I AM is a peacebuilding exhibition that premiered in Amman, Jordan under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah involving 31 of the Middle East’s premier contemporary women artists that promotes and celebrates the many accomplishments of Middle Eastern women in shaping our world into a peaceful and harmonious one. I AM will visually celebrate the rich, diverse and crucial contributions that women […]
Two of the most exciting musicians to emerge from the cultural renaissance in Palestine. Nai Barghouti captured the hearts of concert halls across the UK last year when she toured with the Palestine Youth Orchestra, selling out shows from Glasgow to London. She returns this summer with her Amsterdam-based band of musicians from Palestine, Korea, […]
Join us for a lecture with artist Michael Rakowitz to discuss his recent work including; ‘Dar Al Sulh’(Domain of Conciliation) , a unique supper club hosted by The Mosaic Rooms, London, and his upcoming commission for The Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square; ‘The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist’, a work that uses tin cans to […]
Palestinian vocalist Ruba Shamshoum will celebrate the launch of her debut album ‘Shamat’ (Beauty Spots) with her full-band followed by after party with special guest DJ Sotusura (Hicham Ibrahim). Ruba is influenced by a wide range of music, from her roots of Palestinian traditional music to rock, pop and jazz, which is abundantly heard in […]
Banipal has great pleasure in inviting you to our next Waterstones Piccadilly Literary Evening • With special guest Saudi author Mohammed Hasan Alwan, winner of this year’s International Prize for Arabic Fiction for his novel A Small Death, on the travels of the famous Sufi mystic Ibn Arabi – from his birth in 1165, in […]
Based on verbatim interviews, The Scar Test explores life inside Yarl’s Wood Detention Centre, a place in which those seeking safe haven are thrown into a dark world under lock and key where their lives are regulated, privacy is non-existent and where every detainee has a story to tell. It is written by Palestinian-Irish writer […]
AND HERE I AM By Hassan Abdulrazzak Based on the actor Ahmed Tobasi’s personal coming of age story, AND HERE I AM is an epic voyage of identity and self discovery. Combining fact and fantasy, tragedy and comedy, spanning both the first Palestinian intifada and the second, we follow Tobasi through his transformation from armed […]
21st June 2017 6.30pm followed by a drinks reception Waterstones Piccadilly Wafik Moustafa will be talking about his new book, Egypt, A Nation in Crisis. This authoritative commentary on Egyptian affairs casts an eye back over Egypt’s modern history, taking the reader through the landmark events that have formed the modern nation, and brings the […]
Elena Novikova & Raghad Mardini have the pleasure to invite you to a pop-up exhibition at Elena Residence in Kensington featuring original artwork by Syrian Artists, whose work has been influenced by six wretched years of conflict in their homeland. The artists are among millions of Syrians who have been affected and displaced by war, […]
Join some of comedy’s finest up and coming and established names for laughs! Arts Canteen proudly presents Arabs Are Not Funny – the best in stand-up comedy from the Arab World. MC and special guest : Omar Hamdi Egyptian-Welsh comic Omar Hamdi has supported A-list stars Russell Kane, Ava Vidal and the great Milton Jones. […]