October 18, 2011
UN Women is announcing the Fund for Gender Equality Second Call for Proposals, reiterating the Fund's founding vision to help women achieve political and economic empowerment.
To read more about the Fund, please click here.
October 18, 2011
Rawafed published the second newsletter - October issue which includes the projects recent news and activities in addition to other useful information.
For more details, you can view the whole newsletter on the attached PDF file.
October 10, 2011
AllArt Now announces the launch of the new program "Studio" under the title of "In Need" for this year. The program seeks to support emerging artists by providing knowledge about contemporary art and its practices.
To learn more, please read the attached file.
September 7, 2011
Dr. Omar Abu Saada, assistant artistic director of the Interactive Theatre in Public Schools project, is among three Syrians participating in this year’s Edinburgh Art Festival. The other two Syrians are dramaturge Dr. Hannan Kassab Hassan and chorographer Osama Hilal. The Festival was held between August 22ndand 28thand witnessed a variety of British contemporary shows.
Read the news in Arabic on the Ministry of Culture website.
Read the news in Arabic on Al-Thawra daily newspaper...
September 4, 2011
The results of the AFAC’s first call in 2011, which opened for proposals on February 14th earlier this year, are announced today after careful and systematic evaluation of 400 applications, received from 32 countries in the categories of Literature, Performing Arts and Visual Arts.
35 applicants – 21 individuals and 14 institutions - are awarded with grants amounting to $350,000. Among them are five Syrian artists.
August 25, 2011
As part of its mission to improve people’s relationship with their public spaces and their communities, Work and Art will be holding an exhibit for the children of Saroujah between 27-29th of August at the organisation’s headquarters (also located in Sourq Saroujah). The exhibit will showcase and array of art pieces produced by the children during a cement interactive workshop which took place between 26 July and 2 August, 2011. Started two years ago, Work and Art works with...
August 24, 2011
Sana: Interactive Theatre: Towards a learning experience that introduce theatre to the curriculum and steps away from the classical interaction between student and teacher
August 24, 2011
Discover Syria: Teachers to Receive Training in Interactive Learning Techniques
August 17, 2011
More than 100 public school teachers are anticipated to participate in workshops that support the incorporation of interactive learning techniques in their classrooms which promote student’s critical thinking and creativity, and improve their self-esteem. Set to take place on August 17-28, the workshops build on the success of Interactive Theatre in Public Schools (ITPS), with ITPS trainers sharing tools and experiences from the project’s two-year span with teachers and educators...
August 1, 2011
"You will recall, gentlemen, that yesterday, when we left the fighters, they had just made an agreement with General Ma'ruf. They would put King Baybars to the test, they had decided. Then they returned to tell the king’s squire, ‘Uthman, who, when he heard this, declared, ‘Strike me blind! Clothe me and unclothe me! What will become of such fighters?’– for he pretended the king would trounce them easily."
