A festival celebrating the links between Glasgow and Bethlehem is set to take place this weekend with a top lineup of local and Palestinian performers. The Bethlehem Cultural Festival will include spoken word, electronic music, and short films.
First launched digitally in December 2020, with 2021 seeing a mixture of in-person and digital events, the festival for 2022 will kick off with an evening of spoken word showcasing the creativity of Palestinian and Glaswegian poets including Glasgow-based Palestinian poet and translator Iyad Hayatleh; performance poet and writer Victoria McNulty; and British Palestinian spoken word artist and published poet Tasneim Zyada.
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