STALLS & DANCES Market Stalls (All day)
BADGE BITCHES COLLECTIVE - PALESTINIAN GOODS- BADGES, KEY RINGS, T SHIRTS, TOTE BAGS, MUGS ZEITOENCOM - PALESTINIAN OLIVE OIL FROM SALFIET’S TREES, WHICH ARE CUT DOWN BY SETTLERS HEBA ZAGOUT & MAYSAA GHAZI ARTWORK SALES HADEEL ART - ARTWORK ON BAGS, MUGS, CUSHIONS, FRAMED ART MOTHERS AGAINST GENOCIDE - PALESTINIAN MERCH, T-SHIRTS BADGE BITCHES COLLECTIVE - PALESTINIAN MERCH- BADGES, KEY RINGS, T SHIRTS, TOTE BAGS, MUGS BANRION BOTANICALS - PLANTS ZAYTOUN - PALESTINIAN FOOD – DATES, ZAATAR, MAFTOUL, NUTS, PALESTINIAN COOK BOOKS, OLIVE OIL SOAP & DEAD SEA BATH SALTS BARRY MCKEE - IRISH WOODWORK BRENDA MURPHY - T SHIRTS & HOODIES
Dancing on Rooftop (Throughout the day)
DABKE WITH ‘BELFAST DABKE’ LED BY MUSTAFA ALSAIDI MUSTAFA ALSAIDI - A PALESTINIAN BORN IN EGYPT, WAS RAISED IN GAZA AND EDUCATED IN CAIRO. TAUGHT DABKE BY HIS FATHER, HE LATER FOUNDED BELFAST DABKE GROUP, USING DANCE TO PRESERVE PALESTINIAN CULTURE, RAISE AWARENESS, AND SUPPORT HIS COMMUNITY—ESPECIALLY DURING THE CURRENT GENOCIDE, TURNING PERFORMANCE INTO POWERFUL RESISTANCE AND SOLIDARITY. DABKE IS A TRADITIONAL LEVANTINE FOLK DANCE - POPULAR IN PALESTINE, LEBANON, JORDAN, AND SYRIA. IT INVOLVES SYNCHRONIZED LINE DANCING WITH RHYTHMIC STOMPING AND INTRICATE FOOTWORK, SYMBOLIZING COMMUNITY, STRENGTH, AND CELEBRATION AT WEDDINGS AND FESTIVALS. DABKE FOSTERS UNITY AND CULTURAL PRIDE, OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY LIVELY MUSIC FEATURING DRUMS AND THE OUD. IT IS BOTH A SOCIAL AND CEREMONIAL DANCE, PASSED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS, REFLECTING THE REGION’S RICH HERITAGE AND COLLECTIVE SPIRIT. IRISH DANCING - ALLEN SCHOOL OF DANCE