organization:arab fund for arts

Curiosity [not Culture] is a basic need
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A few days ago, I attended a press conference organized by AFAC, the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, held at the abandoned Holiday Inn building right above the Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut. They were announcing ten new grantees in their Arab Documentary Photography Program in partnership with the Magnum Foundation and the Prince Claus Fund. As commendable as their work may be, the only reason I attended was the chance to go inside the Holiday Inn building again. read more

AFAC Announces 36 New Grantees in #Cinema, Music and RTR | Arab Fund for Arts and Culture
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J’aimerai bien voir le short film « The Wanted 18 » qui parle de Tsahal à la recherche de 18 vaches menaçant la sécurité nationale d’#Israël...

Project brief: This is the story of the most powerful army in the Middle East chasing 18 cows. In 1987, a group of Palestinian activists started a co-operative dairy farm in Beit Sahour with 18 cows. The people in the Bethlehem area came to depend completely on the co-op’s milk, which they called the ’intifada milk’. However, once the co-op became successful, the Israeli army ordered its closure, claiming the cows to be a threat to Israeli national security. Defying the army, the activists went undercover, hiding the 18 cows in people’s houses and continuing to produce milk.

*Et aussi « 3000 Layal » :

Project brief: A newlywed Palestinian schoolteacher is arrested after an Israeli military patrol gravely injures one of her students, provoking a clash between the students and the soldiers. ‘Layal’ is detained in a high-security Israeli prison where, to her shock, she discovers that she is pregnant. Though she delivers her baby boy while chained to a bed, the child transforms her life and gives her hope. When the women of the prison protest by going on hunger strike, the prison director threatens to take Layal’s child away. With the help of the women, Layal learns to stand up for herself and fight for her child.