FUTURE OF MUSEUMS
IN LEBANON AND THE MIDDLE EAST
The talk examines the diversity of privately-owned public collections and museums, and what makes them special
21 September 2018, 6 PM - 8 PM
DABKE
ANAS ABUOUN
A cognitive perspective and a social-developmental approach – the experience of El-Funoun Dance Troupe
23 July 2018, 5 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
24 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
17 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
10 May 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM
ARCHEOLOGY: THE UNREPEATABLE EXPERIMENT
ANDREW PETERSEN
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
26 April 2018, 7 PM - 8 PM
EPHEMERAL RETURNS
SABA INNAB
The Radical, The Poetic, and The Utopian
19 April 2018, 7 PM - 8 PM
LARISSA SANSOUR
MEET THE ARTIST
Join artist Larissa Sansour for a conversation to explore the artworks of the exhibition
12 April 2018, 7 PM - 8 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
11 October 2017, 6 PM - 7 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'
4 October 2017, 6:30 PM - 8 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
27 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.
25 July 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
30 May 2017, 7 PM - 8:30 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
16 May 2017, 7 PM - 6:30 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
11 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
2 May 2017, 7 PM - 8:30 PM
THE GEOMETRY OF ARABIC LETTER SHAPES AS RECEPTACLES OF DIVINE IMMANENCE
AHMAD MOUSTAFA
Presentation of 'The Cosmic Script'
18 April 2017, 7 PM - 8:30 PM
MIDAD’S CONTEMPORARY COMMISSIONS
RACHEL DEDMAN
Midad curator in conversation with artists to discuss the new work they have produced for Midad, commissioned by Dar El-Nimer
17 April 2017, 7 PM - 8:30 PM
A BRIEF HISTORY OF ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY THROUGH THE EL-NIMER COLLECTION
DR. ALAIN FOUAD GEORGE
In this lecture, based primarily on objects seen in the Midad exhibition, we will glimpse at the main lines of these developments in the Islamic world, from West Africa to China
13 April 2017, 7 PM - 8:30 PM
BEIRUT & BEYOND INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
PANELS
Two panels organized by the Beirut & Beyond International Music Festival
9 December 2016, 4 PM - 5:30 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).
25 October 2016, 6:30 PM - 8 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
18 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.
11 October 2016, 6:30 PM - 8:30 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
23 July 2016, 10 AM - 4 PM