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10.4.2013 'Out of the Ruins'
On 10 April 2013 opened in the Prince Claus Fund Gallery 'Out of the Ruins: Bam Photography Rescue Project'. Director Christa Meindersma conducted a Q&A with Herman Divendal, former director AIDA Nederland. Together they presented the book ‘Out of the Ruins’ to Louis Zaal, director Hollandse Hoogte and Ali Soltaninejad, former resident of Bam. The exhibition and the book pay homage...
2.4.2013 2012 Prince Claus Award presented to Maung Thura (Zarganar)
On 27 March HE Ambassador Joan Boer presented the 2012 Prince Claus Award to Zarganar during a historic Anyeint performance by Zarganar in the People's Square in Yangon. The exciting theatrical performance lasted 5 and a half jours and was attended by an estimated 5000 people. It was the biggest public performance ever to take place in Burma.
2.4.2013 Oday Al Khatib arrested
Internationally renowed Palestinian singer Oday Al Khatib (1991), member of 2006 Prince Claus Laureate Al Kamandjati, the acclaimed Ramallah-based music school founded in 2005 by Ramzi Aburedwan, was arrested by Israeli military forces according to Sandy Tolan. He is accused of throwing stones, a charge that could send him to prison for up to ten years.
1.4.2013 2012 Prince Claus Award presented to Phare Ponleu Selpak
Ambassador HE J.A. Boer presented the 2012 Prince Claus Award to Phare Ponleu Selpak on 1 April 2013. Phare Ponleu Selpak empowers youth in an innovative way through circus and theatre training.
25.3.2013 Yoani Sánchez at Movies that Matter
On Monday 25 March the Prince Claus Fund organised a special screening of the documentary Forbidden Voices at the Movies that Matter Festival in The Hague.
