** EXHIBIT: "Women Beyond Borders"
** WEDNESDAY 5/3 @ 6:00 PM
This exhibition is the Palestinian contribution to the international touring exhibit of the same name, based on an idea by US artist Lorraine Serena. The tens of participating female artists from around the world were each given a small wooden box on which they were invited to create their works. The box symbolizes a bride's hope chest, the womb, a tomb, etc.. Palestinian artists featured in this exhibit are Vera Tamari, Rudayna Qasrawi, Dina Ghazal, Tina Sherwell, & Natasha Ma'ani.

**ART FILM SCREENING: "Who was Modigliani?"
** WEDNESDAY 5/3 @ 6:15 PM
This documentary delves into the conflicting views of Modigliani's all-too-brief life & career. From this moving account of a defiant genius, a highly romantic, tragic figure emerges. (Dir. Matthew Reinders. Free screening)

** BOOK LAUNCH: "Earthquake in April" & "Ramallah: Amara wa Tareekh"
** SUNDAY 9/3 @ 6:00 PM
“Ramallah..” is the 4th publication by Riwaq’s Center for Architectural Conservation series of historical publications. The authors of the 1st book, Dr. Nathmi Ju’beh & Khaldoun Bshara, & the editors of the second, about the destruction wrought by the Israeli military in April 2002, Dr. Suad Amiri & Muhannad Hadeed will be present. A discussion will follow.

** ART EXHIBIT: "In Their Memory"
** MONDAY 10/3 @ 4:00 PM
This exhibit gives tribute to the Shuhada of the Intifada, by showcasing the handiwork of their mothers, wives, sisters, & daughters. Four quilts made up of 156 richly beautiful & intimate pieces of embroidery will be unveiled, each one vividly expressing the pain of loss, & the irrepressible longing for freedom. We encourage all to attend this first of its kind project, & honor those who lost their lives for freedom.

** SEMINAR & POETRY READING: Francis Combes, French publisher
** SATURDAY 15/3 @ 5:00 PM
Francis Combes is a French poet, & head of the Temps des Cerises publishing house which recently published an anthology of Palestinian poetry, translated by Moroccan poet Abdellatif La’abi. Combes will present his work as an editor, & discuss issues concerning poetry translation. This will be followed by a reading by Combes of some of his poems, as well as a selection from the anthology. A number of Palestinian poets will also give readings of their works in Arabic. This event is organized in cooperation with the French Cultural Centre.

** FILM SCREENING: "Palestine is Still the Issue"
** SATURDAY 22/3 @ 6:00 PM
In 1977, award-winning journalist & film-maker, John Pilger, made a documentary called Palestine "Is Still The Issue". That film showed how almost a million Palestinians were forced off their land in 1948, & in 1967. In this 2002 remake, Pilger returns to Palestine, to ask why the Palestinians, whose right of return was affirmed by the UN more than half a century ago, are still caught in a terrible limbo. (Dir. Tony Stark, 55 mins., 2002)