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The Village is located in
Gaza City. The area of the Village is 1000m2.
It is distinguished of its
beautiful atmospheres and it includes 4 handicraft workshops which produce
4 different traditional famous crafts in Gaza city.
These workshops
included in the Village are: The
Rug House,
Embroidery House, Copper House and Glass House. In addition to that, the
Village contains a 250m2 Gallery hall surrounds a small courtyard
with a fountain in the middle, brings back to minds the nice & lovely
evenings in the old houses. The yard is full of trees and flowers; it is used for the summer activities.
The Village also contains the Abu-Nawwas, a
traditional café with its simple furniture and its ambience which is
redolent of the Nargeela smell where the visitor feels himself in an old
oriental place.
Visitors to
the Village can also see a small and a wonderful library, it contains 111
books of all art kinds: Photography, Sculpting, Design, Plastic arts,
Palestinian History and arts and others. The library is open to the public,
it enriches art and serves all interested people with its valuable
contents.
The Village is one of the Municipality of Gaza
centers. The Municipality takes the rule to manage the Village and supervise
its activities. The line management of the Village seeks to support the
traditional handicrafts, it supply the handicraftsmen with the workshops in
return for a small ratio from their total sales value, the thing, which keeps
the handicraftsmen operating their business without any tiring expenses.
The Village also aims to develop the Palestinian arts through supporting the local artists. It allows them to
exhibit their works to the public and also exhibits works of
Arab and foreign artists to increase the experience of the local artists and
give them the opportunity to communicate with other artists from outside the
country.
Hand by hand, the Village with the community
and the cultural establishments in the Gaza Strip, is seeking to develop the
methods of teaching arts and crafts in the schools.
Dear Citizen.. Dear Artist..
Our Country needs to unite all the efforts of its people to work side by
side for rising its esteem and the artistic level of all the Palestinian
artists. Here in the Village, we lend a hand to you and with you to rise
with all kinds of arts and reserve the traditional handicrafts. |