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MEDiakitab association, located in Marseille, is in charge of administrating the blog. Contents are a reflection of the activities, analysis and knowledge developped by the network members.

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Reem ABU JABER

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Graduated in library and archive sciences, Reem Abu Jaber has been working for more than 15 years in consultancy, strategic fundraising and cultural management projects in the field of reading and non formal education. She successfully accomplished institutional building and conflict management in less privileged areas. She also led [...]

Nawa Association in Gaza strip

The power of culture confronting a culture of power

Nawa

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Located in Deir El Balah City, a central point in Gaza Strip, Nawa Association was founded in 2014 by a group of young, passionate and educated Palestinians to help empower their local communities through culture and arts programs. The general objective is to create a nurturing cultural hub for Palestinian families. [...]

Alif, Alpha et Arobase : un projet MEDiakitab avec les jeunes

Enquiry on writings in the Mediterranean space

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The project Alif, Alpha et Arobase, lead young people from Ramallah, Alexandria, Tyr, Oran and Marseille, to make inquiries on writings around the Mediterranean sea. They will use their imagination to create and exchange during several months.

Cradle of the first alphabets and the three Book religions, Mediterranean shores host plenty of history, [...]

Tamer publishing in Palestine

Quality books for children

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Tamer’s publishing unit is complementary to the children literature department at the institute. Since its establishment, the unit has published 150 children and young adults’ books and reference materials on children literature. The books published by Tamer are either written by Palestinian professional and amateur writers or translated from other languages and cultures; a special [...]

Tamer Institute for community Education

Reading promotion as a tool for the young educative and cultural development in Palestine

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Intervention for the Mediakitab meeting – Marseille by Samar Qutob

Tamer’s profile :

Tamer Institute for Community Education is a Palestinian educational non-profit organization established in 1989 as a natural and necessary response to the urgent needs of the Palestinian community during the first intifada (uprising).

The most important of these [...]

Story-telling from the Maghreb to Provence and the Middle East tradition

The role of libraries in passing on oral heritage

Contes Palestiniens

A cultural cooperation programme based on popular stories from around the Mediterranean in the of Governorate of Bethlehem entitled ” The role of libraries in passing on oral heritage: stories in the Maghreb, Middle East and Provence“. The aim of this project was to:

Develop Palestinian oral heritage as the basis of the Palestinian community [...]