“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 […]
3 Participants. 2 Judges. 1 Visa Approval. (And many levels of hilarity in between, inshallah!) How can you tell if your neighbour is speaking Muslim? Is a mosque a kind of hedgehog? Can I get fries with that burka? You can’t trust the media any longer, but there’s no need to fret: this gameshow will […]
As part of Caravan’s ‘I Am’ Exhibition there is an Artists Panel Discussion ‘WOMEN, ART AND THE MIDDLE EAST’ on Tuesday 4 July 2017 at 7 pm at The Crypt Gallery. An exploration with participating women Middle Eastern artists and the curator from Caravan’s ‘I Am’ Exhibition, Janet Rady. FREE Admission, no tickets required.
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 […]