- Arts
- Democracy and community development
- Heritage
- Human rights
- International/Cultural relations
- Youth and education
The Jerusalem Youth Cultural Forum is an association established in 2005, within the difficult political, and social circumstances which the holy town face for the loneliness and occupation siege imposed on Jerusalem. Through programs, activities and services presenting to the popular. Aiming to encourage and develop the youth activities to protect the traditions. Giving youth the chance to exercise traditions and cultural activities in its different fork. In addition to raise the cultural level of the public throughout seminars, lectures, courses and the educational artistic and cultural workshops. As well as developing artistic and innovative talents and developing a good use of potentials and skills in various fields. In addition, taking care of the Palestinian folklore and work to protect it from obliteration and extension through various folkloric activities, this is a main part of the forum interest. The JYCF is working on unification efforts through gathering with an association who works in cultural and traditional fields. The JYCF consider AL Quds band for popular arts one of its main arms who united with the JYCF to by one of its foundations and transferred to by working on a maximal level for all popular arts such as drawing ,dancing ,singing and playing instruments .as well as the cultural activities which aim to educate the nascent genders .although the band build a new band including children in order to develop and achieve its aims in protecting the traditions and transfer it between genders to be one of our identity . As well as developing Palestinian folkloric work and maintain it as a heritage passed on by our ancestors.
1. Contribute to build the cultural, administrative, educational, traditional and social abilities of the youth. And contribute to reduce the suffering of children. 2. Enlightening Palestinian Youth in the area of Jerusalem, and rehabilitating and developing their abilities – being cultural, sportive, social and professional – and evoking their fundamental role in implementing the civil community institutions, and enhancing them to practice this role through researches, perception and the respect of intellectual and cultural diversification. 3. Enlightening the woman in the areas Jerusalem, and illustrating the importance of her role and stimulating her to fulfill her position side-by-side with the man; and achieving the principal of “Equal Opportunities” – in cooperation with the Women Institutions 4. Intensifying relations with the maximum possible number of Organizations, Associations and Youth Centers (being local or operating in the Arab Countries or abroad) who share the same objectives, in order to get acquainted with the cultures, habits, traditions and problems of youth – residing in the local regions as well as in the neighboring and friendly countries, through the Youth Exchange programs, that eventually serves upgrading and developing the Youth Sector in Jerusalem.
1. JYCF Palestinian Folkloric Dance (Dabkeh) group presented Palestine in festivals in, Ireland Festival, and in 2007 and won first and second price. 2. Yearly Children summer camps for arts and Heritage. 3. Execute the first period of the project "The popular art school" which aim to raise the educational and mental level of children through several fields of training as drawing, singing, drama work and folklore dances. 4. The Jerusalem first festival for popular arts aimed to exile the cultural retirement faced by the holly town. The festival continued for three days with the participation of nine singing and dancing bands .presenting the Palestinian popular traditions and culture on there own ways. 5. The plastic art exhibition: artistic works depending on popular traditions .who observe the Palestinian plastic art process find that their main objects and ore depending on the Palestinian traditions and holly land which reflect the rang of connection between Palestinian and their traditions and land .thirty five artists participate in this exhibition . 6. Popular traditional handwork bazaar aimed to represent the original traditional arts in a pleasure way. And to introduce the old traditions to the nascent genders especially needlework which carry an artistic value for it's an original art in its form, collars and solely coordination