Tag: twinning
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Dundee and Nablus – An Entwined History
Kate Khair is a DNTA committee member from Bethlehem. She is currently studying for MA in Intellectual History at St Andrews. She has recently published an article on the twinning between Dundee and Nablus on the Woven Together Dundee website. Below we reprint the first part of her article. The whole article is available here…
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Speak Oot Festival – DNTA & FONSA meeting
Monday 20th April at 6.15pm (for 6.30 start) Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) meeting room; 152 Nethergate, DD1 4EA. Hear two speakers, via video link, direct from our twin city, Nablus. Tasame Ramadan & Xavier Abu Eid from SEEDS, a non-profit organisation in Nablus, will speak about the realities of living under Israeli occupation.
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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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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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Palestinians need a just settlement
DNTA is a member of the Britain Palestine Friendship and Twinning Network (BPFTN). The BPFTN has issued the following statement in response to the UK government’s recognition of the State of Palestine BPFTN Statement – UK recognition of the State of Palestine – 21st September 2025 While the BPFTN welcomes the UK government’s recognition of the…
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Dundee City Council backs sanctions on Israel
Earlier this week, Dundee City Council unanimously passed the following motion and amendment about Nablus and Gaza with no speakers against. Mike Whitehead was allowed to speak to the motion on behalf of DNTA. The motion from Labour councillor, Wendy Scullin, read: This council condemns the increasing attacks on our twin city of Nablus at…
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Brent Council confirms twinning with Nablus in resounding vote
The London Borough of Brent has officially voted to approve a twinning agreement with the Nablus. This marks an historic moment of solidarity, cultural partnership, and people-to-people diplomacy. The vote at the full council meeting on Tuesday 14 May, was passed resoundingly. It met with applause across the council chamber and was welcomed by community…