El Funoun Group - Crossing the River Jordan
El Funoun Group, established in 2004, includes friends and members of the Palestinian community in Scotland. They seek through their performances of drama, music and dance in the Edinburgh Fringe to share their culture. During the year, El Funoun runs cultural/Arabic language workshops; they enjoy Scottish Arts Council sponsorship.
http://www.elfunoun-scotland.com
Two Scottish archaeologists, working in Jericho, hear of a mosque caretaker’s imprisonment by Israeli Defence Forces. Will they still join friends to cross the Jordan river? All attend a parents’ day in local school: enjoy dancing, poetry and singing. Crossing through the ‘Wall’ and the river, highlights agonies of using this one exit.
Performances:
4th - 9th August, 11:30 to 12:30
Price: £7.00 (£5.00)
Book tickets on the Fringe website
QFP 1.02.6
Do you work gladly with other religious groups in the pursuit of common goals? Try to enter imaginatively into the life and witness of other communities of faith, creating together the bonds of friendship.
Advices and Queries
A bit rough-around-the-edges, but informative and from the heart
"Crossing the River Jordan" is a multimedia production put on by El Funoun Group, composed of "friends and members of the Palestinian community in Scotland." It tells the stories of several Palestinian characters and a couple of Israeli soldiers, and their experiences at checkpoints in the occupied territories. Throughout the play, a "Faux News" program interviews a Scottish peace activist about the situation in Palestine, highlighting the difference between what westerners learn about the Israeli occupation through the media and the firsthand experiences of those in Palestine. A rough-around-the-edges production, but informative and from the heart.
Andrew