The Palestinian Summer Celebration 2008

15 June 2008 – 17 August 2008

June 15th – July 13th 2008 (first month)
July 14th – August 17th 2008 (second month)

Come and celebrate Palestine, learn Arabic, study history, know the
people and their culture, share some time with local families and
volunteer with a local community organization.

http://www.sirajcenter.org/summer2008.htm

The Palestinian summer celebration is a unique annual program that
gives people from all over the world the chance to encounter the life
and culture in Palestine in addition to donating some of their time
to a local community organization through voluntary work and
internships. The Palestinian summer celebration 2007 will take place
in the Bethlehem area in Palestine, between June 15th and August
17th 2008. The annual celebration is organized by Siraj Center for
Holy Land Studies www.sirajcenter.org in partnership with Bethlehem
University www.bethlehem.edu and the US based Society for Biblical
Studies, www.sbsedu.org.

Participants will also have the opportunity to listen and question
high level speakers of various positions and expertise.

The 2007 participants developed videos explaining their time and
experience during the 2007 Summer Celebration:
4- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JQ-PsklS04
3- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ5jzZHqvnY
2- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0PHXE1-TYg
1-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1MMve_qHK0

They have written about their time: http://www.sirajcenter.org/s-
blogs.htm

The program includes, studying Arabic, History and Theology at
Bethlehem University, living with local families, volunteering with
local community organizations in addition for touring Palestine and
enjoy its beauty and culture and have a firsthand experience of the
political situation.

Participants will have the chance to have Palestinian Cooking
classes, Palestinian Debkeh Dancing training, and during the program,
eight films will be screened in the Siraj office.
For more information:

http://www.sirajcenter.org/summer2008.htm

George S. Rismawi
Coordinator,
Siraj, Center For Holy Land Studies
Beit Sahour, Schoold Street
P.O.Box 48
Palestine
Email: george@sirajcenter.org
abusaliba@yahoo.com
abusaliba@gmail.com
abusalib@p-ol.com

Website: http://www.sirajcenter.org
Tel: +972 2 274 8590
Fax: +972 2 274 8774
Mobile: 0599 180 872

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