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. […]
A Great Night of Jazz, Flamenco, Middle East, and North African Music with Kader Fahem https://m.facebook.com/KADERFAHEMOfficiel/ Abdelkader Saadoun, https://www.facebook.com/abdelkader.saadoun Andres Garcia (Flamenco Guitarist from Granada, Spain) plus Special Guests at Oliver Jazz Bar Tuesday 13th June from 9pm, 9 Nevada Street, SE10 9JL Greenwich Village Tel: 0208 858 3693 https://www.facebook.com/olivers.jazzbar/ Kader Fahem was born in […]
Arts Canteen presents Sama’. سماع Sama’ literally means ‘listening deeply, intently’. Drawing from a long history of indigenous traditions and incorporating diverse influences of surrounding cultures, music in Palestine and among the millions of Palestinians in diaspora offers a unique window on cultural and political events of the past century. From the perspective of scholars, […]
Translators from Arabic to English! There are a few days left to apply for the Arabic translation workshop at Translate at City, City University’s literary translation summer school. The workshop is led by literary translator and academic Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp and will include a Skype call with the author Hisham Bustani. For more information contact […]
This is a rare screening of Kaouther Ben Hania’s award winning documentary, as part of Genesis’ #DirectedByWomen2017, a season celebrating women filmmakers from around the world. Tunisia, before the revolution. A man on a motorbike, razor blade in hand, prowls the streets of Tunis slashing women’s buttocks. They call him Challat, aka “The Blade”, and […]
“Istanbul: The Story of a City from Roman times to the Ottoman Conquest” With Roberta Marin (Nasser Khalili Collection & SOAS) on Monday 12th June 2017 at The Treehouse, Berrick Saul Building, University of York (UK) from 6:30pm – 7:30pm Attendance by free ticket only available at http://yorkfestivalofideas.com/2017/talks/instanbul-story-of-a-city/ Abstract: Built on the ruins of Constantinople, […]