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UNESCO’s visit to IBBY Palestine
UNESCO Delegation Visit to the Library of IBBY Palestine in Gaza
Handing Khitam her prize for winning UNESCO’s "World Tales" competition
Giovanni SCEPI Head of the Culture Unit at UNESCO Palestine, and Youssef Al-Ejla, Head of UNESCO Office visited PBBY Shawka give Khitam al-Hissi the (...)
A Land Fueled by People and Stones
This moving piece by writer Dima Sehwail written during the 2008-9 war on Gaza it was published in IBBY 33rd Congress book and of the few items read in one of the plenary sessions
A land fueled by people and stones
Faces of people in my country
Their fingers
Legs
Hands
And tongues will (...)
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Highlights: Reading Culture in Occupied Palestine
Monday 10 February 2014
PBBY Workshops:
In October 2012 PBBY held two workshops in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to discuss the Palestinian experience in encouraging a reading culture among children. The participants consisted of librarians from public and school libraries, educators, and children’s literature (...)
Meeting with N Espanioli
Monday 10 February 2014
PBBY hosted on May 2nd 2011 a meeting with Nabeela Espanioli Director of Al-Tufula Center in Nazareth.
Nabeela spoke about the foundation of the center the mission and the publications and its role in promoting Palestinian national identity.
An intersting discussion followed and all attendant (...)
Meeting with M Badarneh
Monday 10 February 2014
IBBY hosts Badarneh the writer & publisher
PBBY hosted the writer and publisher Mohammad Badarneh, director of Friends of Arab Children Society which was established in 1986 in Haifa.
Badarneh spoke about the mission of the Society and its long rich history. He also spoke about the (...)
Gardens of Hope
Monday 10 February 2014
Gardens of Hope is a collaborative publication between IBBY Palestien and Kalimat publishing in Sharjah. The stories were written by Palestinian children during the Israeli aggression on Gaza 2008-9 the illustrations by children of the UAE.
The cover and design was donated by the tunisian (...)
Reading and Creativity
Monday 10 February 2014
Is there a relationship between creativity and reading? By these words, Dr Sharif Kanaana, a well known anthropologist opened the panel organized by PBBY in cooperation with Tamer Institute during ICBD week.
The panel hosted three prominent writers who spoke about their childhood experiences: (...)
Meeting with two British writers
Monday 10 February 2014
PBBY Meeting with the writers Anthony Robinson & Annemarie Young
Date : 20/05/2013
PBBY hosted in cooperation with Tamer Institute the writers Anthony Robinson and Annemarie Young who talked about their experience in writing stories for children in crisis situations.
Anthony Robinson and (...)
Astrid Lindgren Centenary
Monday 10 February 2014
In 2007 PBBY organized three very interesting workshops on the occasion of Astrid Lindgren Centenary; each workshop discussed one of her most popular books. translated to Arabic and widely read by the children.
the stories were Pippi Longstocking; The Brothers Lionheart; Mio, My Son
In (...)
Tribute to Britt Saksson
Monday 10 February 2014
This is a Palestinian tribute to a wonderful friend and member of the Swedish IBBY.
IBBY Ireland Conference
Monday 10 February 2014
In December 2003, the president of IBBY Palestine and the General Director of Tamer Institute Jehan Helou was invited to Ireland to take part in IBBY Ireland conference: Fighting for Writing …Children’s Books in Areas of Conflict.
The aim of the conference was to give International and local (...)
Book Fair Nami Island
Monday 10 February 2014
PBBY was invited by Nami Island Team to Nambook-007 International book fair in May of that year.
Jehan Helou and Olivia Qandah participated, and they carried Palestinian children which were nicely exhibited at the book exhibition. as seen in the PP.
The book fair was accompanied by a seminar (...)
Peace Story, Nami Island
Monday 10 February 2014
International meeting at the launching of the 22 stories of Peace Story in Nami Island in South Korea
PBBY at NABOOK-010
PBBY was honored to be part of the creative NABOOK-010 the Peace Festival/ Peace Story. PBBY President Jehan Helou was member of the International Planning Committee which (...)
USBBY NL on Palestine
Monday 10 February 2014
IBBY 32nd Congress
Monday 10 February 2014
Theme: the Strength of Minorities
Santiago de Compostela Spain in 2010
Jehan Helou and Renad Qubbaj General Director of Tamer Institute participated from IBBY Palestine,
Dr. Sharif Kanaana, who was supposed to present a paper on “Writing Stories for Refugees” apologized for personal reasons. (...)
Nami Island Creative Meeting
Monday 10 February 2014
Children’s writers, illustrators talk on peace
Nami Island
Two hundred years ago, Hans Christian Anderson was born in the town of Odense, Denmark. From “The Snow Queen,” “The Little Match Girl” to “The Little Mermaid” and “The Ugly Duckling,” his legacy of children’s literature is timeless (...)
Oakland: A Child’s View from Gaza
Monday 10 February 2014
The exhibit had writings form PBBY libraries in Gaza
Oct 2011
After attending the successful USBBY Regional Conference in Fresno California, the prominent writer Beverley Naidoo and Jehan Helou (IBBY-Palestine) visited the exhibition of "A Child’s View from Gaza" in Oakland which is organized (...)
