WORDS BEYOND BORDERS

WORDS BEYOND BORDERS
Writers for Peace International Conference
HAIFA, ISRAEL
PROGRAM 1-4.12.2010
Thursday 2.12.2010 9.00 – 18.30
9.00 - Opening Ceremony of the Conference
and inauguration of two exhibitions:
*"Le Livre Pauvre", Collection of rare art books, by Daniel Leuwers, France,
*"Cinema Jenin", Pictures by Fabian Zapatka, Germany.
Allocutions: M. Yona Yahav, Mayor of Haifa,
M. Sami Michael, Writer, Israel,
M. Sylvestre Clancier, Writer & President of the French PEN
Club.
Place: Cinematheque, Central Carmel, Haifa.
*simultaneous translation provided
9.30-10.40 – Panel no. 1: "Languages of Writing"
*names by alphabetical order
* simultaneous translation provided (English/French/Hebrew/Arabic)
Karen Alkalay-Gut (Israel)
Colette Guedj (France)
Nidaa Khoury (Israel)
Giorgio Silfer (Pen Esperanto)
Boris Zaidman (Israel)
Moderator: Arié Yass (Israel)
10.40-11.20 - Panel no. 2: "Literature Facing the Challenges of Our Times:
Environment and Peace"
Zeki Ergas (Switzerland)
Edna Gorney (Israel)
Edvard Kovac (Slovenia)
Moderator and Speaker: Teresa Salema (Portugal)

11.45-12.30 – Panel no. 3: "Human Right to Peace"
Sylvestre Clancier (France)
Elizabeth Csicsery-Ronay (Hungary)
Sabine Kebir (Germany)
Rina Mitrani (Israel)
Moderator and Speaker: Zeki Ergas (Switzerland)
12.30-13.00 – Reading of poems in several languages
Moderator: Arié Yass (Israel)
15.00-15.45 – Panel no. 4: "The Right of Women to Write and
Self-Censorship"
Nazand Begikhani (Kurdistan – France)
Ilana Bernstein (Israel)
Nicole Gdalia (France)
Marketa Hejkalova (Czech Republic)
Moderator: Françoise Coulmin (France)
15.45-16.40 - Panel no. 5: "The Right of Women to Write and
Self-Censorship"
Nicole Barrière (France)
Maya Bejerano (Israel)
Entela Kasi (Albania)
Nurith Zarchi (Israel)
Moderator: Nicole Gdalia (France)
17.00-18.00 - Panel no. 6 : "Freedom of Conscience and Freedom of
Expression"
Yair Biran (Israel)
Entela Kasi (Albania)
Edvard Kovac (Slovenia)
Jean-Luc Despax (France)
Moderator: Sylvestre Clancier (France)

18.00-19.00 – Reading of poems written by women who don't have rights and
reading of texts written by writers present in this conference.
Moderator: Nicole Barrière (France)
Friday 3.12.2010 9.30-13.30
9.30-10.15 - Panel no.7: "Freedom of Conscience and Freedom of Expression"
Nicole Barrière (France)
Tiziana Colusso (Italy)
Zeki Ergas (Switzerland)
Raj A. Prakash (Nepal)
Moderator: Ouzi Elyada (Israel)
10.15-11.00 – Panel no.8: "Freedom of Conscience and Freedom of
Expression"
Sylvestre Clancier (France)
Solomon Hailemariam Erba (Ethiopia)
Siham Issami (Morocco – France)
Françoise Coulmin (France)
Faisal Al Rfouh (Jordan)
Moderator: Edvard Kovac (Slovenia)
11.30 – 12.30 – Panel no. 9: "Writers during Periods of Conflict"
Al Qassim Samih (Israel)
Daniel Leuwers (France)
Eshkol Nevo (Israel)
Ronny Someck (Israel)
Moderator: Ouzi Elyada (Israel)
12.30 -13.00 - Reading of poems and other texts
Moderator: Arié Yass (Israel)

21.00 – 23.00 - Projection of the documentary film "The Heart of Jenin"
by the German Filmmaker and Producer Marcus Vetter
("Deutscher Filmpreis 2010" for this film) with the participation
of a delegation from Jenin. Discussion with the guests and the writers.
Place: Auditorium, Beit Hagefen, Arab-Jewish Cultural Center, Haifa.
Saturday 4.12.2010
19.30-21.00 – Closing Debate: "Human Rights" in the presence of M. Yona
Yahav, Mayor of Haifa.
Place: Auditorium Krieger, French Cultural Center Haifa – Nazareth, French
Carmel, Haifa
Nazand Begikhani (Kurdistan – France)
Salem Jubran (Israel)
Sami Michael (Israel)
XX (Egypt)
Moderator: Aliza Shenhar (Israel)
21.30 -22.30 – Mediterranean artistic evening in the presence of M. Yona
Yahav, Mayor of Haifa
Emcee: Erez Asherov (Israel)