Socio-Cultural Association of Palestnians in Poland (Stowarzyszenie Społeczno – Kulturalne Palestyńczyków Polskich)

National Network
Poland
Address

STOWARZYSZENIE SPOŁECZNO-KULTURALNE PALESTYŃCZYKÓW POLSKICH
Ulica Miłkowskiego 6/42
30-349 Kraków
Kraków
Poland

Telephone
+48 604 235 964
E-Mail
sskpp.biuro@gmail.com
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2009
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Heritage
  3. Human rights
  4. International/Cultural relations
  5. Youth and education
General Information
1 Structure of the organization: Chairman - Kayali Samir, vice-chairman - Faris Omar, secretary - El-Hossein Jasser, treasurer - Matar Abed Alqader. All the people are volunteers. 2 Sources of funding: Fees and grants 3. Modalities of action: Movie screenings (e.g Cinema Palestine festiwal), exhibitions (e.g exhibition organised in February 2010 in Polish Parlament in cooperation with Polish-Palestine Parlamentary Group), public discussions (e.g with israeli peace and human rights activists and organisations, e.g in June 2010 we organised public meeting with Yonatan Shapira from Combatants from Peace, in march 2011 we organised a tour in Poland with Jeff Halper - director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) who was nominated to the Nobel Peace Price in 2006, October 1 we organised meeting with Sahar Francis, Director of Addameer, a Palestinian human rights organization in Ramallah. 4. Partners we cooperate with: International Film Festiwal "Globale", Le Monde Diplomatique - polish edition, Cinema 18 in Kraków, Falanster - bookstore and gallery, "Nomada" - Association in favor of integration of multicultural society,
Mission and Objectives

1. To integrate a community of Palestinians living in Poland
2 Promoting the Palestine culture and heritage in Poland and for Europe, as well as promoting Poland and the European Union in the Palestine and Arab countries
3. Popularizing of history, culture, customs and the Arabic civilization in polish society , with particular reference to the Palestinian nation
4.Dissemination of knowledge from the scope of the Arabic culture in Poland and in Europe, as well as of the European culture in the Palestine and Arab countries
One of our aim is to show people in Poland that we are sharing a common values with them, that there is no borders between us and there is no clash of civilisations, that we can cooperate on every field to promote culture, and united fight against rasim and injustice all over the world.

Main Projects / Activities

- Organising movie screenings (e.g Cinema Palestine Film Festival in Poland,
- public discussions (e.g with participation with memebers from israeli peace and human rights organisations as Combatants from Peace, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, as well as with Palestinians)
- exhibitions (e.g presenting palestinian culture and heritage in Polish Parlament)
- workshops in schools
- publishing books

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

We can contribute to the Polish Network our experiences in participating in global justice and human rights movement,educating people in Poland about palestine culture and disseminate polish culture and heritage among palestinian community in Poland.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

We would like to join ALF Network to cooperate with organisations from the Mediterranean on the field of improving mutual respect between cultures, to actively resist all forms of racism, sexism and religious oppression and discrimination, wherever and by whomever they may be practised, to exchange the experiance and to learn fom other groups.

Contact (1) Full Name
Aneta Jerska
Head of the organisation
Samir Kayali
Contact (2) Full Name
Jasser El-Hossein