Women Cultural Society for Palestinian Popular Heritage In Lines
(Real space,for weaving process,whose fibers extend to the ancestry of the past,and continue to be a view for better and more ancient future..). It is what the martyr journaist Imad Abu Zahra said ,when his mother achieved his wish of protecting our Palestinian heritage , through a store in Albasateen st. in Jenin that she called (Men Zaman),and from which the idea of estabishing the association came in the second of April 2003 in jenin city . So it became the first association that interests in protecting the Palestinian Popuar Heritage .It is registered in home office with the number(jn-821-c-4)and licensed from the ministry of culture in 2272003. Th association is charitable and it was opened in 772004 in an od house in the Old City of Jenin,near Ahashmy cenima . The old house is leased and the value of lease is 130JD, besides other costs as electricity,water,and telephone. The number of the members of the general board of the association is 140 members, then a manigerial board -wich consisted of seven members- was elected as the folowing:
The head of the association, representative,secretary,treasurer,and three members.
The idea of establishing the association came from our beilieve in the say(people without heritage are without origion.),and as Palestinians ,our strength lies in our adhering to our heritage ,culture,and the great origional principles which indoctrinate all the factors of resistance and chalenge in our souls.
Our culture is our mother who gave us values and special hapits that made us special people interested in giving ,and adhering to our heritage. So each woman of us has an experience or skill in any field, that she seeks to impart to the other members, to have special work at the end which reflects our union and origion , so we got the official licence hopping from that to achieve the folowing aims:
1)Deepening the understanding of our Palestinian heritage , and basing the culture of heritage by knowing it and keeping it from loss , by holding cources and study groups in the association by arranging with television,radiostation,and local prints . 2) holding cources of embroidery and hand made products,to keep this type of art and to transfer to the next generations,in addition to generalize it as a productive,handmade industry . 3)Producing heritage handmade productsin the association as a base for the work of the association through women ,productive ,cooperative links formed by the members of the association. 4)Holding shows for handmade products and popular foods in homeland ,in addition to sharing with others abroad to generalize the benefit and bring it back to the association and its members. 5)basing relationships with other associations to exchange experiences and heritage culture through exchanging visits and cources with other associations. 6)keeping on touch with other associations that work in the same field in homeland and abroad to exchange sharing activities to introduce our heritage to the world and vice versa. 7)establishing special branch for popular foods. 8)establishing library for heritage in the association. 9)making the Palestinian wear more civiized with keeping its origionality at the same time. The most important acheivements of the association: 1) establishing a permanent show inside the association- for handmade works and old antiques-that produced by the members of the association. 2)establishing a permanent kitchen inside the association- for old popular foods-that offered inside and outside the association. 3)holding studygroups and cultural lectures inside the association ,in addition to making an enlightement publications by arranging with television and radio stations. 4)holding educational and occupational cources as emroidery , painting on silk and glass,wood carving, hay and sackcloth works, in addition to food making and gareding. 5)receiving deputations and groups from other associations to exchange experiences with them. 6)sharing with the global vilage show in Jordan. 7)sharing with many shows inside and outside homeland as Ramallah show by arranging with Baladna center,the show of Sabastia in Nablus,Alwafa show in the Arab American University,the show of handmade products,a show in Jenin municipality,a show in Alquds Open University,in addition to sharing in the day of heritage commemoration with the ministry of culture. 8)establishing a library for heritage in the association . 9)The association was choosed as a representative of heritage protecting for North area. 10)making a cource for illiterate by arranging with the ministry of education. 11)the association specialized a hall for plastic art of the products of its members. 12)repairing the building of the association which was not habitable because it is an old place,and which attract the attention of Jenin municipality to the importance of repairing old places.
Our address is :
Palestine-Jenin city-Old City-near Alhashmy cenima.
E-mail Address:wcspph@yahoo.com
Tel#:00972042416071
Mobile#:00972599789103
Telefax:00972042416396