SCI-FI TRILOGY
LARISSA SANSOUR
11/4 - 6/6/2018
The exhibition brings together three of Sansour’s films – 'A Space Exodus' (2009), 'Nation Estate' (2012) and 'In the Future They Ate From the Finest Porcelain' (2016)
Workshop . 8 June 2016, 3 PM - 6 PM
CHILDREN'S EMBROIDERY WORKSHOP
WARAQ & STUDIO KAWAKEB
These hands-on workshops invite children to engage in an interactive learning experience by exploring the narratives behind Palestinian embroidery
Workshop . 11 June 2016, 12 PM - 12 PM
OBJECT-IN-FOCUS
RACHEL DEDMAN
These tactile workshops will bring you up-close and personal with objects from the exhibition
Book Launch . 15 June 2016, 7 PM - 10 PM
"THE EMBROIDERS" & "AT THE SEAMS"
Rachel Dedman, Tanya Traboulsi and others
A special screening of "The Embroiderers" and the formal launch of the "At the Seams" publication
Workshop . 18 June 2016, 12 PM - 6 PM
EMBROIDERY SATURDAY
PALESTINIAN CROSS-STITCH
Learn the basics of the Palestinian cross-stitch
Workshop . 16 July 2016, 12 PM - 6 PM
MARKET MORNING & OPEN EMBROIDERY
SATURDAY MARKET
Shop and stitch in the sunshine!
Tour . 29 July 2016, 11 AM - 12 PM
CURATOR TOUR
RACHEL DEDMAN & LAMA MAWLA
A guided tour of 'At the Seams'
Workshop . 23 August 2016, 10 AM - 2 PM
SCREEN-PRINTING WORKSHOP
FARAH FAYYAD
Participating children will create their own illustrations to be printed on t-shirts and back sacks
Talking Music . 13 September 2016, 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM
FATOU DIWARA
MEET THE ARTIST
Discover Diawara and her musical achievements
Book Launch . 17 September 2016, 6 PM - 8 PM
VANISHED
AHMED MASOUD
The Mysterious Disappearance of Mustafa Ouda
Screening . 7 October 2016, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
RECOLLECTION
KAMAL ALJAFARI
The Israeli and American features shot in the town of Jaffa from the 60s to the 90s are the basis for the story of a dream. All protagonists are removed from the original footage, leaving an empty setting formed by the town. Thus, the impossible is made possible from the ‘I’ perspective, namely filming the past and compiling a picture album made of memories
Talk . 11 October 2016, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
SEA OF STORIES: VOYAGES OF THE PALESTINIAN ARCHIVES
AHMAD BARCLAY & HANA SLEIMAN
The story of the archives of the Palestinian national movement reveals a narrative of exile and fragmentation that reflects the Palestinian experience itself.
Performance . 13 October 2016, 6:30 PM - 8 PM
A PERFORMANCE DESPERATELY IN NEED FOR AN AUDIENCE
ARAB PUPPET THEATRE FOUNDATION
The story of ‘A Performance Desperately in Need for an Audience’ tells the tale of exile. It delves into the world where thousands upon thousands of people are choosing to bear the burden of migration and to face the ultimate risk of death, leaving behind their homes and loved ones, in the hopes of finding themselves human again beyond the seas
Screening . 14 October 2016, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
MY LOVE AWAITS ME BY THE SEA
MAIS DARWAZAH
‘My Love Awaits Me by the Sea’ is a poetic documentary narrating the story of the director who takes the first-time journey back to her homeland, Palestine. The screening will be followed by a conversation between Mais Darwazah and Rima Mismar (AFAC).
Talk . 18 October 2016, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
OFF FRAME: A JOURNEY THROUGH MILITANT CINEMA
MOHANAD YAQUBI
Drawing on recently found film rushes, rare documentary footage and clips of Third Cinema, Mohanad Yaqubi will introduce us to a fascinating and often neglected world that engages with the depth of Palestine’s filmmaking history, its role in shaping Palestinian identity, and its ties to the wider Third Cinema movement
Book Launch . 21 October 2016, 6 PM - 8 PM
NAWA EL-HAWA
MIDAD CLOSING EVENT
To mark the closing of the exhibition: ‘Midad: The Public and Intimate Lives of Arabic Calligraphy’
Talk . 25 October 2016, 6:30 PM - 8 PM
THE SEA IS THIS WAY
DICTAPHONE GROUP
Dictaphone Group was asked to guest edit the Fall 2013 online edition of ArteEast. Based on ‘This Sea Is Mine’ project (2012), they discussed the issue of access to the sea and public space in several Arab cities. They asked the contribution of activists, artists and researchers from Lebanon, Jordan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Palestine, with an aim to critically and comparatively open a debate about access to the sea as a social practice and as a right to ‘make and remake our cities’ (Harvey, 2008).
Tour . 29 October 2016, 11 AM - 12 PM
THIS SEA IS MINE
DICTAPHONE GROUP
Taking an audio tour based on ‘This Sea Is Mine’ performance that was conducted in 2012, the audience is invited to a journey with fisherman Adnan al-Oud on a fishing boat from the Ain El-Mreisse port to Dalieh seafront area in Raouche
Screening . 29 October 2016, 6 PM - 8 PM
REFLECTIONS
SARAH ZEYRAB
It is through the voice notes exchanged with her parents that Sarah discovers that the war has reversed their roles
Screening . 29 October 2016, 6 PM - 8 PM
HAMULE
MAURICIO MISLE
In audio and video recordings from the 1970’s, Mauricio Misle found strong memories from his family in Palestine, that present a brutal episode of the Israeli colonization. Hamule reflects the trauma inherited by several generations of Palestinian descendants in Chile
Book Signing . 15 November 2016, 5:30 PM - 7 PM
APOLLO ON GAZA SHORE
HOODA SHAWA
A book signing followed by a conversation with Hooda Shawa
Concert . 15 November 2016, 7 PM - 9 PM
AMAL KAWASH AND WESSAM ELALI
"QALANDIYA INTERNATIONAL" CLOSING
A music performance by Amal Kawash (vocals) accompanied by Wissam Elali (Oud)
Performance . 24 November 2016, 8 PM - 9:15 PM
WHERE CAN I FIND SOMEONE LIKE YOU, ALI?
RAEDA TAHA
Written, produced and performed by Raeda Taha | Directed by Lina Abyad | Duration: 75 minutes | All proceeds of the play go to support the Ghassan Kanafani Cultural Foundation
Talking Music . 7 December 2016, 6 PM - 7:30 PM
KAMILYA JUBRAN
MEET THE ARTIST
A conversation with the artist moderated by Khyam Allami
Talk . 9 December 2016, 4 PM - 5:30 PM
BEIRUT & BEYOND INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
PANELS
Two panels organized by the Beirut & Beyond International Music Festival
Talk . 2 May 2017, 7 PM - 8:30 PM
CALLIGRAPHY: AN ART IN ITS OWN RIGHT
SAMIR SAYEGH
This talk will address the intertwined nature of Arabic calligraphy and religion, the symbiosis of language and script, and calligraphy as an art that must be understood on its own terms
Workshop . 5 May 2017, 5 PM - 6:30 PM
TIME REVERSED
CHAFA GHADDAR
The workshop proposes an alternative way of experiencing art, text, and paper
Talk . 11 May 2017, 7 PM - 8:30 PM
SHOOTING REVOLUTION
MONICA MAURER
A work-in-progress aiming at making a vast audio-visual testimony of the "Palestinian Revolution" of the 70's accessible to a new generation
Talk . 16 May 2017, 7 PM - 6:30 PM
DIALLO'S JOURNEY
IAN FOSTER
This talk attempts to answer questions about Diallo’s life, examining his time and circumstances as a slave in the United States, reasons for his travel to England, and his interaction with both societies
Talking Music . 23 May 2017, 7 PM - 9:30 PM
ALA.NI
MEET THE ARTIST
Encounter and workshop with ALA.NI
Talk . 30 May 2017, 7 PM - 8:30 PM
THE BIRTH OF TYPOGRAPHY OUT OF THE SPIRIT OF CALLIGRAPHY
REZA ABEDINI
This talk is a thorough examination of the journey from contemporary calligraphy into typography
Tarab . 8 June 2017, 9:30 PM - 11 PM
DALINE JABBOUR
Live Concert
Daline Jabbour will be performing music from Oum Koulthoum and Abdel Wahab repertory, in addition to Muwashahat
Tarab . 22 June 2017, 9:30 PM - 11 PM
MUSTAFA SAEED
Live Concert
A lyrical journey with verses of Al-Hallaj, Jamil Sudqii El-Zihawi and Omar Khayyam
Workshop . 3 July 2017, 10 AM - 1 PM
TYPOEM
REZA ABEDINI
Participants are invited to take classic Arabic poems and use them to make a typographic poetry book
Workshop . 8 July 2017, 10 AM - 1 PM
LETTERS LETTERS LETTERS!
KHAJAG APELIAN & FARAH FAYYAD
Participants will draw their own using a variety of tools, compiling the results into a functioning Arabic font
Tribute . 10 July 2017, 7 PM - 9 PM
REMEMBERING GHASSAN KANAFANI AND LAMIS NIJEM
GHASSAN KANAFANI CULTURAL FOUNDATION
Ghassan Kanafani Cultural Foundation and Dar El-Nimer for Arts and Culture invite you on Monday, July 10th, to remember Ghassan Kanafani and Lamis Nijem on the 45th commemoration of their martyrdom
Tour . 11 July 2017, 10 AM - 12 PM
ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY AT THE BASHOURA CEMETERY
ALI ASSI
A guided tour of the Bachoura cemetery to study the history of tombstones
Performance . 13 July 2017, 7 PM - 8 PM
THE GIFT
ARAB PUPPET THEATRE FOUNDATION
From overseas, on a journey across three continents, a precious gift arrives from the east to the west... An elephant!
Talk . 23 July 2017, 10 AM - 4 PM
TALKS AT THE SEAMS
DISCUSSING PALESTINIAN EMBROIDERY
he discussion will engage with concerns surrounding the pictorial role of embroidery in Palestinian art history; the work of embroidery NGOs and craft-production as empowerment; the shaping of identity and embroidery’s role in resistance
Talk . 25 July 2017, 7 PM - 8:30 PM
BRIDGING ARABIC SCRIPT & TYPE
PANEL ON ARABIC TYPE
The discussion will be centered around the necessity of building bridges between tradition and modernity in order to create authentic and high-quality Arabic typefaces.
Workshop . 26 July 2017, 4 PM - 7 PM
ART OF ILLUMINATION
NEGIN FALLAH
To discover the art of Illumination and learn its basics
Talk . 27 July 2017, 7 PM - 8:30 PM
LIBERATING ARABIC
THOMAS MILO & MIRJAM SOMERS
This talk presents a new concept and technology, which offers a comprehensive solution suitable for broad online application, unshackled to specific corporate operating systems
Tarab . 10 August 2017, 8 PM - 9:30 PM
ELIE RIZKALLAH & JOHN FAYYAD
Live Concert
An evening of classical Arabic songs by Elie Rizkallah accompanied on the piano by Dr. John Fayyad, taking us back to the golden age of Arabic music
Workshop . 23 August 2017, 11 AM - 1 PM
FAT'HA DAMMEH KASRA
STUDIO KAWAKEB
Kids will be inspired to explore and engage with language and writing beyond speech and text itself
Talking Music . 11 September 2017, 6:30 PM - 8 PM
SOUAD MASSI
MEET THE ARTIST
Discover Souad’s musical journey, her relation to the Arabic language, which she’s been importing through her songs, as well as her status as an Arab woman and artist
Book Launch . 19 September 2017, 6 PM - 8 PM
MIDAD: THE PUBLIC AND INTIMATE LIVES OF ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY
ALAIN FOUAD GEORGE
The book invites the reader to explore the worlds of Arabic calligraphy, its ever-changing expressions, and its meaning, from proclamations of authority in the public sphere to intimate beliefs about the power of the Word
Palestinian Week . 23 September 2017, 5 PM - 9 PM
MOHAMMAD BAKRI
IN BEIRUT
A series of events will be taking place from the 23rd until the 29th of September in the presence of the acclaimed Palestinian actor and director, Mohammad Bakri
Talk . 4 October 2017, 6:30 PM - 8 PM
THE BIBLE IN THE FACE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND BIBLICAL STUDIES
LUTFI AL-SUMI
Presentation of 'The Bible in the Face of Archaeology and Biblical Studies'
Talk . 11 October 2017, 6 PM - 7 PM
THE DIALECTIC OF THE LANGUAGE AND THE UNIVERSE
ASSEM AL MASRI
Explore the mysteries of the Arabic alphabet and the meaning of its letters
Workshop . 13 October 2017, 5 PM - 2 PM
PAPER & THREAD
KARMA TOHME
This workshop proposes to reflect on the construction of the book as a design object
Tour . 18 October 2017, 11 AM - 12 PM
CURATOR TOUR
RACHEL DEDMAN
Last chance to discuss the exhibition's research and get up close to the extraordinary objects of the El-Nimer Collection
Talking Music . 20 November 2017, 7 PM - 8:30 PM
DHAFER YOUSSEF
MEET THE ARTIST
A conversation between Dhafer Youssef and Pierre Abi Saab
Screening . 28 November 2017, 6:30 PM - 8 PM
3000 NIGHTS | MAI MASRI
The 1987 Intifada
In collaboration with the Institute for Palestine Studies, followed by a discussion with director Mai Masri, moderated by Leila Shahid
Screening . 29 November 2017, 6:30 PM - 8 PM
THE WANTED 18 | AMER SHOMALI
THE 1987 INTIFADA
In collaboration with the Institute for Palestine Studies, followed by a discussion with director Amer Shomali, moderated by Rima Mismar, Executive Director of the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture - AFAC
Conference . 30 November 2017, 9 AM - 2:15 PM
CONFERENCE | THE 1987 INTIFADA
THE 1987 INTIFADA: HISTORY AND MEMORY
In collaboration with the Institute for Palestine Studies, a conference day that aims to examine cultural production during and about the Intifada, with contributions by researchers, writers, artists, and filmmakers
Talking Music . 8 December 2017, 6 PM - 7 PM
YASMINE HAMDAN
MEET THE ARTIST
A conversation with Yasmine Hamdan moderated by Pierre Abi Saab
Screening . 13 December 2017, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
MACAM AT DAR
SHORTS SCREENING
In collaboration with the Modern and Contemporary Art Museum — MACAM: Screening of short films, followed by a discussion with Philip Joa
Kids' Workshop . 1 May 2018, 9 AM - 12 PM
JOUER L'IMAGE: THE STREET ORGAN
SAUDAÁ GROUP
The workshop blends sound, art, improvisations, poetic and societal approach to music, traditions and new forms of authorship
Announcement . 2 May 2018, 6 PM - 9 PM
HOLY RAIL
RAILROAD ISTANBUL TO MEDINA
A rare collection of photographs and archival documents
Dar Samaa' . 3 May 2018, 7 PM - 8 PM
FAIROUZ, THE STAR OF 1952
MAHMOUD ZIBAWI
From the rich and diverse productions of 1952, this session will showcase a selection of songs, some of which have never been available online
Musical Performance . 5 May 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM
JOUER L'IMAGE: THE STREET ORGAN
SAUDAÁ GROUP
By the participants of the Jouer l'Image workshop
Film Tuesday . 8 May 2018, 6 PM - 7:45 PM
EYES OF A THIEF
NAJWA NAJJAR
The film is a rare glimpse into Palestinian society from the inside
Talk . 10 May 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM
PLANNING AND ACTIVISM: PALESTINIAN PERSPECTIVES
ISMAEL SHEIKH HASSAN
This encounter aims to discuss the role of mapping and planning in various Palestinian refugee struggles such as rebuilding destroyed camps, drawing the destroyed villages of origin in Palestine as well as in confronting multiple problematic planning projects
Screening and Talk . 15 May 2018, 6 PM - 7:30 PM
IN THE LAND OF MY BIRTH
RAJA-E BUSAILAH
A Palestinian Boyhood
Talk . 17 May 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM
WHEN MYTH BECOMES HISTORY: NATION STATES, IDEOLOGY AND THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL NARRATIVES
ASSAAD SEIF
The talk will be articulated around themes related to the formation process and the legitimization of the Nation States through the recalling process for ancestors, history and archaeology
Film Tuesday . 22 May 2018, 6 PM - 7:45 PM
OMAR
HANI ABU-ASSAD
Separated by the Wall that snakes through the occupied West Bank, Omar has become adept at dodging surveillance bullets in order to climb the wall and visit the beautiful Nadia
Talk . 24 May 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM
PLAY IN THE CAMP
PUBLIC WORKS STUDIO
By focusing on the field of Mar Elias Palestinian Camp, Public Works Studio will show how acquiring spaces for play is a daily exercise of resistance
Panel . 7 June 2018, 2 PM - 4 PM
CREATIVE TRANSFORMATION OF TRAUMA
ARTICHOKE STUDIO
How can the creative process be a healing process?
Announcement . 25 June 2018, 6 PM - 9 PM
RHYTHMS OF A DIFFERENT TIME
TOUFIC ABDUL-AL
An exhibition of paintings, drawings, and sculptures by the renowned Palestinian artist
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