1998
NOVEMBER
* As renovation work continued at the Sakakini, activities were
kept to a minimum. Work continues on building the outer wall, storage room,
new gate, and bookstore space.
* Within our Nakba series of activities, the Centre hosted a lecture
by noted short story writer Gharib Asqalani as part of the Palestinian
intellectuals & the Nakba Lecture Series. He gave a moving and vivid
personal account of a refugee’s life in Gaza, the hardships of occupation
and exile, the return as a visit to his home in Majdal (now Ashqelon),
etc.. The Sakakini also hosted a lecture by Dr. Salman Abu Sitta on the
economic feasibility of the right of return of refugees to Palestine.
* The Corsican polyphonic group Tavagna gave an exceptional demonstration
of this traditional art form in a concert mixing Byzantine sacred music,
& traditional secular chants.
* The Kamal Boullata exhibit was extended, and a film documenting his
1984 return to Palestine: “Stranger at Home”, was screened.
* Visual artist Samia Halaby, on a visit to Palestine, gave a lecture
to a group of visual artists and art students, about her research into
the Arab origins of modern art.
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