-Sha'ar Festival, Tel Aviv
"Four days of poetry and peace"
18th - 24th October 2010
Word Express poets Netalie Braun, Gokçenur Çelebioğlu, Ivan Hristov, Ana Ristovic , Dana Lubinsky, Ali Nasuh Mawas and Anat Zekharia will come together for a workshop to prepare a poetry and multimedia performance for the 10th Sha'ar International Poetry Festival organised by Helicon Society for the Advancement of Poetry in Israel.
Sha’ar involves the public in the dialogue through multi-media works in both Arabic and Hebrew. Besides poetry readings a panel discussion and meetings with editors of poetry journals, the festival presents collaborations of poetry with other artistic fields: music, dance, video art, visual arts, theatre.
Sha’aris the Arabic word for “poem” and the Hebrew word for “gate”. To find out more visit www.helicon.org.il
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