By Clara Nabaa & Tokunbo Salako
Published on
09/07/2026 - 16:56 GMT+2
"We carry on" is the defiant slogan on display at the Ramallah Cultural Palace to signal the return of one of the West Bank's most significant arts festivals, despite escalating violence, Israeli military raids and settler attacks in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967.
Renamed the "Ramallah Festival for Contemporary Arts" after years being known as the "Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival" is for the event's executive director Khaled Ayyan, an important shift in its identity.
