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Our 2019 Travel Scholar: Kianoosh Motallebi
Kianoosh Motallebi received his BA in fine art at the Royal Academy in The Hague and completed his Master in Arts at the Slade School…
LRF12/12/2019
A Euro-Arab Dialogue Session with Kianoosh Motallebi
Last Tuesday we held our fifth and last informal dialogue session for this year. For this last session we invited one of our travel scholars…
LRF12/12/2019
International Day for Human Rights
Today is the International Day for Human Rights. Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December — the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted,…
LRF10/12/2019
Our 40th Anniversary Celebration Event
Leiden, November 21st, 2019 The Lutfia Rabbani Foundation celebrated its 40th Anniversary with a Memorial Lecture to commemorate our founder, Mahmoud S. Rabbani (1934-2002), by…
LRF26/11/2019
Renewed partnership with IDFA
The Lutfia Rabbani Foundation and IDFA are proud to announce the continuation of their partnership that enables young Arab film talents from Palestine, Morocco, Syria, Jordan, and…
LRF11/11/2019
Informal Dialogue Series: Free Press Unlimited and freedom of expression in the Middle East- Stories from Iraq & Syria
For our fourth Informal Dialogue Session for this year on Thursday October 10th we had the pleasure of having the Senior Program Coordinator Middle East…
LRF22/10/2019
Quita Schabracq: Our 2018 Travel Scholar
In 2018 Quita received the Lutfia Rabbani Foundation Travel Grant to conduct research in Beirut, Lebanon, as part of her graduation project from the Amsterdam…
LRF12/09/2019
Disarming Design Summer School
Our friends at Disarming Design from Palestine started their Summer School last week! This project brings together international and Palestinian students to engage in an intercultural exchange…
LRF09/09/2019
Our MSR scholar Alaa Minawi’s ‘2048’ exhibition at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival
Alaa Minawi was our 2017-2018 MSR scholar. Today he launched his new performative installation ‘2048: Bodies - Borders – Belonging’ that can be seen at…
LRF05/09/2019
Meet our New Board Member!
We are delighted to introduce you to our new Board Member: Katherine Watson! Katherine Watson was born in Canada in 1952. Having studied, worked and…
LRF02/09/2019
Exhibition Halte! Here Art Liberty There Equality
Are you ready for HALTE?? Standing for 'Here Art Liberty There Equality', this exhibition at TAC Eindhoven brings together Dutch and Palestinian young artists with a focus…
LRF29/08/2019
The Palestine Youth Orchestra is finally in the Netherlands!
The Palestine Youth Orchestra PYO is finally in the Netherlands???! After their arrival they were welcomed yesterday by Mr. Salim Rabbani, chair of Lutfia Rabbani…
LRF15/08/2019
The Countdown has started: Palestinian Youth Orchestra debut performances in The Netherlands!
In less than 24 hours the Palestine Youth Orchestra will start their performances for the first time in the Netherlands! PYO brings its eclectic mix…
LRF13/08/2019
The Palestine Youth Orchestra: Get to know soloist Nai Barghouti!
The Palestine Youth Orchestra brings together young Palestinian musicians from all around the world to celebrate Arabic musical tradition! During PYO’s Northern European Tour this…
LRF01/08/2019
The Palestine Youth Orchestra’s Debut in the Netherlands: A New Strategic Partnership between Lutfia Rabbani and A. M. Qattan Foundation
The Palestine Youth Orchestra’s (PYO) debut in the Netherlands as part of its Northern European Tour is approaching! The PYO programme celebrates love in an…
LRF21/07/2019
Afef Abrougui: A Success Story from Our 2015 MSR scholar
In 2015, Afef Abrougui, a 25 year old Tunisian digital journalist received our MSR Scholarship in order to pursue a Master of Arts in Media…
LRF04/07/2019
Shubbak Festival 2019
Are you in the UK in June and July?? Don’t miss the chance to experience the Shubbak Festival in London supported by our partners at…
LRF24/06/2019
Happy #WorldMusicDay ?!
Happy #WorldMusicDay ?! Music is and will always remain a way of connecting people and cultures! It is a powerful human language that bridges cultures,…
LRF21/06/2019
