Author: Nick Steff
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Kufiya factory re-opens in Nablus
The Nabulsi Textile Factory was founded in 1950 by the al-Nabulsi family. In 1985, the factory was forced to close its doors. The Israeli occupation, with its severe restrictions on movement, access to raw materials, and economic sanctions, choked the life out of an establishment that was more than just a business—it was a beacon of Palestinian culture and…
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Artworkers for Palestine Dundee: Palestine Reading Circle
Join a peer-led study group, sharing historical accounts, as well as stories, poetry, posters, films and music by Palestinians. Each month will build our understanding of how Palestine has been shaped through periods of colonisation, partition, occupation, resistance and revolution. Together, we’ll study the people’s history of Palestine, the creativity and diversity of the Palestinian resistance,…
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Meeting – Life Under Occupation: A Guide to Cultural Survival
Friday 13th February 7pmJust Bee, Meadowside St Paul’s Church114-116 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4EH (West Marketgait entrance)Hosted by the Dundee & Angus Scottish Green Party As cultural, history and walking guides in the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza, brothers George and Nidal Rishmawi, from Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem, have broad experience of what it is like…
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Seeds: Latest project
Seeds Association for Development & Culture is an educational and cultural non-governmental organisation, working to enhance the role of youth in our twin city, Nablus. In recent years, Seeds has created a Garden of Unity in cooperation with the Samaritan community in Nablus in the courtyard of the Samaritan synagogue, which DNTA supported. On our…
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DNTA, Glasgow & Bethlehem
Glasgow and Bethlehem have had a formal friendship agreement since 1992 which became a recognised “twinning” in 2007. However, the twinning is not well known in Glasgow which also has another nine ‘twins’. Glasgow Bethlehem Twinning Association (GBTA), an independent voluntary organisation, was established in 2024 to support the Council’s twinning with Bethlehem. It has…
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Yanoun: Death of a Village
Yanoun, a small Palestinian village a few miles east of Nablus, has recently been erased from existence. Since the mid 1990s, illegal Israeli settlers have been intimidating and perpetrating acts of violence against Yanoun’s residents in an attempt to drive them out. After many years of resistance, in December 2025 the Israeli military forcibly evacuated…
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Sacred Gardens: Understanding Islamic Garden Design
Workshop exploring Islamic gardens, their divine inspiration, and their symbolic use within Islamic art and poetry. Discover how faith, nature, art, and design come together in Islamic garden traditions. Date: Sunday 18 January 2026 Time: 12.00 – 16.00 Venue: V&A Museum Dundee Free. All welcome. No prior booking needed. For more information
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Dundee celebrates 45 years of twinning
This November, Dundee celebrates 45 years of twinning with Nablus. To mark this occasion and the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Dundee’s Caird Hall has been lit up in the colours of the Palestinian flag.
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Statement from New Askar Refugee Camp, Nablus on World Children’s Day
To mark World Children’s Day, the following statement was issued by the Askar Refugee Camps’ Association for Community Development. On the occasion of World Children’s Day, which marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the children of New Askar Refugee Camp remind the world that their rights…
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Fundraiser for Palestine
Community Lunch, Film & Workshops 12.30 – 14.30, Tuesday 11th November Maxwell Centre, Carnegie Street, Dundee, DD3 7EW. For more info.