October Gallery presents Celestial Blue, a solo exhibition of new works by the renowned artist Rachid Koraïchi. This exhibition includes canvas works interspersed with statuesque steel sculptures, in his characteristically figurative forms. The works on canvas are inspired by the nasibs that the 12th century Sufi mystic and writer, Ibn ‘Arabi, set down in his […]
Whitechapel Gallery presents the UK debut of Zineb Sedira’s critically acclaimed exhibition Dreams Have No Titles. Originally conceived for the French Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022, Dreams Have No Titles is an immersive installation comprising film, sculpture, photography and performance, that interweaves the artist’s biography with activist films produced across France, Algeria and Italy in the […]
The Mosaic Rooms is pleased to present ‘Translation as Hospitality’ by The School of Mutants, an installation for learning and knowledge distribution shown in London for the first time. Central to the installation is a library of books and materials curated by the collective that draws on anti-colonial thought, African philosophy, and radical politics that […]
The Galilee Foundation are delighted to be hosting a one-off cinema screening of the film Lyd by acclaimed Palestinian film maker, writer and journalist Rami Younis, and New York based documentary filmmaker and media artist Sarah Ema Friedland. Lyd is the story of a city that once connected Palestine to the world — what it […]
FSCC fundraising book talk and buffet dinner on Weds 6 March in Notting Hill, London. All proceeds to benefit disadvantaged children and their families in East Jerusalem. The speaker is a writer and former journalist Roger Hardy, who will be presenting his latest book ‘The Bride: An Illustrated History of Palestine 1850-1948’. Copies will be […]
It’s 20 years since the Iraq War and Jenan wants to talk about it. Join BBC New Voices winner, star of BBC’s Radio’s Jenan’s Comedy Hour and founder of Guardian-recommended Weapons of Mass Hilarity for an hour and a bit of new material about the Iraq War, being a model minority, selective empathy and the […]
It’s 20 years since the Iraq War and Jenan wants to talk about it. Join BBC New Voices winner, star of BBC’s Radio’s Jenan’s Comedy Hour and founder of Guardian-recommended Weapons of Mass Hilarity for an hour and a bit of new material about the Iraq War, being a model minority, selective empathy and the […]
Are Arabs Funny? Judge for yourself with this fabulous night of laughs aplenty, as the legendary comedy night returns to Grand Junction! You might have thought that Arabs couldn’t get any funnier. Think again. Widely regarded as one of the hottest comedy nights among the Arab community and beyond, ‘Arabs are not funny!‘ sees comedians […]
We are delighted to launch a joke writing workshop for absolute beginners run by the fabulously talented comedian Stella Graham. What to expect from the workshop? No prior experience in stand-up comedy, the performing arts or comedy writing is needed. By the end of the session participants will receive an introduction to: – What are […]
FILM SCREENING + DIRECTOR’S Q&A In Lebanon there are more than 100 untouched mass graves dating back from the Civil War, and thousands of families awaiting a missing relative or at least a bone to bury. The Soil and the Sea unveils the violence lying beneath a garden, a school, a cafe, a hotel, and […]