Love and Revenge is a live music and video performance by the musician Wael Koudaih (Rayess Bek) and the video artist Randa Mirza (La Mirza). It revisits the old popular songs and Egyptian movies from the golden era of Cairo’s Studio Misr. Featuring stars such as: Samia Gamal, Tahi Carioca and singing idols Leila Mourad […]
Weaving recordings and live performances based on folk songs from Syria and the Arab world, Neshama includes four performers playing a mix of tabl, bouzouki and oud, mixed with live loops, grooves and electronic beats. Featuring: Wael Alkak (synths, keys, bouzouki and vocal), Yazan Alqaq (oud, percussion and vocal), and special guests Jammal Al Sakka […]
Al Atlal means The Ruins. It is about the remains of lost love and homeland. Actress and singer Norah Krief felt a burst of nostalgia remembering her mother listening to the Egyptian Diva Umm Kulthum on their record-player. Her joy of singing about nostalgia drove Norah Krief to create this personal and autobiographical work. She […]
UK PREMIERE – Distinctive and bold, Tunisian director Ala Eddine Slim tells the story of ‘N’, an anonymous sub-Saharan man on a journey to Europe. He crosses the desert in order to reach North Africa and be smuggled into Europe but after being a victim to a hold-up, he finds himself alone in Tunisia. He decides […]
Az Theatre (London) and Theatre for Everybody (Gaza) are forming an online community of young (18 – 30 years old) creatives in the UK and Palestine. We are issuing a call to young arts practitioners to submit videos that are: no longer than 15 minutes any genre, drama, dance, music, documentary, animation, visual art etc. […]
In a unique double bill, two groups bring the freshest Palestinian sounds to the UK. Nai Barghouti returns to the UK joined by some of the best young musicians in Palestine. Paris jazz band Mohamed & Friends complete their first UK tour, fronted by Palestinian clarinet and nay player Mohamed Najem. In an age of […]
The Mosaic Rooms, in association with Shubbak Festival 2017, presents Survival of the Artist, featuring artists, thinkers and leading arts organisations from across the Arab world. This day of talks and performances asks how art is responding and can continue to thrive in situations of conflict and censorship. We will hear from William Wells (Director […]
On the occasion of the launch of Essays of the Sadat Era: 1976-81, Gingko are delighted to host an event focused on Mahfouz’s legacy – his relationship between his creative works and more public journalistic output. The event will feature a talk by visiting guest lecturer and Q&A session. Guest speaker: Professor Samia Mehrez – […]
“Tiger and Clay” is a haunting collection of poetry and memoir by Rana Abdul Fattah – a young Syrian woman, writing in exile in Istanbul. Her book deals with how it feels to be a refugee and unable to return home. Recent reviews include one by Sandra Fluck that you can read here and one by Malu Halasa […]
Celebrate the songs of the modern Middle East as Cairokee and Tania Saleh bring their music to London as part of this year’s Shubbak Festival – a window on contemporary Arabic culture. Egyptian band Cairokee and Lebanon’s Tania Saleh are two acts that capture the urgency of our time, their songs reflecting the social and […]