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==Education and culture==
In 2012, there were 24 schools serving a student population of 9,459: 15 elementary schools with 5,360 students and 13 high schools with 4,099 students. In 2012, 53.7% of twelfth grade students earned a matriculation certificate. In the eastern part of the city, [[Mifal HaPayis]] built a public computer center, a public library, a large events hall and more.

Shefa-Amr is also home to Tamrat El Zeitoun, an elementary school (about 150 students) notable for serving Muslim, Christian, and Druze together and being the only Arabic language [[Waldorf education|Waldorf school]]. In collaboration with Waldorf educators at [[Harduf]] the school developed a language curriculum accommodating the differences between written and spoken Arabic. The school celebrates the festivals from all three religions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.freunde-waldorf.de/en/waldorf-worldwide/organisations-worldwide/asia/israel/shfaram/ | title=Waldorf Worldwide: Learning for peace | publisher=Freunde der Erziehungskunst Rudolf Steiners | access-date=March 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.waldorftoday.com/2011/02/445/ | title=Shalaam Shalom: Teaching children in the Middle East pathways to peace | publisher=Waldorf Today | access-date=March 22, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Gilad |last=Goldshmidt |title=Interkultureller Brückenschlag |url=http://www.erziehungskunst.de/artikel/freunde-der-erziehungskunst/interkultureller-brueckenschlag/ |publisher=Bund der Freien Waldorfschulen e.V. |date=December 2011 |access-date=March 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014834/http://www.erziehungskunst.de/artikel/freunde-der-erziehungskunst/interkultureller-brueckenschlag/ |archive-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Beit musica.jpg|thumb|Beit almusica]]
The Beit Almusica conservatory was founded in 1999 by musician Aamer Nakhleh in the center of Shefa-ʻAmr. It offers a year-round programs of music studies in various instruments, and holds music performances and concerts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beit-almusica.org/|title=بيت الموسيقى - شفاعمرو|work=beit-almusica.org}}</ref> Every year Shefa-ʻAmr holds a music festival known as the "Fort Festival." Arab children from all over the country compete in singing classic Arabic songs and one is chosen as "Voice of the Year." The [[Ba'ath choir]], established by Raheeb Haddad, performs all over the country and participates in many international events. {{citation needed|date=October 2011}} Singer [[Reem Talhami]] performs all over the Arab world. [[Oud]] player and violinist Tayseer Elias, on the Beit Almusica staff, is a composer, conductor and musicologist who also lectures at [[Bar-Ilan University]].<ref>[[:he:תייסיר אליאס|Tayseer Elias]] in the Hebrew Wikipedia. Retrieved 21 December 2016</ref> Butrus Lusia, a painter, specializes in [[icon]]s.{{citation needed|date=October 2011}}

[[File:Ghurbalshf.jpg|thumb|Al Ghurbal center in Shefa-Amr]]
The first plays in Shefa-Amr were performed in the 1950s by the Christian scouts. Since the 1970s, many theaters have opened. among them the sons of Shefa-ʻAmr theater, Athar theater, house of the youth theater, Alghurbal Al Shefa-Amry theater and Al Ufok theater. The largest theater in the city is the Ghurbal Establishment, a national Arab theater. Sa'eed Salame, an actor, comedian and pantomimist, established a 3-day international pantomime festival that is held annually.{{citation needed|date=October 2011}}

Shefa-Amr is known for its [[Mastic (plant resin)|mastic]]-based ice cream, ''bozet Shefa-'Amr''.The Nakhleh Coffee Company is the leading coffee producer in Israel's Arab community.
<!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: [[File:awtcafe.jpg|thumb|Awt Cafe]] -->New restaurant-cafes opened in parts of the old city{{When|date=September 2020}} and encouraged nightlife, being patronised by the youth of Shefa-ʻAmr. The Awt Cafe started holding musical nights where local singers and instruments players including [[oud]] and others perform for the audience.{{citation needed|date=October 2011}}