I`lam will be organising a tour for journalists in `Akka on Sunday, April 25 2010 with partner NGO, Al-Yater.
The tour will be an opportunity to meet the Arab residents of `Akka and learn about the challenges the community is facing.
The tour will run from 10am-5pm and we will meet at 10am at the ‘Aroma’ Coffee-shop at the entrance to Akka. Chartered Bus transport has been organised from Tel Aviv. The bus will depart from Tel Aviv Central Train Station (also known as Arlozorov/Savidor Merkaz) at 8am.
Following findings and recommendations of I’lam’s last tour for journalists, we have organised for there to be an English translator present.
See the schedule and other information on the tour in English below. You may download the full invitation with all programme details in Arabic/English.
Programme Schedule:
10-1030am: Reception and Welcome
1030-1130am: Barbour Neighbourhood. Meeting with residents from Barbour. 200 individuals live in this neighbourhood that lacks minimum municipal services.
12-1pm: Wolfson Neighbourhood. Developments following and Implications of the 2003 foundation of Yeshivat Ruach Tzfonit (“Winds from the North”) seminary in the neighbourhood
1-2pm: Trumpeldor Street: The Arab-Jewish dividing line in ‘Akka
2-3pm: Lunch
3-4pm: The Old City:
i) Visit to ‘No. 10’ Neighbourhood. The Israeli Antiquities Authorities renovated homes here in order to enable a population exchange of Jewish residents into the impoverished Arab ‘Old City’ as a project of gentrification.
ii) Khan ‘Al-‘Omdan’ (Inn of the Pillars): Implications of tourism development and Arab migration out of the city
4-5pm: Al Laz Theatre: Meetings with young Arab theatre performers – ‘Escape from Reality into Theatre’
For details and to register, you may also contact Kholod Massalha at Tel: 0509319961 or by email. | .jpg)
