Salam! The Arabic Film Society at SOAS University will be screening a Saudi romantic comedy, Barakah meets Barakah on Monday 11 December. Directed by Mahmoud Sabbagh, the story sees twenty-something civil servant Barakah run into Bibi, an online star with a hugely popular vlog. Under the ever-watchful eye of Saudi’s rather strict authorities, coupled with […]
War on Want is excited to host an exceptional exhibition of artworks by established and emerging artists based in Gaza, Jerusalem and New York. Memory Metamorphosis: an exhibition on Palestinian memory features painting, collage, film and photography, inspired by interviews with Palestinians in the diaspora about their memories of home. Memories establish a connection between personal and […]
The Ruya Foundation is pleased to announce the first UK exhibition of Iraqi photographer Latif Al Ani (b. 1932) at the Coningsby Gallery in Fitzrovia. ‘Latif Al Ani’ will run 4 December – 16 December 2017. The exhibition will include over 50 works surveying the artist’s practice from the 1950s to the 1970s. Considered the […]
From Ear to Ear to Eye is about listening and translation. The exhibition is concerned with how sounds can provide evidence or testimony, and the ways in which histories and experiences are intertwined with music. Borrowing its title from a poem by the Egyptian artist Anna Boghiguian, From Ear to Ear to Eye explores the […]
Arts Canteen is proud to present the Arab-A-Dub, a night which will bring to you the the best sounds of the Arabic Electronica underground sound system , performed by the finest of dj producers and mc’s from Palestine, Jordan and London. a night full of Dabkeh sounds and Shamstep style, warmed up by london’s renowned […]
Vatche Boulghourjian, France, 2016 [PG] Arabic (EST),105 mins. Rabih, a young blind man, lives in a small village in Lebanon. He sings in a choir and edits Braille documents for an income. His life unravels when he tries to apply for a passport and discovers that his identification card, which he has carried his entire […]
As creative industries flourish within the Middle East, Bahrain Art Week will host a panel discussion focussing on art investment entitled The Business of Art. Distinguished panel members include Roxane Zand, the deputy chairman of the Middle East and the Gulf region at Sotheby’s, Kaneka Subberwal, Art Fair Director of Art Bahrain Across Borders, Reedah […]
As Bahrain boasts a long history of creative talent, from painters through to illustrators, Bahrain Art Week will pay tribute to an artistic master, and celebrate the illustrations of Ahmed Baqer’s Bahrain Authentic Arab Horses with a celebratory book launch of Bahraini Illustrator, Ahmed Baqer on Friday 8th December at Maison Assouline, Piccadilly, London.
Art Bahrain announces the launch of Bahrain Art Week in London. Bahrain Art Week launches in London at Saatchi with an exhibition entitled ‘Diversity’ co-curated by Kaneka Subberwal and Janet Rady. The week will include: An Art exhibition of 15 Bahraini contemporary artists at Saatchi Gallery, entitled ‘Diversity’ A Panel discussion on the ‘Business of […]
For over 20 years, the British Council and the Royal Court Theatre have worked together to nurture the next generation of playwrights from around the world. In 2007 21 writers from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria and Tunisia joined the first Royal Court programme in the Arab world. A decade on and many of […]