Miguel’s War is the story of a gay man who grew up oppressed and shamed during the Lebanese civil war. Raised by a conservative Catholic father and an authoritarian Syrian mother, teenage Miguel was inhibited by a deep inferiority complex and was incapable of asserting himself. In 1983 the deeply sensitive boy, desperate to prove […]
Gossip and violence run rampant deep in the labyrinthine alleys of East Amman. Ali, a hustler pretending to be a businessman, has to keep his relationship with Lana a secret in order to hide from society’s judgemental eye. Things start to fall apart when Lana’s mother, Aseel, is blackmailed by an unknown voyeur who has […]
Guled and Nasra are a loving couple, living in the outskirts of Djibouti city with their teenage son, Mahad. They are facing difficult times: Nasra urgently needs an expensive surgery to treat a chronic kidney disease. Guled is already working hard as a gravedigger to make ends meet: how can they find the money to […]
It is the mid-90s. In a small town in the north of Morocco, Fouad is the only technician working in the Post Office. When he is stricken with a neurological disease that changes his life, a new story begins for him, his wife and their children. Their home will be filled with love, sorrow and […]
Omar Al Abdallat is a Jordanian British cartoonist, change advocate and social media activist with several awards for outstanding online presence. He is also a seasoned trainer and lecturer in creative production, drawing, caricature, creative thinking, and social media engagement through art. Join Omar in this free workshop where he will share his creative journey, […]
We’re partnering with Modern Films to support the UK release of Memory Box, the critically acclaimed new film by artist/filmmaker duo Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige. UK audiences can watch the film online through our Virtual Screening Room until 21 March. Memory Box is about Maia, a single mother, who lives in Montreal with her […]
Thinking of signing up to our Levantine Spoken Arabic classes? Join our free taster session on Thursday 13 January to meet tutor Ibrahim Othman, gain insight into what and how you’ll be learning in Beginners Module 1, and ask any questions you may have ahead of booking. The Taster Session will be held on Zoom […]
MOU7I6 Collective is inaugurating The Circular University, a series of workshop sessions for SWANA (south west Asian and North African) young people to find out more about creative careers, and exchange knowledge with not only each other, but boss industry professionals smashing it in their fields. The Circular University – designed by MOU7I6 members Erkan Affan and […]
To attend this event, please sign up via Zoom here Never before have parks, fields and forests been so important to us. In the time when green space became our only outing, our Jarda mixed-media installation questions who uses these spaces and how we experience them. Created across 6 workshops using photography, poetry, collage, self-portraiture […]
“The love of nature is like music… it is a common language that can transcend political and social boundaries” – Sanaa Sedaki, co-producer Never before have parks, fields and forests been so important to us. In the year when green space became our only outing, this co-produced mixed media installation questions who uses these spaces and […]