Working Films – Linking Non-Fiction Film to Cutting Edge Activism
Mar 6, 2009 Comments Off Mark AbouzeidMission: Working Films advances social, economic, environmental and racial justice by linking independent non-fiction media to activism.
Continue ReadingThe Bedouin Heritage Project in Wadi Rum, Jordan
Feb 28, 2009 1 Comment ›› Mark AbouzeidThe Bedu are settled and nomadic communities living in the southern part of Jordan, particularly near Petra and Wadi Rum, within a region of semi-arid highlands and deserts. These conditions have allowed for the development and existence in complementary relationship of both types of communities. Several Bedu tribes, namely the Bdul, the Ammarin and the Sa’idiyyin, ...
Continue ReadingUNESCO Culture Sector – Intangible Heritage – 2003 Convention : What is Intangible Cultural Heritage?
Feb 25, 2009 Comments Off Mark AbouzeidUNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage initiative in detail. protecting and preserving oral traditions, history and knowledge of 90 cultures globally. According to the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, the intangible cultural heritage (ICH) – or living heritage – is the mainspring of our cultural diversity and its maintenance a guarantee ...
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