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Jabal Al Risan & hARAM
presents
the 2nd annual
Festival of Forbidden Life
PLANTING TREES, PLANTING LIFE
The festival began on
October 28, 6AM -
A virtual event on Oct. 29 from 8AM-2PM EST was hosted by the Palestine Museum U.S.
A butterfly flows through the air following some path, on the ground gazelles leave a trail, and the birds come. And then there are the trees, still growing in this often dry and harsh area. There are olive trees planted between stones even, somehow surviving like that. There are a few wells, and artifacts appear in the field, broken pieces of clay pots. There are wells built with stones found underground. People have touched this place, who know how to work with this land, and have been living here for generations. But these are only signs, signs of a people's touch with nature but there is no one in sight. We are on Al Risan mountain, in the heart of Palestine.
The Festival of Forbidden Life is about bringing people back to their land, to continue making tea, making bread, going for a walk, planting trees, and practicing daily life. The threat of violence is close, very close. We are in danger from soldiers and settlers, there is no protection, only the need to be together. There will be musakhan, maqloubeh, trees being planted, music, dancing, exhibitions, olive picking, dabke, yoga, film screenings, tatreez, donkeys, fashion show, storytelling, drawing, sculpture, a football match, theater, tea and coffee, with contributions from Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Mexico, Turtle Island, Armenia, the Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, Catalonia, Senegal, Lebanon, Palestine, and more.
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h.A.R.A.M. Opening from Forbidden Museum on Vimeo.
Museum opening inaugurated by the Ministry of Culture, Dr. Atef Abu Saif, along with the Popular Struggle Committee, Kafr Ni’ma Village Council and artists from Palestine and around the world.
Museum Event Gallery, Decemeber 25th 2021
Opening Of The
︎ AL RISAN ART MUSEUM
