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.

The role of mapping and planning in various Palestinian refugee struggles such as rebuilding destroyed camps.

The Palestinians are not only removed from their villages in the present but also excluded from their own past. The evidence is gone, and the experiment cannot be repeated.

A reflection on Nahr el-Bared reconstruction project constructs a framework to rethink how a camp is rebuilt after destruction.

الفنانة لاريسا صنصور في لقاء تقدم من خلاله الأعمال الفنية التي يشملها المعرض، من أفلام، وتجهيزات فنية، وصور فوتوغرافية، ومنحوتات، تستخدم لغة الخيال العلمي والإنتاج عالي الجودة لتقدم رؤية ساخرة للوضع المتأزم في الشرق الأوسط

To mark the opening of Sci-Fi Trilogy, join artist Larissa Sansour for a conversation to explore the artworks of the exhibition, which brings together films, installations, photographs, and sculptures, that use the language of sci-fi and glossy production, to present a sarcastic vision of a Middle East on the brink of the apocalypse.

Exploring the mysteries of the Arabic alphabet and the meaning of its letters as well as the layout of its order with linguist researcher Assem El Masri.

This talk presents a new concept and technology, which offers a comprehensive solution suitable for broad online application, unshackled to specific corporate operating systems.

Thomas Milo: Linguist, typographerMirjam Somers: Typographer, type designer

How do we define calligraphy and typography? This talk is a thorough examination of the journey from contemporary calligraphy into typography.

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.

The 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.

The relationship between Arabic script and the divine is as old as the Qur’an itself.

The cornerstones of Calligraphy were laid as early as the first century after the hijra, giving script a visual sophistication largely unprecedented in the Mediterranean world.

Jack Persekian will shed light on the ever-expanding art market in the Arab world and will open up the discussion on the responsibilities of art collecting.

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.

Drawing on recently found film rushes, rare documentary footage and clips of Third Cinema, Mohanad Yaqubi will introduce 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.

The story of the archives of the Palestinian national movement reveals a narrative of exile and fragmentation that reflects the Palestinian experience itself.

Themes under discussion include embroidery in the work of Intifada-era artists; the history of traveling PLO folklore exhibitions; the problematics of archiving oral histories of Palestine…