hub for them to interact, coverage in discussions, attend shows and artistic productions go out to eat and in doing all that, recreate a vibrant cohesive Jerusalemite community . The final aspiration is that after a four year period, the concept of a downtown is created and the targeted area will become a regular hub for the community to go to after working hours. The old city of Jerusalem, as well as the Bab al Zahreh vicinity outside the walls of the historic city including Salah a din, Zahra and Sultan Suleiman streets, constitute the commercial area of the city which is visited in the morning by shoppers and inhabitants who go about seeking to complete their daily errands. However, the area dies down by sunset or by about 5 o'clock in the afternoon when shops mostly start to close and people leave their workplaces to go back to their homes. The customary evening activity for Jerusalemites is watching television at their residence. In some cases, local neighbourhood clubs serve as venues for community gatherings, some of which have become restricted to young men watching international sports events broadcast on big screens. The neighbourhood clubs, although do get the communities of the city together, however, have been indirectly promoting tribalism, in the sense that the communities have become detached from each other with a sense of exclusivity and isolation.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the last few years a great cultural potential has come up especially in Zahra street with the new housing of three cultural centers within a 30 meter proximity from each other. These centers are:</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The National Conservatory of Music which in 2013 moved to its new fabulously renovated 500 square meter mansion with a beautiful spacious garden on 11 Zahra street.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Yabous cultural center which in 2011 moved its offices to the 1350 square meter venue of the old al Quds cinema with three halls on number 10 Zahra street.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Al Hoash-Palestinian Art Court ,which in 2010 moved to its intimate exhibition space with several rooms designated for the exposition of Palestinian and international art works, on number 7 Zahra street.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not far away, and at the end of Salah e Dein street, a 5 minute walk from the three Zahra based centers is the oldest cultural center in Jerusalem, the Palestinian National Theatre- al Hakawati, established in the early 1980s with its 300 seat theatre and its 100 seat multi-purpose hall.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also a 20 minute walking distance away, is the recently fabulously renovated old tile factory that now houses Al-Ma'mal Foudation for Contemporary Art, inside the old city at the New Gate with several exhibition spaces and an artists' residence facility.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The five cultural centers have now established The Jerusalem Arts Network "Shafaq".</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgavWUw06UnQl5JWq1PFIZH2JDS7yoOeYHJ_GzaOnAyrJXwZHTkB4Hi1AwHkaumlAK3gq4R4AQcBxx015BOgtG-FNTTWOtkOBYFtL_SXLg2fFCFjv6ja0hjJNsi9d1plPVAWNb1t7GyEH1D/s1600/Jerusalem+arts+network+%25D8%25B4%25D8%25A8%25D9%2583%25D8%25A9+%25D9%2581%25D9%2586%25D9%2588%25D9%2586+%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D9%2582%25D8%25AF%25D8%25B3+%25D8%25B4%25D9%2581%25D9%2582.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgavWUw06UnQl5JWq1PFIZH2JDS7yoOeYHJ_GzaOnAyrJXwZHTkB4Hi1AwHkaumlAK3gq4R4AQcBxx015BOgtG-FNTTWOtkOBYFtL_SXLg2fFCFjv6ja0hjJNsi9d1plPVAWNb1t7GyEH1D/s320/Jerusalem+arts+network+%25D8%25B4%25D8%25A8%25D9%2583%25D8%25A9+%25D9%2581%25D9%2586%25D9%2588%25D9%2586+%25D8%25A7%25D9%2584%25D9%2582%25D8%25AF%25D8%25B3+%25D8%25B4%25D9%2581%25D9%2582.jpg" /></a></span><br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08984779246646423677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5930889458179787821.post-91832632495594048182017-04-20T09:58:00.003-07:002017-04-20T10:11:55.268-07:00 The Jerusalem Arts Network "Shafaq"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These centres are: </span></u></b></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Al-Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Edward Said National Conservatory of Music</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Palestinian Art Court-Al Hoash</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Palestinian National Theatre</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yabous Cultural Center</span></li>
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What is <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">"Shafaq" ?!</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Shafaq" in Arabic means twilight. The word is the Arabic acronym for the Jerusalem Network of Arts. It is also in the view of the centres, a very appropriate name for two reasons:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1) It depicts one of the most esthetically beautiful moments of the day when the sun is about to set, which specifically has a unique exquisite picturesque scene over Jerusalem most of the days; </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2) It is the time of day when most of the artistic and cultural activity starts, thus it is the beginning and not the end, and the start of something new, creative and inspiring. This is the spirit of this new network.</span></div>
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