Mogadishu: Lost Moderns
Mogadishu – Lost Moderns is a multimedia exhibition by architect Rashid Ali and photographer Andrew Cross opening 6 March 2014 at the Mosaic Rooms. It is also the first exhibition to explore Mogadishu through its architecture and urban environment, narrating the story of Somalia’s journey from traditional African nation via colonisation and post colonialism to emergent independent state. ...
Nour Festival of Art in London
London’s Nour Festival of Arts will present a programme of contemporary art, design, film, music and literature from the Middle East and North Africa 1 October – 30 November 2013 at more than 20 venues across Kensington and Chelsea. Highlights include the Ferozkoh exhibition in partnership with Doha’s Museum of Islamic Art at Leighton House Museum as part of Qatar UK 2013 Year of Culture; Natacha Atlas at the Royal Albert Hall;...
Create & Inspire 2013: Bye Bye Landan
The Crossway Foundation presents an evening of art, poetry, music, film, performance and food 29 August 2013 o celebrate this year’s Create & Inspire journey to the UK. Ten talented young artists from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates share their experiences of their time exploring the public art scene in London and Yorkshire. Location: Edge of Arabia Gallery, 40 Elcho Street, London, SW11...
Banipal's special on modern Kuwaiti fiction
Banipal, the magazine of modern Arab literature published from London, has produced a special issue on new fiction from Kuwait. BANIPAL 47: Fiction from Kuwait, edited by Samuel Shimon, presents a selection of contemporary literature from the novels and short stories of 17 Kuwaiti authors. It spans the generations of literary voices, from the 1960s and the writings of Sulaiman al-Shatti, Ismail Fahd Ismail and Suleiman al-Khalifi, to...
Rachid Koraïchi wins the 2011 Jameel Prize
Algeria-born Rachid Koraïchi has won the GBP 25,000 Jameel Prize for a selection of embroidered cloth banners from a series entitled Les Maitres invisibles (The Invisible Masters), 2008, writes SAJID RIZVI. Martin Roth, Director of the V&A, Hasan Jameel and Ed Vaizey MP, presented Rachid Koraïchi with the prize at a ceremony at the Victoria and Albert Museum on 12 September 2011. The V&A’s Jameel Prize 2011 exhibition...
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