Gaza Monologues

In 2009, ASHTAR Theatre, through its Gaza trainer Ali Abu Yassine, started training youth in Gaza again with the support of UNICEF. In 2010, they started training a new group aged 14 to 18 using drama therapy and creative writing.

 

The first three months of work focused on the wounds of the Gaza attack of December 2008-January 2009, the youth's individual experiences, their dreams , fears and hopes... This work led to the birth of The Gaza Mono-Logues.

 

We were delighted to contribute our publishing services to publish The Gaza Monologues (paperback) in three languages, Arabic, English and French. If you would like a free copy of the book, please contact us.

Cycling4Gaza

Cycling4Gaza is an initiative founded in 2009 that aims to raise awareness about the ongoing crisis in Gaza and raise funds for educational and healthcare projects for the children in the Gaza Strip. 

 

In October 2011, a group of cyclists traveled across Greece, from Olympia to Athens, covering over 350km in just 3 days as part of the Cycling4Gaza fundraiser. Rimal Publications contributed part of the proceeds of the sale of the book Life at the Crossroads: A History of Gaza (new edition) in support of the cause during the opening of the event in London. 

GKCF Annual Calendar

Every year, Rimal Publications funds the production of photographer Falak Shawwa's calendar projects, and the proceeds from the sales of those calendars are donated to a specific cause or organization. For both 2011 and 2012 Falak chose to donate the proceeds to the Ghassan Kanafani Cultural Foundation. The team from the foundation have been very supportive promoting the calendars.

In 2011, the calendar sales raised over 17,000 USD which covered the annual tuition of 35 children at the GKCF Kindergartens. We hope that the proceeds from the 2012 calendar will continue supporting the children's early education. Thank you for your support.

INAASH UAE Tour

Between October 24-26, 2008, INAASH - a Lebanese social and cultural association working with Palestinian women and children living in the refugee camps in - exhibited its wide collection of dresses and other embroidered items in the United Arab Emirates.

 

In collaboration with INAASH, Rimal Publications' widely successful  title - "Palestinian Embroidery Motifs: A Treasury of Stitches 1850-1950" by Margarita Skinner in associate with Widad Kawar and photographed by Falak Shawwa - was also displayed and sold along with the richly embroidered dresses as part of the tour.

 

Proceeds were contributed to INAASH in support of the Palestinian women and children living in the refugee camps. 

 

Welfare Association

Rimal Publications has throughout several events contributed part of the proceeds towards Welfare Association projects in Palestine. These even included:

• Life at the Crossroads book launch: Almost 200 guests turned out on a balmy Monday evening in Nicosia on 1 June 2009 to attend the launch of the new edition of Gerald Butt’s book. A quarter of the proceeds from the sales on the evening were donated by Rimal Publications to the Palestinian Welfare Organization’s Emergency Appeal for Aid and Support for Gaza.
   
• Palestinian Embroidery Motifs: A Treasury of Stitches 1850-1950 book launch: Over 240 people attended our book launch on Sunday November 11, 2007, in Amman. The event was a great success, with most of the copies of the book presented at the launch were sold, and 35% of the proceeds went to the Welfare Association in support of projects in Palestine.

Médecins du Monde

In 2002, publisher Nora Shawwa coordinated the publishing services for Médecins du Monde's book Gaza Land Under Shadows: A Journey with Médecins du Monde-Chypre, an album dedicated to all the Plaestinians who worked with volunteers of Médecins du Monde-Chypre who have taken part in the missions to Gaza.

Middle East Children's Alliance

The Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA) is a nonprofit humanitarian aid organization based in Berkeley, California. MECA works for the rights and the well-being of children in the Middle East, supporting families and children in Palestine, Iraq and Lebanon. To learn more about MECA and how you can also help, please visit www.mecaforpeace.org