A Window to Contemporary Art in Palestine
A glance at the opening week of the 'Qalandia International' contemporary arts festival in Palestine
The second of Palestine's arts biennial - 'Qalandia International' - officially launched 22 Oct (MEE/Rich Wiles)
Published date: 13 February 2015 03:45 GMT
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Last update: 9 years 8 months ago
The first week of the 2014 'Qalandia International' contemporary arts festival drew to a close on October 28th. 23 public events have already been held since the official opening was staged outside al-Bireh Municipality's cultural centre.
The festival will run until mid-November in cities, villages and refugee camps across many areas of 'historic Palestine'. A wide variety of both Palestinian and international artists are presenting work that is based around the theme of this year's festival - 'Archives, Lived and Shared'.
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