Talk by Douglas Chalmers

Douglas is originally from Dundee and is President of the University and College Union (UCU). His visit to Palestine at the end of last year was with other trades unions with an interest in education. They visited a variety of schools including some in Nablus.

Douglas will report on his experiences and the difficulties of educating a growing population while living and teaching under military occupation.

We hope you can join us for this talk and our AGM on Tuesday 11th June at 6:30pm

Tuesday 11th June 6:30pm
Committee Room 1,
14 City Square (near Marryat Hall)
Meeting starts at 6:30pm and will finish by 8:30pm.

Free event, all welcome (only members may vote). Refreshments

Young Palestinian Musicians

A group of young Palestinian musicians will give a concert in Dundee to raise money for Palmusic UK, the charity that is supporting Omar, Tibah and Lourdina with scholarships to study at top British conservatoires:
 Lourdina Baboun, violin
 Omar Saad, viola
 Tibah Saad, cello
 special guest pianist, Iyad Sughayer

Playing Mozart and Mahler piano quartets, and Arabic folk music arranged by the ensemble.

DNTA has sponsored this event organised by Palmusic UK. Please join us at 7.30pm on Sunday 7th July
St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, 1 High Street, Dundee DD1 1TD

All welcome, free entry; donations welcome. All donations will go to Palmusic to support the education of young Palestinian musicians.

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7th March 2019

Julia Bacha’s documentary of Naila and the Uprising displays the central role Palestinian women played in the First Intifada of the late 1980s, when women stepped into the arena of political and social organising. The film depicts an iron-willed woman promoting the role of non-violent struggle for Palestinian self-determination.

Thursday 7th March at 6:30 for 7pm
Hannah Maclure Centre, Abertay University
Bell Street, Dundee DD1 1HG
Free event no need to book

Festival programme

Anniversary Lecture 2018

Wendy Alexander – Vice-Principal (International)
Sharon Sweeney – Student Funding Officer

Hear how the University of Dundee is bringing students from Nablus and Palestine to study for advanced degrees in Dundee. The students are supported by humanitarian scholarships and the British Council.

We will hear the stories of these Palestinian students and how Dundee is forging closer links with An Najah National University in Nablus.

Thursday 22nd Nov 2018 at 17:45
Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee DD1 5EN
Refreshments

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Jane Macaskill

Madigan's Tea Room, 25 Castle Street Dundee DD1 3AA
Thursday 20th September 2018 5:30pm
Free event, open to all, food and refreshments on sale

A Consultant Breast Surgeon at Ninewells, Jane went to Nablus to exchange medical expertise with her equivalents there. She will tell us about her experiences of the Palestinian health service, the people she met and the city itself.

Gabriel Calvert

Madigan's Tea Room, 25 Castle Street Dundee DD1 3AA
Thursday 25th October 2018 5:30pm
Free event, open to all, food and refreshments on sale

Gabriel will talk about Amnesty International's new campaign focusing on the human rights violations that occur in Israel's illegal settlements. Amnesty is taking action in response to these violations.

Alison Waugh

Madigan's Tea Room, 25 Castle Street Dundee DD1 3AA
Thursday 8th November 2018 5:30pm
Free event, open to all, food and refreshments on sale

Alison is a volunteer in Yanoun and will tell us about her experiences. You might know about this village from previous speakers. It is very close to Nablus but surrounded by settlers who continue to steal land and make life difficult for the remaining families.

Strategic developments

Alister Rutherford, Convener of DNTA, records our activities over the last year and sets out plans for the coming year.

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New committee elected

DNTA members elected a new commitee and completed their formal business..

Tuesday 12th June 2018

Tales from the Nablus Festival 2018

Sandy Stuart and Mike Whitehead visited the 2018 Nablus Festival in our Twin City of Nablus. They described their delight at the range of performers and exhibitions. Their illustrated talk captured the music, the people they met and their experiences of Nablus.

The AGM is open to all but only DNTA members can vote. We welcome new members - you can join at the meeting.

Promoting the twinning

We had a productive meeting with the Lord Provost of Dundee, Ian Borthwick on Monday 12th Feb 2018. As an official twinning, it is the Lord Provost of Dundee and the Mayor of Nablus who are responsible for the formal links between our cities.

DNTA works to build friendship and understanding by engaging with the people of Dundee to encourage visits and relationships.

We look forward to continuing our programmes with the help of the Lord Provost and Dundee City Council. It will be our 40th Anniversary in 2020 when we will celebrate with events and activities.

San Ghanny Choir

We were very pleased to welcome this Edinburgh-based San Ghanny community choir to Dundee. We were entraced by their performance.

They included songs and experiences from their visit to Palestine in April. During this time they performed in Nablus at the Cultural Festival.

We were saddened by some of their stories, engrossed by their descriptions and uplifted by their songs and tales of joy and hope amongst the Palestinians.

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It is 50 years since the Six Day War of 1967, the invasion of Nablus and the start of an occupation which continues to this day.

The invasion was a terrifying experience for the people of Nablus. We asked six people to recall their memories of that time - they make very moving and compelling testimonies.

Our booklet with these testimonies is now available online

Read our booklet here (or as a PDF)

You can also read about some of our Older news and events

Some of the included items:

• AGM 2016
• Convener's report 2016
• Palestinian literary festival 2015
• Embroidery project 2014