Enjoy wine and canapés before a talk on the city’s highs and lows – the wars, revolutions, famines and diseases that have shaped our spirit – and the way these have affected the representation of religion in the capital. Bernard will take us from the Roman Temple of Mithras and St Paul’s Cathedral to the […]
Dir. Alexandria Bombach • 2019 • US • Documentary • Cert 12A • 94 mins A moving and chilling documentary, On Her Shoulders follows 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner and UN Goodwill Ambassador Nadia Murad as she campaigns to free the Northern Iraq Yazidi people, after herself surviving the genocide and sexual slavery committed by […]
This symposium will examine perceptions of Assyria in art, culture and politics from the 19th century to the present day. Assyria’s ‘rediscovery’ in the 19th century captured the public imagination in Europe and went on to influence European art and design. In the early 20th century, when Iraq became a nation, Assyria became an […]
This month, join us at the Poetry Cafe, Covent Garden for another night full of oud, music, poetry and performance. Everyone is welcome! Please arrive by 7:00pm to sign up for the open-mic See you there!
The Friends of Birzeit University 40th Anniversary programme co-hosted with the University & College Union (UCU) EDUCATION, OCCUPATION & LIBERATION — RSVP Eventbrite is required to attend this event. — In her lecture, prominent psychiatrist and scholar, Dr Samah Jaber explores themes of alienation and freedom in the context of the Palestinian struggle for national […]
eL Seed: Tabula Rasa Exhibition Lazinc Sackville 25 January – 9 March Free admission Lazinc is proud to present a solo exhibition by Tunisian-French artist eL Seed. Opening in January the exhibition will celebrate Lazinc’s first anniversary at 29 Sackville Street and the artist’s first solo presentation in the UK. Tabula Rasa will delve into […]
Kader Attia: The Museum of Emotion Exhibition Hayward Gallery 13 February – 6 May Free for members, £0 – £15 otherwise Kader Attia’s first UK survey exhibition traces several strands of the French-Algerian artist’s work from the past two decades. Defining himself as an activist as well as an artist, Attia has over the past […]
Sophia Al-Maria: BCE Exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery Free Entry 15 January – 28 April “Still there are seeds to be gathered, and room in the bag of stars.” Ursula K. Le Guin, The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, 1986 Speculative fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin reimagines narrative as a feminist project. Instead of the […]
The Ismaili Centre, London and The Woolf Institute, Cambridge present: Yair Dalal and Ahmed Mukhtar: Taqasim on Oud An evening of original Arabic music with Yair Dalal and Ahmed Mukhtar. Yair Dalal, the acclaimed oud and violin virtuoso, will perform music from the Iraqi Jewish repertoires of Baghdad. Ahmed Mukhtar, internationally renowned oud and violin […]
Bagri Foundation and Shorts On Tap present Tales of the Silk Road – Chapter 2: Lebanon on Monday, February 25th at Rich Mix (Main Space), London from 7pm. TICKETS: £5 (online) or £6 on the door. INFO AND TICKETS Join Bagri Foundation and Shorts On Tap on a visually compelling exploration of Lebanese filmmaking this […]