4th Palestinian international poetry festival
4th Palestinian international poetry festival
Two photographs of writers and PEN members gathered for the Palestinian Centre’s 4th International Poetry Festival, which was held in Jerusalem, Ramallah, Bethelem and Hebron on 26-30 September 1997. This event, which promoted Palestinian literature, drew together poets and writers from countries including India, Sweden, and South Africa. The photograph above shows the festival’s attendees on a trip. The photograph below shows a panel at the opening ceremony of the festival. Among them are Hanan Awwad, fourth from the right, president of the Palestinian Centre (1992-); and Lucina Kathmann, former president of the San Miguel de Allende Centre, vice-president emerita of PEN International and chair of PEN International’s Women Writers Committee (1996-2003), standing and speaking at the podium at the end on the right.


























