We’re very excited to announce that the program for the Festival of Friendship on 23 June, 2012 at Leichhardt Town Hall has been finalised.

Download: FoH-Festival Program-23Jun2012
or just scroll down to view the programme.

Highlights of the Festival include market stalls, great coffee, delicious food & drink, our new photography exhibition, Steadfastness,  a forum investigating the situation in Hebron and the Australian premiere of the award-winning documentary, Roadmap to Apartheid, narrated by Alice Walker. You can admire the uniquely colourful ceramic pieces from Hebron, perfect for your home or that special gift; buy organic olive oil soap or a kuffiyeh, the traditional chequered scarf; or browse our bookstall with hundreds of new and second-hand books of all types, then sit back and relax with a coffee and a snack while our musicians entertain you. Above all, come and have fun!

PROGRAMME

12 midday: Doors open for market stalls, food, drink,
great coffee and our new photography exhibition.

All Day:    Photo Exhibition: “Steadfastness” with images taken by volunteers with the Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine and Israel during the 3 months Feb – May, 2012.
Market: Buy colourful ceramics , made by Palestinian hands in Al Khalil (Hebron), hand-made organic olive oil soap or a kuffiyeh, the traditional chequered scarf.

Browse our bookstall with hundreds of new and second-hand books of all types
then sit back and relax with a coffee and a snack while our musicians entertain you.

HIGHLIGHTS

1 pm:      “Fashion parade” of traditional embroidered Palestinian clothing.

1:30pm:    Official opening and launch of the festival and photography exhibition.

2pm        Live Latin Music with JCRios & Amigos

2:45        Live Jazz with the Milan Monk Trio

3pm:       Forum: Hebron: Microcosm of Israeli Apartheid?
Speakers:  Randa Abdel-Fattah,writer  and lawyer, human rights and social justice advocate;
Kolin Thumbadoo, South African Anti-Apartheid veteran, former president, Australian Anti-Apartheid Movement:
Ghassan Hage Future Generation Professor of Anthropology and Social Theory at Melbourne University.
Moderated by Antony Loewenstein, the Sydney-based independent freelance journalist and  author.

5pm:       Chanteuse Ihsan brings the sounds of the Middle East to Leichhardt

6pm:       “Roadmap to Apartheid” the Australian premiere of this award-winning film narrated by Alice Walker.

7:30pm:    More music, wine bar open and delicious food from our cafe.

Our festival supports Hebron preschools via registered charity Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA