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SITES IN PALESTINE

• Ashtar Theatre
• Baha Boukhari's website
• Bethlehem 2000
• Gaza Village
• Al Karmel Magazine
• The House of Poetry
• Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, Ramallah
• Palestinian Artists House
• Palestinian Poets (Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center)
• Popular Arts Centre
• Shammout.com - Palestinian Artists Ismail and Tamam Shammout
• Sport-On-Line
• Palestinian Visual Artists (Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center)

WEBSITES THAT ONCE WERE BUT ARE NO LONGER

• Jerusalem in Danger website

Ashtar Theater: http://www.ashtar-theatre.org This is a great experimental theatre group based in Ramallah. Attractive website which follows a theatre style menu. All of their performances are on-line as well as explanations of how you can help them. Well worth a night out!Added to Complete Guide: 15 September 1998. Top of page.


Baha Boukhari's website: http://www.baha-cartoon.net/index.html A Palestinian cartoonist working for the Palestinian newspaper Al Ayyam. This is an extensive website with over 100 cartoons featuring his carictatures Abu Arab and Abu AbedAdded to Complete Guide: 16 January 2000. Top of page.


Bethlehem 2000: http://www.bethlehem2000.org/ An extensive website packed with information about Bethlehem and the events planned for the year 2000. Regularly updated news briefs, pictures, back ground information and lots of tourist information make this a site worth visiting. Added to Complete Guide: 21 June 1999. Top of page.


Gaza Village: http://www.gazavillage.com/ An impressive website about this "village" constructed from soil blocks in Gaza city. The village has galleries for art, pottery, rugs and copper as well as a caf�. Added to Complete Guide: 14 January 2000. Top of page.


House of Poetry: http://www.pal-poetry.org This site has been updated recently and is much easier to navigate. Links to information about the House of Poetry in Ramallah, poetry in Arabic, as well as their magazine. Unfortunately the English links are broken.Added to Complete Guide: 2 December 1998. Updated 31 June, 1999 Top of page.


Al Karmel: http://www.alkarmel.org Al Karmel is an important Palestinian magazine founded by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish and it's great to see it online. This site has password access to the latest issue and back issues available as downloadable pdf files. Only available in Arabic and you'll need a plug-in to view the text.Added to Complete Guide: 14 January 2000 Top of page.


Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, Ramallah: http://www.sakakini.org/ - Attractive website, offering details of cultural events from this extremely active Palestinian institution. The website offers information about the center's goals & activities, the Sakakini Building, Khalil Sakakini himself, current activities, exhibits, news of Palestinian culture, and mini-websites offering information about Palestinian visual artists and poets (see below). Recently added is information about the centre in Spanish and Italian (and they even offer chess lessons now). Review last updated: 2 September 1999. Top of page.


Palestinian Artists House: http://www.pah-hebron.org A great site with some online art, a magazine, information about Naji Ali. It's all in Arabic. Added to Complete Guide: 20 September 1999. Top of page.


Palestinian Poets (Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center): http://www.sakakini.org/poets/index.htm - A website from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre in Ramallah, with an excellent list and samples from the poetry of Palestinians. Added to Complete Guide: 15 December 1997. Top of page.


The Popular Arts Centre: http://www.popularartcentre.org - The Popular Arts Centre is one of the best things going for Ramallah. Showing a wide range of films and other events on a monthly basis and always at the cutting edge of the Ramallah arts scene. This is an informative website with a copy of their monthly program, and also information about the Palestine International Festival which takes place on an annual basis. Visit this site and see what we get up to at night in Ramallah! . Added to Complete Guide: 21 June 1999. Top of page.


Shammout.com: http://www.shammout.com/A wonderful site by two Palestinian artists, Ismail and Tammam Shammout. Site contains samples of their paintings and graphics which are richly interwoven with images of Palestine. One of the best sections of this site is the detailed information on the history of art in Palestine. November 1998's website of the month. Added to Complete Guide: 2 November 1998. Top of page.


Sport-On-Line: http://www.sport-online.com/ Why do people put websites like this online? It�s a great idea - local sport, Arab sport and links about sport - but every page gives you that annoying "under construction" gif. The only link that works is for the World Cup but even then the results link is under construction! It�s obvious that a lot of work has gone into the structure and design of this site but what is the point if there is no content? Added to Complete Guide: 15 September 1998. Top of page.


Palestinian Visual Artists (Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center): http://www.sakakini.org/artists/index.htm - Another website from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre in Ramallah, with an excellent list and links to the art of Palestinians. Added to Complete Guide: 15 December 1997. Top of page.

WEBSITES THAT ONCE WERE BUT ARE NO LONGER

Jerusalem in Danger website: http://www2.alami.net/alquds/ - This was a website for a competition aimed at Muslims, regarding their knowledge about Islam, the Qu'ran and Palestinian history. Prizes included a car, "Trips to perform Hajj and Umrah, Furniture Stuff, Fridges, Washing machines, electrical appliances, Invaluable cash prizes, and Toys and valuable prizes for buds and youth." Now it has disappeared Added to Complete Guide: 17 March 1998. Review updated 2 September 1999 Top of page.