Jameel Prize nominee Sofia Karim presents architectural models and drawings illustrating the cases of political prisoners in India and Bangladesh who she campaigns for. Her project An Architecture of Disappearance evolved after the incarceration of her uncle (photographer and activist Shahidul Alam). This inspired her to use architecture as a medium to explore fascism and […]
Join Noora Aljabi, Anrinjoy Sen, and Léopold Lambert in a conversation about the mechanisms of power in architecture. This online event, chaired by The Funambulist, explores how architecture is almost always on the side of the dominant order, enforcing settler colonialism, border imperialism, and capitalism. How can this be resisted? Arinjoy Sen and Noora Aljabi […]
Diana Allan and contributors Salman Abu Sitta, Lena Jayyusi and Mahmoud Zeidan launch Voices of the Nakba (Pluto Press, 2021) which won an English Pen Award this year. Hear about the living history of Palestine as contributors tell the stories of first-generation Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. In the 1948 war more than 750,000 Palestinian Arabs […]
THE CITY IS [NOT] A TREE conference creates awareness of the problems that cause spatial, physical, political, social, economic, racial, religious divisions in cities. Architects, planners, built environment professionals, social and political scientists, economists, designers and artists will come together to discuss the reasons for the divisions as well as to conceptualize an approach to […]
Haramacy acts as catalyst for cross-cultural engagement for artists from Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) communities. It creates a space for BIPOC artists to collaborate and create works that explore intersectional social issues (race, gender, class, and ethnicity) that exist within their communities and those of their peers. Haramacy is comprised of an […]
Join us for our last Taqasim Oud Club concert of the year! Don’t miss “al-Soufiyah with Redha Boudebagh” A mystical evening of Sufi music & vocals Featuring Redha Boudebagh (Sufi vocals), Nikos Kirios (violin), Konstantinos Glynos (qanun) & Muammer Saglam (percussion) and supervised by Ahmed Mukhtar. When: Wednesday, 24th November 2021 @ 7:00pm (doors open at 6:30) […]
Habibi Collective is hosting a programme that looks at Film Collectives and Political Liberation in the UK. All screenings will be hosted at The Castle Cinema in London on: 7th November – 4.30 pm 20th November – 4 pm 27th November – 4 pm The programme includes rarely before seen films like Cool Club Dancers […]
A celebration of Palestine and the Eastern Mediterranean’s rich and diverse cultural scene through music, theatre, film, cookery, dance, architectural heritage and discussion.
With the world beginning to open The Zay Initiative are delighted to announce that their online forthcoming ‘Arab Costume Collections: Sustaining Legacies Symposium – The Past, Present & Future will be taking place on Sunday, 14th November. This will be a 2-hour online session with 2 panel sessions, the first focusing on the importance of […]
Join cookbook author, MasterChef contestant, and Guinness World Record Holder Raheel Mirza at this special cook-along fundraiser, co-hosted by Zaytoun! Raheel, who has broken the Guinness World Record for the biggest ever cook-along, will be guiding us through the process of cooking his Butter Chicken recipe, with veggie and vegan alternatives available. He will be […]