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The Gift of Diversity Intercultural Theatre Storytelling Festival Since 2007 Why “The gift of diversity”? Easy to say. Because we strongly believe that we have to celebrate diversity every day, hour, instant of life as a gift. A gift that we should conquer, a natural never expected present, hidden in a endlessly to open box, fortunately. Yes, because discovering us is an extraordinary adventure that concerns all persons, without any exclusion, who is welcome and, moreover, who wishes to welcome someone else… Because only knowing us we’ll be able to understand others and vice versa. And what a better way to meet everyone than telling and listening stories? ____________________________________________________________________________ 4th Edition, Rome 2010 Call for submission ____________________________________________________________________________ 3rd Edition, 2009 2nd Edition, 2008 1st Edition, 2007 ____________________________________________________________________________ The artistic director Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher, writer and storyteller, was born in Naples in 1968 and lives in Rome. From 1993 he works in therapeutic and educative worlds, among schools, therapeutic communities and mental disorder programs, using theatre and storytelling to help people with social and psychological difficulties. From 1994 to 2009 he collaborates with the Italian Solidarity Centre (CE.I.S.) and since many years he directs laboratories for teachers and social operators. He is a fiction and theatre author. His first book, “Sunset”, Lapis Editions, was published in 2002 and it got some important international mentions, like the White Ravens 2003. After many publications of short novels on literary magazines, in 2006 get out “Young world”, a collection where is possible to find some of them (La Ginestra Publisher). On September 2006 the novel “The poet, the saint and the navigator” arrived (Fermento Publisher). In spring 2007 “The cosmopolitan trunk”, an anthology of stories and games from the world, was edited by La Ginestra Publisher. In April 2008 here comes the book “Between earth and water”, Zampanera Publisher. In October 2008 the novel “The Interval” was edited by Intermezzi Publisher. Since 2003 he often collaborated with Carta, an Italian national paper magazine. In 2005 he constituted the “Intercultural Theatre Storytelling Laboratory” and since 2006 he is the director of this Festival. (Information: www.alessandroghebreigziabiher.it) ____________________________________________________________________________ Press and organization: Email Last update: 2009/04/29