Tag: Palestine

A couple of hundred people gathered at the Wellington Statue at the east end of Princes Street on Saturday afternoon. This has become the temporary home of protest during the Christmas festivities in Edinburgh...

A prizewinning photographer and film-maker visits capital from this weekend.Ahmad al-Bazz, the renowned photographer and film-maker from Nablus in Palestine is coming to the capital this weekend to deliver a talk on his work...

A large and energetic protest began around 10 am this morning outside the Central Halls in Tollcross where an Israeli cultural fringe event is being held. The event, called the Shalom Festival, celebrates Israeli music, food...

Looking for Fair Trade presents this Christmas? Want to shop in peaceful surroundings just two minutes' walk from Princes Street? Hadeel in George Street offers you a wonderful selection of Palestinian crafts and foods,...

'If we only give them bandages, we become part of the problem'Dr Mads Gilbert is a Norwegian doctor and activist with experience of working in Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, Palestine. He has become one...

Edinburgh Printmakers Open Day 2014: an opportunity to visit the oldest open access printmaking studio in the UK. Hands-on activities, with printmaking workshops for adults and children, printmaking demonstrations and studio tours. The brand new exhibition No Fixed Abode will be on...

The Middle East: we see it on television news every night, we are appalled at what we see going on there - but how many of us have a clue what it's all about?...

Plenty happening again this week - from fundraisers for Palestine, Water for Life and the Scouts, to films from Poland, Africa and Italy. Books will be launched, exhibitions will be opened, French and Russian...

Would you like to try an alternative book festival? The 18th Independent Radical Book Fair begins on Wednesday 22 October 2014. Organised by Edinburgh's own Word Power Books, the fair will feature talks, film...

Fresh Start Sale: cake stands, china, glass, bric a brac, coffees, teas and home baking. Fresh Start is an Edinburgh-based charity helping those who have been homeless to get established in their new homes: it...

MONDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER 2014Dance and Cafe Culture: a new exhibition of work by Andrew Fitzpatrick, Norma Maclean, Peter Nardini, Chris Taylor, Nichola Martin and Maggie Vance. 11am-5pm Monday to Friday, 10am-1pm Saturdays, closed Sundays, The...

Bach Before Breakfast: John Bryden plays Bach and Shostakovich on the Cathedral Steinway. Coffee and croissants follow. 8.05-8.35am every day until Friday 29th August, St Mary's Cathedral, Palmerston Place. Free: retiring collection.Titian in Ten: ten minute pop-up...

War Poets Collection Guided Tours: Edinburgh Napier University houses a small special collection of material relating to the fascinating history of its Craiglockhart campus, which began life in 1880 as a Hydropathic establishment and was...

MONDAY 18TH AUGUST 2014Edinburgh Book Fringe 2014: John Menaghan and Andy Jackson.  Prize-winning poet and playwright John Menaghan has published four books with Salmon Poetry (Ireland); four of his short plays have been staged...

A march through central Edinburgh by a couple of thousand people brought the public transport system in the city centre to a halt, but it was nonetheless a peaceful show of support for those...

There are not so many book launches when the author is not present; when the book in question is an anthology, the absence of any of the contributors is even more remarkable.  The poets...

Middle Eastern Film Festival looks at Palestine through the lenses of Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers   This year’s Middle Eastern Film Festival, a partnership between the Middle East Festival and the Filmhouse, with support from...