25th May, 16:30

Malak has come to Edinburgh for her debut Scottish exhibition, Screams. Her works will be exhibited at Embassy Gallery from Thursday, May 23rd until Monday, May 27th. Following its display at Embassy Gallery, it will transfer to the In Vitro Gallery at Summerhall from June 7th, until June 28th.

25th May, 20:30

Join us for a dinner and live storytelling featuring Glasgow-based Palestinian chefs Hiba, and her daughter Dana, as well as Edinburgh-based Palestinian author and cook, Diline. We’ll share delicious dishes that embody the richness and diversity of Palestinian cuisine, and listen to stories told by Hiba, Dana, and Diline, on the symbolism and history behind these ingredients.

26th May, 21:00

Gazelleband present the music of Palestine and a wider region through the medium of traditional string instruments, the oud and buzuq. Led by Gazan oud player Reem Anbar and Irish-Mancunian music researcher Louis Brehony, the group perform internationally at concerts halls, festivals, universities and solidarity gatherings.

26th May, 18:00

The story revolves around three critical moments when Suha negotiates her family's safety with God amid the abandonment of dear friends, her son's fleeting childhood, her daughter's mistrust, and directly facing her own mortality.

26th May, 14:00

A story of a city that once connected Palestine to the world — what it once was, what it is now, and what it could have become.

25th May, 18:30

Elderly Palestinians are caught between their right to forage their own land and the harsh restrictions imposed by their occupiers on the basis of preservation. Shot in the Golan Heights, the Galilee and Jerusalem, it employs fiction, documentary and archival footage to portray the impact of Israeli nature protection laws on these customs.

25th May, 13:30

This documentary film follows the journey of Nour, a Palestinian student from Gaza who had a scholarship to enrol in Portland State University in the United States. But in order to get there, Nour struggled to find a way to travel through the only two gates separating the Gaza Strip from the rest of the world: Erez Checkpoint, controlled by Israel; and Rafah Crossing, controlled by Egypt.

25th May, 11:00

During the 1990 World Cup, two young Palestinian boys are looking for “Maradona’s legs”; the last missing sticker that they need in order to complete their world cup album and win a free Atari.

24th May, 21:00

The growing struggle for Palestinian self-determination between 1960 and 1980 was supported by radical left-wing movements worldwide, also in Japan. This is illustrated by a collection of 16mm films by militant filmmakers from various countries, which were dubbed and screened in Japan, where audiences felt oppressed by the US after World War II, and not only sympathised but also identified with the Palestinians.

24th May, 18:00 3000 Nights tells the story of a young Palestinian school teacher who gives birth to her son in an Israeli prison, where she fights to protect him, survive and maintain hope.

24th May, 15:30

On 26 October 1929, Palestinian women launched their women’s movement in Jerusalem. Approximately 300 women converged into the city from all over Palestine. They held a silent demonstration through a car convoy across the city in protest at the British High Commissioner’s bias against Arabs in the Buraq uprising. This is their story on that day.

24th May, 12:30
The checkpoint is closed: “Detour, detour!” shouts a taxi driver, announcing the beginning of yet another uncertain search for a way around the barriers curtailing Palestinian movement in the West Bank.