An evening of works by Vivaldi, Handel, Attia Sharara and others, performed by Laura Virtanen (Violin), Wessam Amin (Oboe) and Marko Hilpo (Piano). ‘The Finnish-Arabian Encounters’ concert series has taken the trio Laura Virtanen, Wessam Amin and Marko Hilpo to Finland, Egypt and the UK to perform ten concerts in venues such as Alexandria Bibliotheca, […]
Despite living in a “doomed country, yet hanging by a thread”, a young man falls in love with a young lady. Joud, a handsome, introverted sound engineer meets Rana who’s his complete opposite, an electrifying young lady sweeping Joud off his feet with her strong, vivacious and free spirit. Their love is passionate and sensual. […]
Rabih, a young blind musician, 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 life, is a forgery. Traveling across rural Lebanon […]
Taking part in the Screening Rights Film Festival, Birmingham’s international festival of social justice film, Tramontane tells the story of Rabih, a young blind man, living in a small village in Lebanon. His life unravels when he tries to apply for a passport and discovers that his identification card is a forgery. Traveling across rural […]
Winner of the Grand Rail d’Or award at Cannes Film Festival, Tramontane follows Rabih, a blind musician, as he travels across rural Lebanon in search of a record of his own birth. He meets people on the far fringes of society who tell their own stories and open further questions about his origins. Vatche Boulghourjian’s […]
The Banipal Book Club is back after an extended summer break. We will be discussing ‘Season of Migration to the North’, a classic novel by the Sudanese writer Tayeb Salih (1929-2009). It was first published in Arabic in 1966 and was published in English translation by Denys Johnson-Davies in 1969. The novel will be the […]
The masterpiece of the Sudanese writer Tayeb Salih (1929-2009), Season of Migration to the North was first published in Arabic in 1966 and was published in English translation by Denys Johnson-Davies in 1969. It has been rightly subject to much analysis for treatment of colonialism, anti-colonialism, authoritarianism, resistance to social change and patriarchy. But this […]
Goats – A Syrian Satire In a small town in Syria, soldiers are celebrated as heroes and grieving families are nourished on propaganda. As the coffins pile up, the local party leader decides on a radical compensation scheme: a goat for each son martyred. “Has anyone ever told the truth? Has anyone ever demanded it? […]
PostCraft Collection, a design collection designed by five designers from the GCC, Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait, supported and produced by BD Barcelona Design the project is curated and conceived by Samer Yamani.
Audiovisability is delighted to present a brand new performance showcase – The Unheard World funded by Arts Council England, The Arab British Centre and Decibels Year of Sound. ‘The Unheard World’ explores the experience of deafness, migration, displacement and loss, plus language from a deaf perspective by working with artists and individuals from the UK, Syria, Iraq, Middle […]