The final night of the festival saw authors reading from passages that meant
something personal to them. Here are a couple:
DAY 3: NABLUS
BETHLEHEM CHECKPOINT
Travelling from Hebron to Ramallah, the PalFest group crosses Bethlehem Checkpoint
PHILIP PULLMAN
PalFest Patron, Philip Pullman, sent this message to the festival
DAY 2: AL QUDS UNIVERSITY
The PalFest group spends the morning working with students at al-Quds University before travelling up to Nablus,
for an evening event in the Ottoman Baths of the Old City
ARUNDHATI ROY TERRY JONES
DAY 1: ARRIVAL
The group crosses the border from Jordan, are held for 6 hours, but make it in time for the opening night.
2009 Videos
JERUSALEM
The Israeli army attempts - unsuccessfully - to shut down both the opening and closing nights of the festival:
SUHEIR HAMMAD
Suheir Hammad gives an electric performance at the Sakakini Centre.
AL KHALIL / HEBRON
Though its impossible to show to extent of what's happening in al-Khalil / Hebron in a short video - it is a city that is vital to undestanding the occupation. We follow the PalFest group on a tour of the old city.
PATRONS
Chinua Achebe and John Berger - two of PalFest's esteemed patrons - sent these moving video messages to the inaugural festival in 2008.
PalFest 2008
The 2008 festival was documented by award-winning filmmakers, Perry Ogden and Martina Niland. Here is a five minute promo they've cut for us that gives a little taster of the film they're putting together.
