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Regional & Int’l Activities
PBBY has been active on the international level. PBBY attended all IBBY Congresses since 2004 the first was in 2002 as Individual Member. some documentation to follow later.
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Elected to IBBY’s EC (Regional & Int’l Activities)
Monday 10 February 2014
IBBY’s 31st Congress, convened in Copenhagen in 2008.
The Congress Theme was Stories in History-History in Stories
Four PBBY members attended the Congress Dr. Kanaana and Arham Damen chairwoman of Tamer Institute Safa Abu Asab from diakonia and Jehan Helou who was elected to the EC Committee (...)
Tribute to Britt Saksson (Regional & Int’l Activities)
Monday 10 February 2014
This is a Palestinian tribute to a wonderful friend and member of the Swedish IBBY.
IBBY Ireland Conference (Regional & Int’l Activities)
Monday 10 February 2014
In December 2003, the president of IBBY Palestine and the General Director of Tamer Institute Jehan Helou was invited to Ireland to take part in IBBY Ireland conference: Fighting for Writing …Children’s Books in Areas of Conflict.
The aim of the conference was to give International and local (...)
Book Fair Nami Island (Regional & Int’l Activities)
Monday 10 February 2014
PBBY was invited by Nami Island Team to Nambook-007 International book fair in May of that year.
Jehan Helou and Olivia Qandah participated, and they carried Palestinian children which were nicely exhibited at the book exhibition. as seen in the PP.
The book fair was accompanied by a seminar (...)
Peace Story, Nami Island (Regional & Int’l Activities)
Monday 10 February 2014
International meeting at the launching of the 22 stories of Peace Story in Nami Island in South Korea
PBBY at NABOOK-010
PBBY was honored to be part of the creative NABOOK-010 the Peace Festival/ Peace Story. PBBY President Jehan Helou was member of the International Planning Committee which (...)
USBBY NL on Palestine (Regional & Int’l Activities)
Monday 10 February 2014
IBBY 32nd Congress (Regional & Int’l Activities)
Monday 10 February 2014
Theme: the Strength of Minorities
Santiago de Compostela Spain in 2010
Jehan Helou and Renad Qubbaj General Director of Tamer Institute participated from IBBY Palestine,
Dr. Sharif Kanaana, who was supposed to present a paper on “Writing Stories for Refugees” apologized for personal reasons. (...)
Nami Island Creative Meeting (Regional & Int’l Activities)
Monday 10 February 2014
Children’s writers, illustrators talk on peace
Nami Island
Two hundred years ago, Hans Christian Anderson was born in the town of Odense, Denmark. From “The Snow Queen,” “The Little Match Girl” to “The Little Mermaid” and “The Ugly Duckling,” his legacy of children’s literature is timeless (...)
Oakland: A Child’s View from Gaza (Regional & Int’l Activities)
Monday 10 February 2014
The exhibit had writings form PBBY libraries in Gaza
Oct 2011
After attending the successful USBBY Regional Conference in Fresno California, the prominent writer Beverley Naidoo and Jehan Helou (IBBY-Palestine) visited the exhibition of "A Child’s View from Gaza" in Oakland which is organized (...)
ICBD 2012 (Regional & Int’l Activities)
Monday 10 February 2014
IBBY poster of International Children Book Day (ICBD) prepared by IBBY Mexico.
Bologna Book Fair (Regional & Int’l Activities)
Monday 10 February 2014
As an Executive Committee member Jehan Helou traveled every year to bologna book Fair to attend IBBY EC meeting (two meetings per year) from 2009-2012
In 2013 she travelled to Bologna book fair for IBBY / Sharjah Fund Consultative Committee meeting
During IBBY Press conference Bologna 2013 (...)
IBBY 33 Congress (Regional & Int’l Activities)
Monday 10 February 2014
Crossing Boundaries: Translations and Migrations
London 2012
PBBY Participation
IBBY International 33rd Congress Crossing Boundaries: Translations and Migrations, was held in London, from 23rd to 26th August 2012.
Delegates from more than 70 countries including: Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine (...)
Adaptation & Migration of Folk & Fairy Tales (Regional & Int’l Activities)
Monday 10 February 2014
Moderator: Jehan Helou
Session 34 IBBY 33rd Congress
Jim Cipielewski (Associate Dean, School of Education and Human Services, Oakland University, U.S.A.)
Cinderella: Exploring a Tale’s Migration to the American South
While there are numerous Cinderella variants, many are closely linked while (...)
Honour List (Regional & Int’l Activities)
Monday 10 February 2014
IBBY CANA 1st Regional Conference (Regional & Int’l Activities)
Monday 10 February 2014
IBBY Palestine participation
Participants from IBBY Palestine contributed to the following sessions:
IBBY National Sections in the CANA Region: "From Simple Beginnings to Inspiring Successes"
Nabeela Hassan: ""Promoting a Reading Culture in Occupied Palestine- A Quick Overview"
"Folklore (...)
Twinning: USBBY and PBBY (Regional & Int’l Activities)
Monday 10 February 2014
United Sates IBBY Section has initiated to volunteer with Palestinian IBBY in 2006 which was a vey heart warming move. Below is how USBBY perceive such partnership
Since 2007 USBBY pays annual IBBY membership dues.
In the picture below Barbara Lehman President of USBBY and Jehan Helou,, (...)
Sharjah–IBBY Fund AC Meeting (Regional & Int’l Activities)
Monday 10 February 2014
1st meeting
Date: Friday, 24 August 2012 Time: 11:00 - 12:30 Venue: Imperial College, London, UK
Attendees:
1. Bodour Al-Qasimi, UAEBBY President (Chairperson of Sharjah IBBY Fund Advisory Committee)
2. Marwa Al Aqroubi, member of UAEBBY
3. Ahmad Al Amri, member of UAEBBY
4. Patricia (...)
IBBY delegation in Gaza (Regional & Int’l Activities)
Monday 10 February 2014
IBBY solidarity visit to Gaza.
The delegation was formed of Ahmad Redza Khairuddin President of IBBY , Patsy Aldna President of IBBY Foundation and previous President of IBBY, and Liz Page Executive Director of IBBY joined by Jehan Helou President of IBBY Palestine who arrived to Gaza a week (...)
IBBY Visit to Gaza (Regional & Int’l Activities)
Monday 10 February 2014
IBBY Solidarity Visit to Gaza
The visit of high ranking IBBY delegation to Gaza in mid April 2013 coincided with almost ten years of the declaration of IBBY Palestine as the 65 section of IBBY. This solidarity visit to the children of Gaza who suffer from occupation, oppression and siege was (...)
PBBY: 32 IBBY Congress (Regional & Int’l Activities)
Monday 10 February 2014
32 IBBY World Congress Santiago de Compostela 2010
Jehan Helou and Renad Qubbaj the General Diredtor of Tamer Institute participated in the IBBY 32 Congress.
Jehan chaired a meeting of the Arab Group participating in the Congress and at the end of the Congress the meeting of both the Asian (...)
