**MEMORIAL CEREMONY: Poet Mohammed Al Qaissi
**SATURDAY 6/9 @ 7:00 PM
With the death of one of our most creative poets, Mohammed Al Qaissi, the Sakakini in cooperation with the HOUSE OF POETRY & REFUGEE CAMP PRODUCTIONS have arranged for this memorial service which will include the film screening of the film "My Very Private Map" directed by Sobhi Zobaidi, in which the poet is a key speaker, followed by readings of Al Qaissi's poetry.
Al Qaissi was born in 1944 near Jaffa, and was raised in refugee camps. He had a BA in Arabic literature. He had worked as a teacher and as a journalist, and had resided in Jordan. He was one of the most prolific poets of his generation; his poetry is varied stylistically as he uses the free verse as well as the two hemistich verse. In 1984 he received the Arab Literary Award from the Jordanian Literary society.

**CHILDREN"S ACTIVITY: Clay Work!
**THURSDAY 11/9 @ 5:00 – 7:00 PM
The Centre will provide lots of wet clay for the children, so that they may learn, under the supervision of artist Mo'een Hassouneh how to create figures and forms with this medium. This method is regarded as one of the most important fields in the visual arts movement, which the Centre is very keen on introducing it to the children. It is advisable that children wear appropriate clothes for such a workshop.
**Suitable for ages between 5 -18.

**ART FILM SCREENING: Van Gogh's Van Goghs
**SUNDAY 14/9 @ 8:00 PM
An illuminating survey of the life and work of one of the world's most renowned artists. This film vividly documents a blockbuster exhibition of 70 paintings. This film guides the viewer on a tour of the three major stages of Van Gogh's troubled ten-year career; his early work in Netherlands, his reactions to French Impressionism in Paris and his most intensely creative period in the south of France. Masterpieces in the exhibition include "the Potato Eaters", 'Self-Portrait as an Artist' and 'The Harvest' and 'Wheatfield with Crows', one of the last works the artist completed before committing suicide in 1890 at the age 37.
(Dir. Jackson Frost, Documentary, English Language, 57 minutes, 1999)

**MEMORIAL CEREMONY: Artists Hassan Hourani & Samer Abu Ajamieh
**WEDNESDAY 17/9 @ 7:00 PM
This event is in tribute to the two Palestinian artists, Hassan Hourani and Samer Abu Ajamieh, whose tragic death on the shores of Jaffa last month sent the art world into shock at their loss. In their memory and at the passing of the 40th day to their deaths, we host this memorial ceremony that will take place in the Sakakini's garden and which will consist of an exhibition of their extraordinary works of art accompanied by screenings of snapshots taken for the artists and several speeches by prominent artists in honor of Hassan & Samer.

**PREMIERE EXHIBIT: "A Silent Dialogue" by YOUNG ARTIST RA'OOF AL AJOURI
**SATURDAY 20/9 @ 6:00 PM
Ajouri trained and works in drawing, painting, animation and sculpture. On show in this exhibition is his recent series of sculptures which take their inspiration from animals, nature and the female form. All the works have an organic feel to them as the artist chooses to explore the qualities of non-geometric forms. His sculptures start as sketches and experiments in clay, which are the route to how his abstract works develop. The majority of pieces are small scale but as the artist suggests, they serve also as studies for larger sculptures. Ajouri is interested in exploring the relationship between line, form and mass
particularly how they converge in natural forms and specifically in the female figure.
**Exhibit open daily from 10:00 am till 5:00 pm until 5/10.

**PREMIERE FILM SCREENING: "The Occupied – De Besatte" By Danish Dir. Jørgen Pederson
**THURSDAY 25/9 @ 8:00 PM
The Occupied portrays a year in the life of five Palestinians. Woven into the tales of their background, the story is a documentary on the history of the Palestinian people since they lost their country in 1948 and had even more land occupied in 1967. The Occupied is not only about the physical occupation. It is a film about the emotional occupation that kills all dreams, and about the demons that the occupation lets loose and which threatens to take away a person's humanity, where the executioner and the victim constantly take each other's role.
(Dir. Jørgen Pederson, Documentary, Arabic & English Dialogue –English subtitles, 99 min., 2003)

Thank you and hope to see you at all these events!