Category Archives: Spaces
Art review: Bita Ghezelayagh, The Letter that Never Arrived
In 2011, Bita Ghezelayagh’s combination of rural felt-craft and modern Iranian imagery earned her a place on the Jameel Prize shortlist. In her latest exhibition, she takes worn-out carpets from Western homes and returns them to their Middle Eastern roots
Art review: Bita Ghezelayagh, The Letter that Never Arrived
In 2011, Bita Ghezelayagh’s combination of rural felt-craft and modern Iranian imagery earned her a place on the Jameel Prize shortlist. In her latest exhibition, she takes worn-out carpets from Western homes and returns them to their Middle Eastern roots
Shakespeare meets Scheherazade in a film which took nine years to complete: Kamel Zouaoui on ‘Hold Back’
London may be home to over 100,000 Arabs, but the larger Arab-origin community in Paris is arguably far more famous. It is therefore not surprising Hold Back, an award-winning French film about a black Parisian who wants to marry his
Shakespeare meets Scheherazade in a film which took nine years to complete: Kamel Zouaoui on ‘Hold Back’
London may be home to over 100,000 Arabs, but the larger Arab-origin community in Paris is arguably far more famous. It is therefore not surprising Hold Back, an award-winning French film about a black Parisian who wants to marry his
What’s On: From sketches with Nazir Tanbouli to watchtowers at the Mosaic Rooms
Award-winning mural artist Nazir Tanbouli is inviting anyone who can pick up a pen to come down to Studio 75 for a Draw In on Saturday 1 December 2012. Those who prefer to watch can see his live drawing demonstration
What’s On: From sketches with Nazir Tanbouli to watchtowers at the Mosaic Rooms
Award-winning mural artist Nazir Tanbouli is inviting anyone who can pick up a pen to come down to Studio 75 for a Draw In on Saturday 1 December 2012. Those who prefer to watch can see his live drawing demonstration
Future Shorts at Edge of Arabia, #Cometogether
How do you get Londoners excited about Middle Eastern short films? Try holding the screening in a Spitalfields art exhibition, calling it “secret” and then attracting as much attention as possible on the night by drumming in the queue. And,
Future Shorts at Edge of Arabia, #Cometogether
How do you get Londoners excited about Middle Eastern short films? Try holding the screening in a Spitalfields art exhibition, calling it “secret” and then attracting as much attention as possible on the night by drumming in the queue. And,
Want To Learn Arabic?
Above is a map showing schools that offer support for Arabic as a language. For an interactive version, click here. Some of the schools even offer extracurricular teaching for adults – we’ve outlined which ones.
Want To Learn Arabic?
Above is a map showing schools that offer support for Arabic as a language. For an interactive version, click here. Some of the schools even offer extracurricular teaching for adults – we’ve outlined which ones.
The Rise of Middle Eastern Street Art
While the Arab Spring of 2011 was by no means the beginnings of street art in the Middle East – UPDATE: as discussed in a recent openDemocracy talk – it did lead to an explosion of graffitis, murals and stencils across
The Rise of Middle Eastern Street Art
While the Arab Spring of 2011 was by no means the beginnings of street art in the Middle East – UPDATE: as discussed in a recent openDemocracy talk – it did lead to an explosion of graffitis, murals and stencils across
Monsters, fish and many-eyed men: Meet the new residents of an East London estate
The estate on Laburnum Street is an unlikely canvas. Windows are bricked up or smashed. Long-abandoned bicycles lie tangled in the balconies like dead insects. Then I see the monsters. Yellow and grotesque, they gnash against a black sky. It’s
Monsters, fish and many-eyed men: Meet the new residents of an East London estate
The estate on Laburnum Street is an unlikely canvas. Windows are bricked up or smashed. Long-abandoned bicycles lie tangled in the balconies like dead insects. Then I see the monsters. Yellow and grotesque, they gnash against a black sky. It’s
Guest post: Louisa Loveluck – The Battle for Egypt’s Walls
Egypt’s art scene has been transformed since the January revolution. After decades of censorship and state-sponsored cultural production, artists now scrambling to make sense of a new creative landscape in which little appears isolated from its broader political context. Inevitably, the events of
Guest post: Louisa Loveluck – The Battle for Egypt’s Walls
Egypt’s art scene has been transformed since the January revolution. After decades of censorship and state-sponsored cultural production, artists now scrambling to make sense of a new creative landscape in which little appears isolated from its broader political context. Inevitably, the events of
VIDEO: Arts Canteen – Defiance Exhibition
Arts Canteen is a London-based venture with the prime focus of sharing Middle Eastern art with UK audiences, specifically London. Working with artists, musicians and filmmakers across the world, the director of Arts Canteen, Aser El Saqqa, has put together
VIDEO: Arts Canteen – Defiance Exhibition
Arts Canteen is a London-based venture with the prime focus of sharing Middle Eastern art with UK audiences, specifically London. Working with artists, musicians and filmmakers across the world, the director of Arts Canteen, Aser El Saqqa, has put together
“I want fresh voices, critical voices”: Curator Rose Issa talks to Middle East LDN about promoting Arab and Iranian art
In 1982, Rose Issa was stuck in Paris. A grim combination of a civil war and an Israeli invasion made it impossible for her to return to her home in Lebanon. Still, the Iranian-born curator felt that she “had to
“I want fresh voices, critical voices”: Curator Rose Issa talks to Middle East LDN about promoting Arab and Iranian art
In 1982, Rose Issa was stuck in Paris. A grim combination of a civil war and an Israeli invasion made it impossible for her to return to her home in Lebanon. Still, the Iranian-born curator felt that she “had to
Middle East LDN 