January, 1998:

- The Sakakini hosted an exceptional representation of  "Umm el Robabika", the Emile Habibi monodrama, about a woman who remained in Haifa after the 1948 exile. The play is a new (1997) production by Jordan’s Darat el Funoun,  starring stage & TV actress Mounira Zreiqi, & was the second directorial effort by award winning stage actress Kifah Salameh.

- ‘Oud player Samir Jubran gave a solo music recital, playing excerpts from his new CD : Taqaseem. Jubran is a young musician from Nazareth,  who graduated with honors from Cairo’s prestigious Arab Music Institute, and has performed in Paris, the Netherlands, and at the Palestine and Jerash festivals.