A.M. Qattan Foundation
The A.M. Qattan Foundation is a not-for-profit developmental organisation working in the fields of culture and education, with a particular focus on children, teachers, and young artists. Founded in 1993 by Abdel Mohsin Al-Qattan, a prominent Palestinian businessman and philanthropist, it is registered in the UK as a charity and as a charitable company limited by guarantee. The Child Centre Gaza (CCG), which opened in 2005, offers young Gazans cultural, recreational, and educational services and is one of the largest centres of its kind in the Arab region. In London, the foundation runs The Mosaic Rooms, an art gallery and bookshop dedicated to supporting and promoting contemporary culture from the Arab world.
- Organisation type Foundation
- Year founded 1993 (UK) 1998 (Palestine)
- Headquartered London
- Registration United Kingdom · Palestine
- Website http://www.qattanfoundation.org/en
Related sustainable development goals
Focus areas
Focus sectors
Arts
- Arts exchange
- Arts education
- Humanities
- Philosophy
- Literature and writing
- Art history
- History
- Visual arts
- Museums
- Art museums
- Children's museums
- Cultural awareness
- Performing arts
- Arts services
- Folk arts
Communications
- News and public information
Education
- Early childhood education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Child educational development
- STEM education
Focus populations
- Academics
- Artists and performers
Focus geographies
Europe
- United Kingdom
Middle East
- Palestine
- North Africa
Grantees
- An Nadwa Cultural Club
- Art from the Heart
- Ashtar Theatre
- Birzeit University, College of Art & Design
- Dar Al Kalima- Bethlehem
- Dar Qandeel
- First Ramallah Group
- Ibn Rush Fund
- Iltiqa
- Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre
- Magazine 28
- Network of Photographers for Palestine
- Palestine Cinema Institute
- Palestine Museum
- Sakiya- Ein Kinya- Al Hoash Gallery- Jerusalem
- Shababeek
- The Edward S. National Conservatoire of Music
- The London Palestine Film Festival
- The Sea is Ours Collective
- Visual Arts Forum
Partners
- BOZAR - Centre for Fine Arts
- Camargo Foundation
- Chaire Mahmoud Darwich
- Chisenhale Gallery
- Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto
- Columbia University
- Drosos Foundation
- Feminist Duration Reading Group
- Institut Français de Jérusalem
- King Baudouin Foundation United States
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Mahmoud Darwish Foundation
- Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MUCEM)
- Myriad
- Office National de Diffusion Artistique (ONDA)
- Qanat collective
- Save the Children
- Shadow Sisters Fight Club for self-defense
- Sound Advice
- Southbank Centre
- Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
- Taawon Welfare Association
- University of Birmingham
Programmes
Child Centre, Gaza
This facility provides a range of educational and social programming for children and their families in Gaza. Initiatives include: Programmers' Club; Book Club; Tales Clubhouse; Little Painters' Club; Performing Arts; Parents Club; Creative Writing Club; Little Librarian's Club; Web Designers Club.Culture and Arts
This programme provides grants and support to artists, performers, and writers through support for exhibitions, events, performances, and residencies.Education, research, and development
The foundation works directly with teachers in Palestine to improve the quality of education. Focus areas include: drama in education; playwriting; culture, art and community participation; early childhood professional development; project-based learning, animation, and cinema culture at school.
Financials
Funding model
- Foundation-administered programme awards
- Grants to Individuals
- Grants to organisations
Primary funders
- Al-Qattan Charitable Trust
- Drossos Foundation
- European Commission
- King Baudoin Foundation
- Leenah Al-Qattan
- Najwa Al-Qattan
- Omar Al-Qattan
- Save the Children
- Save the Children
- Swedish International Development Agency
- Swiss Agency for Culture and Development
- Taawon
- University of Birmingham
- Zentrum Moderner Orient
Funding source
- Family
- Fundraising
- Private
Operations
Key staff
- Fida Touma, director general
- Mahmoud Abu Hashhash, culture and education
- Nisreen Naffa, senior manager of grants and capacities
- Yazid Anani, director of the public programme
Board members
- Omar Al Qattan, chair
- Raef Zreik
- Khaled Fahmy
- Rabab Tamish
- Munir Fakher Eldin
- Hani Hassan Najm
- Najwa Al Qattan
- Mezna Qato
- Yaqoub Al-Yousef
Contact details
- 00 970 229 60544
- info@qattanfoundation.org
- http://www.qattanfoundation.org/en
- A.M. Qattan Foundation, 226 Cromwell Road, London W8 6HE, UK A.M. Qattan Foundation (Cultural Centre), 27 An-Nahda Women Association Street, Al-Tira- Ramallah, Palestine
More
Resources
Omar Al-Qattan, chair of the A.M. Qattan Foundation shares insights from his longstanding philanthropy supporting culture and the arts in Palestine. Read more
In this video interview, Omar Al-Qattan talks to Circle about fusing art, culture, and education for social change. Read more
Reports from AM Qattan Foundation: