2012 programme

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2012 programme
Contemporary Art, Design, Film, Music
and Literature from the Middle East
and North Africa
Nour Festival of Arts
Foreword
Cllr. Nicholas Paget-Brown,
Deputy Leader of the Royal
Borough of Kensington and
Chelsea, said:
“In just two years the
borough’s Nour Festival
has grown into one of the
most important festivals
exploring Middle Eastern
arts and culture in the UK. Not only is it part of our
commitment to bringing
international cultural
excellence to the borough,
but it also fosters closer
ties and understanding
with this part of the world
and our Arabic speaking
communities in the area. “The involvement of the
V&A, Science Museum
and other leading venues
is a testament to the
quality of success of the
Festival to date. With their
involvement we can reach
new audiences and explore
new avenues into the
region, its cultures and art
forms.”
The Nour Festival of Arts will deliver dazzling
contemporary artistic talent from the Middle East and
North Africa to London audiences during OctoberNovember 2012. For the first time the festival is to expand
beyond Leighton House Museum to include a stellar cast
of participating cultural organisations.
New festival partners include the Victoria & Albert
Museum, the Science Museum, the Ismaili Centre, the
Mosaic Rooms, Al-Manaar: the Muslim Cultural Heritage
Centre and The Tabernacle.
The festival also works in collaboration with a host of
London and UK partners, including the Arab British
Centre, the British Egyptian Society, Bloomsbury Qatar
Foundation Publishing, the London MENA Film Festival,
London Iranian Film Festival and Arab New Trends Ltd.
The Nour Festival of Arts aims to:
- reflect and celebrate the arts and culture of
contemporary Middle Eastern and North African regions
- promote film, literature, music, visual arts, fashion,
dance, cuisine
- demonstrate artistic excellence and work that is
thought-provoking and challenging
The Nour Festival is coordinated by the Royal Borough
of Kensington and Chelsea and reflects the Council’s
commitment to bring the very best international
contemporary arts and culture to the borough. Nour
– which means ‘light’ or ‘illumination’ in various Middle
Eastern languages – sets out to explore contemporary
culture from across the region and North Africa. The
festival was inaugurated at Leighton House Museum
in 2010, a building that is recognised as being an
international symbol of east meeting west.
2012 Nour Festival identity, customised by Muiz
My creation of the identity for the Nour Festival 2012
reflects both the glorious diversity and unity of our past
as Arabs and Muslims, [including our historic contribution
and legacy of science and the arts to the world] and the
traumatic, colonial carvery of our regional family into
distant, troublesome neighbours.
Our artistic heritage is one of our crowning achievements and has the capacity to piece these fragments
back together.
Cover image, Salaam Salute by Muiz, 2009
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Exhibitions
Nuclear Nuqta
The fission of Islamic art from the classical to the contemporary
Leighton House Museum
12 Holland Park Road
Kensington
W14 8LZ
3-26 October
Open 10am-5.30pm daily
Closed Tuesdays
Museum admission applies
Information:
Full details of admission
charges are available online:
w: www.leightonhouse.co.uk
Nuclear Nuqta: Muiz in conversation - Saturday 20 October, 2-4pm
For more information: www.leightonhouse.co.uk
Muiz is a visual
communicator whose
innovations in Arabic
aesthetics have won him
recognition by some of
the world’s most iconic
designers. His work
evolves an experimental
visual language born
from the principles of
classical Islamic art and
philosophies which reflect
the complex, cultural
semiotics and geopolitics
of the modern Arab world.
Muiz has launched a
critically acclaimed
magazine, branded
national and international
arts organisations
and festivals and been
recognised in digital and
print journals across the
globe.
Nuclear Nuqta is Muiz’s debut solo-exhibition in the
United Kingdom. Leighton House will be hosting a selection of Muiz’s work, whose characteristic exploration of
the Arab and Muslim identity and how they are informed
by culture, language, geography and politics has become
even more relevant in the post-911, revolutionary era.
By reclaiming, both visually and literally, language that
has been redefined by political and media interests, Muiz
seeks to provide a platform to re-examine the misconceptions and stereotypes that have fractured and provoked communities into conflict and what denotes their
individual or collective identities.
This existential artistry is underpinned by his signature
evolution of classical Islamic and Arabic art principles
and philosophies into a striking, contemporary aesthetic.
His work ultimately asks challenging questions of us exemplified by our reactions to the work; highlighting the
potential [and importance] of a minority’s perception of
truth to resonate and impact the majority.
“All art is political - because those that create art are governed by it.”
www.muiz.co.uk
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Muiz & Andy Houghton
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Exhibitions
‘Kütmaan’: Exploring the realities of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
(LGBT ) lives and culture in the Middle East
Leighton House Museum
12 Holland Park Road
Kensington
W14 8LZ
5-30 November
Open 10am-5.30pm daily
Closed Tuesdays
Museum admission applies
Information:
w: www.leightonhouse.co.uk
t: 020 7602 3316
e: [email protected]
Bradley Secker is a
British photojournalist
and documentary
photographer who works
around themes of identity
and human rights. His
work has been published
widely in TIME Magazine,
the New York Times and
The Guardian amongst
others. He is currently
based in Istanbul.
‘Kütmaan’ is the Arabic for the act of hiding or concealing.
This exhibition forms part of a five-year photographic
project documenting the realities of life for some LGBT
individuals in the Middle East between 2010 and 2012.
The images in this exhibition tell diverse personal stories
and relate the experiences of those LGBT people who
are forced to claim asylum based on their sexuality
or gender identity. The exhibition highlights the
circumstances of gay Iraqi men who have since 2010
been forced to leave their homes due to homophobia
and seek asylum in Syria and who are then displaced or
resettled into Turkey. The exhibition also explores LGBT
Kurdish identity in south eastern Turkey and documents
how these communities are seeking legal equality and
acceptance.
Other important themes considered include the
prolonged wait of Iranian LGBT refugees in central
Anatolia before their resettlement in Europe or North
America.
‘Farhad‘ by Bradley Secker
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Exhibitions
Translations
Leighton House Museum
12 Holland Park Road
Kensington
W14 8LZ
6-30 November
Open 10am-5.30pm daily
Closed Tuesdays
Museum admission applies
Information:
w: www.leightonhouse.co.uk
t: 020 7602 3316
e: [email protected]
Dia Batal is a spatial
designer based in London.
Her work is context
specific and designed
for physical interaction.
Batal creates objects that
function as devices to
impact people’s lives in
public and private spaces,
in relation to social,
cultural, and political
concerns. Her recent
projects Translations and
Cart-og-ra-phy, have been
exhibited in art galleries in
Beirut, Manama, Paris, and
in London and Liverpool.
Dia Batal will be installing pieces from her Translations
collection throughout Leighton House, responding to
the context of the space and building on Leighton’s
own collection of objects from the Arab World. In
Translations Batal borrows from the traditional Arab art of
working with text to create pieces that tell a story. These
objects use possible transformations of the text and the
corresponding shifts in meaning to relate to the space
that the object occupies, and the function of the object
itself.
‘This is Not a Table‘ by Dia Batal
Photograph by Stephen Jakub
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Exhibitions
Light from the Middle East: New Photography
Victoria and Albert Museum
Porter Gallery
Cromwell Road
London
SW7 2RL
13 Nov 2012 - 7 April 2013
Daily 10am-5.45pm and
until 10pm every Friday
Free
Information:
w: www.vam.ac.uk
t: 020 7942 2000
The exhibition is curated
by Marta Weiss, Curator
of Photographs at the
V&A.
The first major exhibition of contemporary photography
from and about the Middle East, Light from the Middle
East: New Photography features over 90 works by some
of the most exciting artists from across the region.
Photographs by 30 artists from 13 different countries
showcase a range of creative responses to the social
challenges and political upheavals that have shaped the
Middle East over the past 20 years. The exhibition covers
a wide range of techniques and subject matter, from
photojournalism to staged and digitally manipulated
imagery. This exhibition has been enabled through
the establishment of the Art Fund Collection of Middle
Eastern Photography at the V&A and the British Museum.
Shadi Ghadirian. From the series Qajar, 1998
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Exhibitions
Working from Life
The Mosaic Rooms
226 Cromwell Road
London
SW5 0SW
28 Sept-16 November
Open 11am-6pm Tues-Sat
Special Sunday opening:
11 November 12-5pm
Free
Information:
w: www.mosaicrooms.org
t: 020 7370 9990
e: [email protected]
Abderrahim Yamou was
born outside Casablanca
in 1959. He left Morocco
to study biology in
France, before changing
to sociology with a
focus on researching
contemporary Moroccan
art. He gave up formal
studies to become
a self-taught artist,
working in both painting
and sculpture. He has
exhibited widely in
group and solo shows
throughout Europe
and North Africa. He
lives between Paris and
Casablanca.
The Mosaic Rooms is delighted to present Working From
Life, the first UK solo exhibition by one of the leading
contemporary Moroccan artists, Abderrahim Yamou.
This exhibition will feature new and recent paintings,
previously unseen.
Yamou is inspired by the natural world, by organic
processes, continuity and change, the tensions and
instabilities of boundaries and of spaces in between.
Yet beneath the surface of these beautiful paintings,
produced in both large and small scale, there is an
underlying sense of disquiet.
‘Les amas bleus‘ by Abderrahim Yamou, 2012
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Exhibitions
The Watchtower of Happiness and other landscapes of occupation
The Mosaic Rooms
226 Cromwell Road
London
SW5 0SW
26 Nov-12 December
Open 11am-6pm Tues-Sat
Free
Information:
w: www.mosaicrooms.org
t: 020 7370 9990
e: [email protected]
Febrik, a collaborative
platform for participatory
art and design research,
seek to unravel the
politics of the right to
public space. Their work
considers the potential
of curious and familiar
narratives of daily social
play. Febrik was founded
by Reem Charif, Mohamad
Hafeda and Joumana
Al Jabri. For more
information visit
http://febrik.org/
Febrik will take over The Mosaic Rooms transforming it
into A Watchtower of Happiness and other landscapes of
occupation. The main gallery room will be transformed
into an interactive space to be activated by members of
the public using altered mobile objects, a watchtower
structure, and landscapes of domesticity. The work
engages with the current public occupation and
displacement practices happening in the Middle East
for political and economic motives. There will be a
programme of associated events, whose highlights
include The Watchtower Of Occupation at the V&A Friday
Late on 30 November, from 6.30-10pm.
Mohamad Radwan’s Watchtower of Happiness-Dream Space project 2004
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Exhibitions
‘The Original Arab Spring – Palestine Rising’
Mica Gallery, Mica Creative CIC & FQMS
MICA Gallery
Studio 2, 1st Floor
259A Pavilion Road
London
SW1X 0BP
2-20 October
Open Monday-Friday
10am-6pm
Saturdays by appointment
Free
Information:
w: www.micahub.com
w: www.fqms.org
FQMS is a charity
dedicated to supporting
medical education in
Palestine by upgrading
skills, improving the
quality of teaching and
training candidates in
specialist fields. Mica
Gallery specialises in
Modern Islamic and
Contemporary art. Mica
Creative is the sister arm
of Mica Gallery and is a
social enterprise charity
dedicated to creative
projects working with
Diaspora communities.
‘The Original Arab Spring – Palestine Rising’ showcases
contemporary art inspired by and responding to
Palestine. The exhibition seeks to capture an array of
visual observations of the Original Arab Spring and
intertwines this with the essential role of medical
services and education in the region both historically and
to the present day adopting a unique creative approach
to promoting awareness and raising funds for charity.
Palestine Spring, 2011
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Film
The London MENA (Middle East & North Africa) Film Festival – LMFF
Leighton House Museum
12 Holland Park Road
Kensington
W14 8LZ
Wednesday 31 October
LMFF Short Film Night
31 October-2 November
Doors open 6.30pm
Films start promptly at 7pm
Tickets: £7 per person
Information:
w: www.nourfestival.
eventbrite.co.uk
t: 020 7602 3316
e: [email protected]
l: length
d: directed by
The Pillars
UAE / Egypt, 2012
l: 15 minutes
d: Moustafa Zakaroa
We follow various people who are going through changes
in an ever-changing society, in this cinematic adventure
which is anchored around the five pillars of Islam.
The Portrait
Egypt, 2012
l: 8 minutes
d: Ahmed Magdy
Taking place on a Friday, with protests at a high in Tahrir
Square in Cairo, an artist is isolated in her studio and we
discover what is more important to her – her own needs
or the ideology of the protesters.
Visualising The Past:
Rebranding The Present II
UK, 2010
l: 10 minutes
d: Jessica Jacobs
A short documentary exploring the interest and, in some
cases, love that various visitors feel towards the historic
city of Damascus in Syria.
Soul
UAE, 2011
l: 9 minutes
d: Fatima Abdallah
A mysterious man asks a sculptor for a strange request
– to create an exact replica model of himself in clay.
A conceptual film, which questions the meaning of
existence and the journey of a soul.
Transition
Iraq, 2011
l: 5 minutes
d: Abbas Al Badri
The animated story of a snail who finds himself in a tricky
situation, and the adventures which can come with
change and transition.
Zafir
Egypt, 2010
l: 20 minutes
d: Omar El Zohairy
An elderly couple go about their daily routine, where they
can hear the clamour of Cairo’s hustle and bustle outside
the closed window.
Ostora
UAE / Syria, 2012
l: 8 minutes
d: Hani Kichi
Set in the depths of the ocean, Erato the mermaid falls
victim to her own curiosity and breaks the ultimate laws
of the sea. Can a young Bedouin who dreams of uniting
his people under one goal save her from her destiny?
Five Pounds
UAE / Egypt, 2011
l: 11 minutes
d: Mohamed Adeeb
An older woman is followed through the dark streets of
Cairo by a mysterious young man. Why does he follow
her? Who is he and what does he want?
The Hardest Question
Jordan, 2012
l: 15 minutes
d: Ahmed Samara
What would you do if it was your last day on earth? This
short film documents the entertaining and moving
answers of some of Amman’s residents.
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Film
Thursday 1 November
LMFF Documentary Night
l: length
d: directed by
Friday 2 November
LMFF Feature Film Night
Missing
UK / Jordan, 2010
l: 3 minutes
d: Tariq Rimawi
An animated story - a window opens on a child in a wartorn area, where he longs for his past peaceful life.
Recorded Introduction
from Director
l: 5 minutes
d: Nassim Abassi
In My Mother’s Arms
Iraq / UK / Nethelands,
2011
l: 85 minutes
d: Mohamed & Atia
Al Daradji
A documentary focusing on some of the Iraq war’s most
hapless victims – children. Husham works tirelessly to
protect 32 of these children in a small orphanage in one of
Baghdad’s most dangerous districts. When the landlord
gives Husham and the boys just two weeks to vacate the
premises, a desperate struggle ensues.
Majid
Morocco, 2010
l: 116 minutes
d: Nassim Abaasi
Plus Q+A with either the Director (Mohamed Al Daradji)
or the Producer (Isabelle Stead).
l: length
d: directed by
A coming of age story about a ten year old Moroccan
orphan called Majid. Following recurrent nightmares,
he discovers that he can’t remember his parents’ faces
anymore and there are no photographs of them apart
from the charred remains of a family photo with his
parents’ heads burnt away. With the help of his new
friend Larbi, Majid decides to go on a quest to find a
photograph of his dead parents. It’s a journey that will
take them to the big city of Casablanca where danger and
adventure await them.
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Film
The Mosaic Rooms Film Programme
The Mosaic Rooms
226 Cromwell Road
London
SW5 0SW
3 October, 7-8 November
7pm
£5
2012 UK Iranian Film Festival [UKIFF]
Information:
w: www.mosaicrooms.org
t: 020 7370 9990
e: [email protected]
The Mosaic Rooms launches its new film programme,
with screenings held on the first Wednesday of each
month celebrating films from the MENA region.
We will launch the programme on 3rd October with an
evening of selected new and recent short films from
Kuwait.
This will be followed by three screenings – on the 7th,
8th and 9th November – of films inspired by the work of
Nobel Prize winning Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz to
celebrate the centenary year of his birth.
Full film listings and details can be found on our website.
(See above).
Ciné Lumière
17 Queensbury Place
South Kensington
London SW7 2DT
15-23 November
£12
Screenings & Times
w: ukiff.org.uk
The UK Iranian Film Festival is the only annual festival
to present Iranian cinema in the UK. The festival aims
to produce the best, and most diverse, Iranian film
programme in the country, and to attract as many
people as possible to view Iranian cinema. Regardless
of who you are, where you come from and what you do,
this is a cultural event where you can enjoy and exchange
opinions. The Iranian Film Festival in London provides a
chance to experience, enjoy, learn and discover!
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Literature
Selma Dabbagh: Festival Writer-in-Residence: ‘Who Are You to Write That?”
In Partnership with Bloomsbury Qatar Publishing and the Arab British Centre
October-November
For venues and dates,
please check our festival
website for details
w: www.nourfestival.co.uk
Lectures & Workshops
£10, £8 concessions
Information:
w: www.nourfestival.
eventbrite.co.uk
t: 020 7361 3619
e: [email protected]
Selma Dabbagh is a
British Palestinian
writer of fiction based
in London. Her first
novel, ‘Out of It,’ was
published by Bloomsbury
in December 2011 to
widespread acclaim.
Her short stories have
appeared in anthologies
published by Granta,
International PEN and
the British Council. She
was the 2005 English PEN
nominee for the David TK
Wong Short Story Award.
She is currently working
on a second novel and
collaborating in writing
a full-length feature film
script.
Selma Dabbagh’s residency, ‘Who Are You to Write That?’
questions the assumptions placed on writers to stick to
certain subjects, perspectives, national identities and
even geographical terrains when writing fiction. The
residency, through its series of lectures and workshops,
explores how political subject matter can be dealt with
in fiction and considers the risks involved in doing so.
Drawing on the decisions taken and criticism received
of the author’s own work, the residency will encourage
participants to challenge expectations. The residency
will commence with a lecture introducing the subject of
the residency itself and a follow-up lecture will cover the
subject of how to deal with politics in fiction. Workshops
will focus on dialogue in prose and script as well as
plotting and planning fiction.
Selma Debbagh by Jonathan Ring
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Literature
Sudanese Poetry Evening
The Mosaic Rooms & Poetry Translation Centre
In Ramallah, Running
The Mosaic Rooms
226 Cromwell Road
London
SW5 0SW
18 October
7pm
Born in Omdurman,
Khartoum, Al-Saddiq
Al-Raddi is famous in
his native Sudan for his
outstanding lyric poetry.
He represented Sudan at
Poetry Parnassus in July
2012 and his translations
into English have been
published in many leading
journals.
The Mosaic Rooms and the Poetry Translation Centre
present an evening with the acclaimed Sudanese poet
Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, whose work vividly reflects the
complexity of his heritage as an African poet writing in
Arabic. His recent residency at The Petrie Museum of
Egyptian Archaeology has led to a series of poems in
response to its collection of ancient Sudanese objects.
He will be joined by PTC Director, Sarah Maguire, who will
read her translations of Saddiq’s poems; and by Joanna
Oyediran, who will discuss Saddiq’s poetry in the context
of Sudanese culture and politics.
Sarah Maguire, founder
and Director of The
Poetry Translation Centre,
has published four highlyacclaimed collections of
poetry.
Joanna Oyediran is the
Sudan Programme Officer
at the Open Society
Initiative for East Africa.
Information:
w: www.mosaicrooms.org
t: 020 7370 9990
e: [email protected]
The Mosaic Rooms
226 Cromwell Road
London
SW5 0SW
25 October
7pm
Information:
w: www.mosaicrooms.org
t: 020 7370 9990
e: [email protected]
Guy Mannes-Abbott is
a writer, essayist and
critic, whose work often
appears in visual art
contexts, most recently
at the Folkestone
Triennial. He has taught
at the Architectural
Association School of
Architecture, London and
has given regular readings
of his work. In Ramallah,
Running is published
by Blackdog Publishing
and co-produced by
ArtSchool Palestine and
Sharjah Art Foundation.
To celebrate the recent launch of In Ramallah, Running,
The Mosaic Rooms is pleased to present a discussion
led by the author Guy Mannes-Abbott. The book is a
uniquely personal encounter with Palestine interweaving
short, poetic texts with exploratory essays. International
artists and prominent writers have been invited to
respond both directly and indirectly to the texts with
newly commissioned works. Guy will be joined by a panel
of special guests to discuss and explore further the
issues, thoughts and experiences raised through the
book. He will also give a short reading from the book.
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Literature
Ghassan Zaqtan
The Mosaic Rooms
226 Cromwell Road
London
SW5 0SW
1 November
7pm
Information:
w: www.mosaicrooms.org
t: 020 7370 9990
e: [email protected]
Ghassan Zaqtan was born
in 1954 near Bethlehem
and lives in Ramallah.
He has worked with the
Palestinian resistance
movement and was editor
of Bayader, the literary
magazine of the Palestine
Liberation Organisation.
He is editor-in-chief of
the quarterly poetry
journal Al-Shoua’ra and is
co-founder and director
of the House of Poetry
in Ramallah. Zaqtan
also writes two weekly
newspaper columns.
The Mosaic Rooms is pleased to celebrate the launch of
Ghassan Zaqtan’s most recent collection of poetry in its
award winning English translation. In Like a Straw Bird It
Follows Me, Ghassan Zaqtan’s tenth poetry collection,
translator Fady Joudah brings to English-language
readers new work by one of the most important and
original Palestinian poets of our time.
Ghassan Zaqtan will be in discussion with Fady Joudah.
Bookcover, Yale University Press
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Music
Youssef Hbeisch and Ahmad Al Khatib
in concert with John Williams
A. M. Qattan Foundation, Beit Almusiqa,
Edward Said National Conservatory of Music
Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace
London
SW1X 9DQ
23 October
7.30pm
Born in 1974, Ahmad
Al Khatib learned oud
with the Palestinian
master Ahmad Abdel
Qase. In 1997, he
joined the Edward Said
National Conservatory
in Jerusalem, teaching
in the Oriental Music
Department and soon
heading it.
This special concert featuring Youssef Hbeisch. Ahmad Al
Khatib and John Williams is in support of the Gaza Music
School and the Beit Almusiqa (Shafa’amr) programme.
Born in 1967, Youssef
Hbeisch lives between
Paris and Haifa. He
taught for 7 years at the
Edward Said National
Conservatory and for 10
years at Beit AlMusica
(Galilee) and gives
academic seminars and
master classes on a
regular basis.
Information:
w: www.mosaicrooms.org
t: 020 7370 9990
e: [email protected]
The concert opens with the renowned Maestros of
the Duo Sabîl, Ahmad Al Khatib, and Youssef Hbeisch,
performing from their own acclaimed repertoire.
John Williams, who has perhaps done more than any
other artist to bring the classical guitar to audiences
world-wide, will then take to the stage for a solo
performance. The climax of the evening comes as all
three artists come together for what promises to be a
spectacular finale.
The concert is organised by the A. M. Qattan
Foundation, Beit Almusiqa, and the Edward Said National
Conservatory of Music.
Sabil CD cover by Youssef Hbeisch and Ahmad Al Khatib
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Music
Attab Haddad Ensemble
Leighton House Museum
12 Holland Park Road
Kensington
W14 8LZ
26 October
7.30-9.30pm
(Doors open at 7pm)
£10, £8 concessions
(Pre-booking
recommended)
Attab
Haddad
Oud and
composition
Ben
Davis
Cello
Kit
Downes
Piano
Matt
Ridley
Double
Bass
Philippe
Barnes
Flute
Vasilis
Sarkis
Middle
Eastern
percussion
Information:
w: www.nourfestival.
eventbrite.co.uk
t: 020 7602 3316
e: [email protected]
Of Iraqi heritage, Attab Haddad’s original compositions
draw on Flamenco, Arabic and Turkish music to describe a
scintillating instrumental journey through Andalusia and
the Middle East. The prodigious talents of each member
of the ensemble flow together to create a unique sound:
deep resonances from oud, cello and bass are balanced
by fanciful flights of flute and delicate percussion;
rhapsodic melodic structures take off-the-beaten-track
twists and turns whilst being rooted in a great tune; and
the tight compositional approach is cloaked in a sense
of jazz-like freedom. Haddad released his debut album
‘Days Distinctive’ in 2011 on Weave Records.
“A lovely ensemble piece, with a virtuoso at its heart.” The
Guardian
“strong and fresh compositions… full of drama, adventure
and humor” Allaboutjazz.com
www.attabhaddad.com
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Music
Reem Kelani
Nour Festival of Arts and London Arab New Trends Ltd
The Tabernacle
35 Powis Square
London
W11 2AY
22 November
8-9.30pm
(Doors open at 7pm)
Information:
w: www.nourfestival.
eventbrite.co.uk
t: 020 7361 3618
e: [email protected]
£10 advance
£12 door
Palestinian singer,
musician, broadcaster
(and proud local artist)
Reem Kelani has long
carried the banner for
Arabic music in the
UK, giving workshops
to generations of
schoolchildren, working
with choirs and training
the best British Jazz
musicians in Arabic music.
She has a truly global
following and has toured
extensively.
After her first critically
acclaimed album
“Sprinting Gazelle”, Reem
is working on her next
album, a tribute to the
great Egyptian composer
Sayyid Darwish (1892 –
1923).
Concert night with Reem Kelani, one of the most
important female Arab singers of her generation.
“Her voice combines the poignancy of Billie Holiday with
the glass-busting power of Aretha Franklin.”
The Independent, July 2011
“Reem Kelani delivered one of the best concerts seen in
years at Leighton House... A truly memorable evening.”
Nour Festival of Arts, Leighton House, Oct 2010
“[Reem Kelani] has a genius for finding the universal in
the particular ”An extraordinary musical map of Palestine
emerges from her work, more vibrant than any historical
document.”
The Metro, July 2007
“Spectacular.”
The Guardian, Feb 2003
www.reemkelani.com
Reem Kelani by Saeed Taji Farouky
Sharq January 2006
Nour Festival of Arts
Music
Emel Mathlouthi
Nour Festival of Arts and London Arab New Trends Ltd
The Tabernacle
35 Powis Square
London
W11 2AY
23 November
8-9.30pm
(Doors open at 7pm)
£10 advance
£12 door
Born in Tunis, Emel
Mathlouthi is a songwriter,
composer, guitarist, and
singer who is bringing
an amazing brand
new sound to Tunisian
music. Endowed with an
outstanding voice, she
evokes Joan Baez, Sister
Marie Keyrouz and the
Lebanese diva Fairouz.
Her captivating style
is lyrical, and displays
powerful rock, oriental
and trip hop influences
(she has formerly
collaborated with Adrian
Thaws aka Tricky).
Information:
w: www.nourfestival.
eventbrite.co.uk
t: 020 7361 3618
e: [email protected]
Emel Mathlouthi’s tracks are anthems to popular risings
from the Jasmin Revolution in her home country Tunisia.
While the future still looks uncertain, her music maintains
its stridency.
Emel released her album Kelmti Horra (My Word Is
Free) early in 2012. It quickly became the cornerstone
of a musical genre that spread beyond Tunisia. Emel
is Mediterranean and urban; fiery with a radiant voice.
Kelmti Horra comprises 10 gems, principally in Arabic
with occasional dips into French and English. With
electro and trip hop rhythms, her music is inspired by
key moments in her life and her surroundings. Emel
Mathlouthi is a songwriter with the rare knack of turning
torment and suffering into dreams.
“Emel Mathlouthi marries her songs of social protest to
electronica : a rumble of drum and bass on incendiary
declarations.”
Financial Times – David Honigmann
www.emelmathlouthi.com
Emel Mathlouthi by Azza BeÌ ji & Ghaith Arfaoui
Nour Festival of Arts
Music
Charbel Rouhana - Duox Zen Duo
Nour Festival of Arts and London Arab New Trends Ltd
The Tabernacle
35 Powis Square
London
W11 2AY
28 November
8-9.30pm
(Doors open at 7pm)
£10 advance
£12 door
Winner of the 2000
“Murex d’Or” Musician of
the Year, Charbel Rouhana
notably conducted and
arranged the BBC3 World
Music Awards Album of
2007 “ Al Muwashahat”
by Ghada Shbeir. Rouhana
has performed with Arab
legends Marcel Khalife,
Fairuz, Magida El Roumi,
Julia Boutros, Hariprasad
Chaurasia on numerous
occasions. He formed the
Beirut Oriental Ensemble
in 2007. Charbel’s style
is not restricted to his
oriental roots – his live
performances are rich in
harmonies and open to
improvisation.
Information:
w: www.nourfestival.
eventbrite.co.uk
t: 020 7361 3618
e: [email protected]
Lebanese composer, singer and musician, Charbel
Rouhana is one of the few masters to have shaped the
Arab lute and its techniques.
Arguably one of the most renowned composers of his
generation, oud player Charbel Rouhana created the
Beirut Oriental Ensemble and made himself a worldwide
reputation, playing with legends like Fairuz, Marcel
Khalife and Magida El Roumi. Here at the Tabernacle, he
will perform his latest, and most sophisticated album,
‘’Doux Zen’’ for the first time in the UK, along with
Lebanese oud player Elie Khoury.
www.forwardmusic.net
Nour Festival of Arts
Debates & Talks
William Holman-Hunt: A Pre-Raphaelite in Jerusalem
British Egyptian Society
Leighton House Museum
12 Holland Park Road
Kensington
W14 8LZ
10 October
7-8.30pm
(Doors open at 6.30pm)
£5 per person
Information:
w: www.nourfestival.
eventbrite.co.uk
t: 020 7602 3316
e: [email protected]
Jill, Duchess of Hamilton
has an MA in Near and
Middle East Studies from
SOAS at the University
of London. For the
past five years – while
completing her PhD – she
has spent long periods
living in Jerusalem. She
is a regular contributor
to the Catholic Herald
and has written fifteen
books including God, Guns
and Israel (now in its 3rd
edition), From Gallipoli to
Gaza, the Desert Poets
of World War One (2003)
Gardens of William Morris
(1998), and Marengo, the
Myth of Napoleon’s Horse
(2000).
Few people today realise that one of the founders of the
Pre-Raphaelites, William Holman Hunt, owned a house in
Jerusalem, spent a total of 7 years there over 40 years,
and that his art was much influenced by his deep love
of the Middle East and the holy city. This talk explores
his life in Jerusalem, his paintings and the house which
he built at 64 Hanevi’im Street in 1869. To help answer
the question of whether his paintings in the Middle East
were in keeping with the Pre-Raphaelite aim of ‘objective
reality’, this unique presentation will compare and
contrast his paintings of the region with photographs
taken of identical scenes. Jill, Duchess of Hamilton will
also discuss the recent efforts to preserve and list his
Jerusalem home.
The Holman-Hunt House
Jerusalem
Nour Festival of Arts
Debates & Talks
The Day of Rage
British Egyptian Society
Leighton House Museum
12 Holland Park Road
Kensington
W14 8LZ
15 October
7-8.30pm
(Doors open at 6.30pm)
£5 per person
Information:
w: www.nourfestival.
eventbrite.co.uk
t: 020 7602 3316
e: [email protected]
Wafaa El Saddik (Ph.D.
Vienna University)
became Director
General of the Egyptian
Museum, Cairo, in 2004
and held the post until
2010. Dr. El Saddik is an
engaged board member
of numerous scholarly
and archaeological
committees and
organisations, both
national and international.
Her commitment to
involving her young
compatriots in Egypt’s
heritage ranges from
founding and serving as
president of the Children’s
Alliance for Traditions
and Social Engagement
(C.A.T.S.) to teaching at
both Cairo and Helwan
Universities.
On Friday, 28 January 2011, Egyptian young people called
for a major demonstration in the city centre. They knew:
it is now or never! But the same day was also the day of
the greatest tragedy to happen to Egypt’s antiquities destruction and looting in the world renowned Egyptian
Museum and at numerous archaeological sites. Though
Egypt has lived through many wars and revolutions in
the past century, never before has there been such
vandalism at historical sites.
Today, 21 months after Egypt’s revolution, priceless
antiquities are still missing from the Egyptian Museum
and from innumerable storage facilities the length and
breadth of the country. It is a huge, critical challenge today
to protect Egypt’s cultural heritage – with low-paid guards
and inadequately financed state security personnel –
while the country suffers from an ever decreasing
number of tourists and the resulting decline in income.
This talk assesses the impact of the past 12 months on
Egyptian heritage and the challenges ahead.
Nour Festival of Arts
Debates & Talks
Syria’s Art of Resistance
Art and Botany
Leighton House Museum
12 Holland Park Road
Kensington
W14 8LZ
19 October
7-8.30pm
(Doors open at 6.30pm)
£5 per person
Information:
w: www.nourfestival.
eventbrite.co.uk
t: 020 7602 3316
e: [email protected]
Malu Halasa is co-author
of The Secret Life of Syrian
Lingerie: Intimacy and
Design, with Rana Salam,
and Transit Tehran: Young
Iran and Its Inspirations,
with Maziar Bahari. She
is Editor at Large for
Portal 9: Stories and
Critical Writing about the
City, from Beirut, and
co-curated the Culture in
Defiance exhibition at the
Prince Claus Fund Gallery,
in Amsterdam.
How do people face up to dictatorship, mass killings and
snipers? To paraphrase Jameel, the masked director
of the award-winning cyber puppet series Top Goon:
Diaries of a Little Dictator, everything scary can be dealt
with through laughter, beauty and human resolve. In
an illustrated lecture about the exhibition Culture in
Defiance: Continuing Traditions of Satire, Art and the
Struggle for Freedom in Syria, Malu Halasa examines
the role of culture in a country scarred by violence. The
engaged images and ideas featured in the exhibition’s
cartoons, art, graffiti, cell-phone cinema and political
posters challenge a regime and inspire a revolution.
The Mosaic Rooms
226 Cromwell Road
London
SW5 0SW
20 October
12pm
Free
Dr Wolfgang Stuppy is
a Seed Morphologist at
Kew’s Seed Conservation
Department, which
manages the Millennium
Seed Bank Project at
Wakehurst Place in
Sussex. He has published
various books, including
an award winning book
in collaboration with the
artist Rob Kesseler.
The Moroccan artist Abderrahim Yamou will discuss his
work with the internationally renowned Dr Wolfgang
Stuppy from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Yamou’s
work is inspired by the natural world, and this talk will
give a unique insight into the relationship between art
and botany in contemporary art practices, and reveal
the inspiration behind the works in his exhibition at The
Mosaic Rooms, Working from Life.
Abderrahim Yamou was
born outside Casablanca
in 1959 and has exhibited
widely in North Africa and
Europe.
Information:
w: www.mosaicrooms.org
t: 020 7370 9990
e: [email protected]
Nour Festival of Arts
Debates & Talks
Arts in Iran: Political, historical and social context
Roya Arab & Leighton House Museum
Leighton House Museum
12 Holland Park Road
Kensington
W14 8LZ
17 November
3-5pm
£5, £3 concessions
(Iranian tea & biscuits
included)
Information:
w: www.nourfestival.
eventbrite.co.uk
t: 020 77602 3316
e: [email protected]
Roya Arab is Honorary
Research Assistant at the
Institute of Archaeology,
UCL. Her research
focuses on the uses and
abuses of the past in the
present.
Ladan Razeghi, was
formerly an editor on
Press TV and is currently
completing an MA in
Digital Media at London
Metropolitan University.
The majority of people operate within the norms of the
society they live in. Iran over the past three decades
has been subject to many political and social changes,
which continue to impact on life on many levels. By and
large, the Iranian people have adapted to the dynamic
social and political changes within Iran, and have also
had to come to terms with the changing face of Iran in
the international arena. Once welcome visitors around
the world, many Iranians now find themselves regarded
as nationals of a ‘pariah state’. A panel of Iranian female
academics and artists discuss the socio/political and
historical context within which art and culture operate in
Iran. The session is chaired by Dr Sahar Rad, of the School
of Oriental and African Studies.
Dr Sahar Rad studied for
her PhD at SOAS, where
she is currently a research
partner at the Centre for
Development Policy and
Research and a member
of the Centre for Palestine
studies.
Shirin Shafaie received
her MSc in Middle
East Politics at SOAS
where she is currently
completing her PhD
on critical war studies,
including the Iran-Iraq war
and Iranian war narratives.
Mehrnaz Shahabi is an
independent researcher.
She is the author of
“The Oxford Research
Group and the West’s
Discourse on Iran” (Fair
Observer, June 2012)
which is a critical review
of the ORG’s briefing
“Iran Nuclear Impasse:
Breaking the Deadlock”.
‘Help me out’ by Ladan Razeghi
Nour Festival of Arts
Debates & Talks
Day Symposium: Middle Eastern and North African Music:
Contemporary Contexts, Future Trends
Ismaili Centre
1-7 Cromwell Gardens
South Kensington
London
SW7 2SL
24 November
10am-4pm
Free - limited tickets
Information:
w: www.arabnewtrends.com
e: [email protected]
FB: Arab New Trends
Nour Festival and Arab
New Trends Ltd
This day symposium, the first of its kind to be held in
Europe, discusses the position of Middle Eastern and
Arab music within the wider music industry of the UK and
Europe.
With key opinion formers, musicians, music labels,
publishers and programmers from the UK and Europe, the
day will explore the future promotion and development
of Arab music around three central themes:
- Promoting Middle Eastern and North African (MENA)
artists in the UK
- Doing business in Europe with music from the MENA
region
- The consequences of social and cultural changes in the
Arab World on the music industry.
Gary Otte
Nour Festival of Arts
Special Events
The Dash Café: An Arab Spring?
A panel conversation and live music from U-cef and The Arab League
The Flyover
3 – 5 Thorpe Close
London
W10 5XL
25 October
Talk from 7pm
Music from 9pm
£5 per person
(Pre-booking advised)
Information:
w: www.nourfestival.
eventbrite.co.uk
t: 020 7361 3618
e: [email protected]
An inspiring evening of conversation and music.
A lively panel of journalists, academics, artists and activists with first-hand experience
from the region, will debate how the media has shaped our ideas of the “Arab Spring”.
The panel includes Dr Fatima El-Issawi, a journalist, analyst, and Research Fellow at
POLIS, based at the London School of Economics; and is chaired by Turi Munthe, founder
of the citizen journalism website Demotix.
DJ U-Cef And The Arab League will brew an excellent blend of traditional Maghrebi
music fused with dub, jazz and fresh urban beats that will transport you from West
London deep into the heart of the Sahara.
Dr Fatima El-Issawi is
a journalist, analyst
and Research Fellow at
POLIS, the journalism
and society think tank
at the London School of
Economics. She is leading
a research project on
‘Arab revolutions: Media
Revolutions’ looking at
the transformations in
the Arab media industry
under transitional political
phases within the current
uprisings.
Turi Munthe is the CEO
of the citizen journalism
website Demotix. He’s
been a publisher, editor,
policy analyst, lecturer,
journalist and talking
head for CNN, BBC, NBC,
al-Jazeera, Asahi, Reuters,
and Sky. He has written for
The Economist, Slate.com,
the Financial Times, the
Telegraph, the Nation and
many other publications.
www.demotix.com
Born and raised in Rabat,
U-cef (aka Moulay Youssef
Adel) absorbed much
of his native Morocco’s
traditions before moving
to New York and then
to London. His first CD
‘Halalium’ was a milestone
in Moroccan urban dance
music, and inspired a
whole generation of
rappers, b-boys and protools adventurers, from
Tangiers to Taroudant and
Melilla to Marrakech.
www.u-cef.com
U-cef by Kay Wahlig
Nour Festival of Arts
Special Events
V&A presents Friday Late with MasterCard:
Record, Reframe, Resist
Victoria & Albert Museum
Cromwell Road
London
SW7 2RL
30 November
6.30-10pm
Free
Information:
w: www.vam.ac.uk
t: 020 7942 2000
The V&A is collaborating
with numerous artists
and organisations for the
Friday Late with Mastercard, including Sharjah Art
Foundation, The Mosaic
Rooms, Banipal, Febrik,
Zeid Hamdan and Maryam
Saleh, Aya Haidar and
Lawrence Abu Hamdan.
V&A presents Friday Late with MasterCard: Record,
Reframe, Resist.
Change your vantage point – climb The Watchtower
of Occupation to encounter experiences of control,
surveillance and observation. To mark the V&A exhibition
Light from the Middle East: New Photography, you are
invited to immerse yourself in an evening of interactive
art installations, award winning films, live underground
music, experimental photography and a pop-up book
club.
Airmail byJowhara AlSaud, from the series Out of Line, 2008
Nour Festival of Arts
Special Events
The Mosaic Rooms Supper Club: Sarah Al-Hamad
The Mosaic Rooms
Secret West London
location:
to be disclosed
on booking
Sarah Al-Hamad is a
writer, photographer,
domestic cook and the
author of Cardamom
and Lime: Recipes from
the Arabian Gulf (New
Holland). She was raised
in Kuwait, and some of
her earliest memories
are of her aunt’s bustling
kitchen and her dad eating
dates with buttermilk. Her
passion for learning about
cultures through food is
revealed in her new book
Sun Bread and Sticky
Toffee: Date Desserts from
Everywhere, which is
published in spring 2013.
The Mosaic Rooms Supper Club: Lamees Ibrahim
The Mosaic Rooms
11 October
Dinner, 6.30-10.30pm
£40 (3-course meal & wine)
Information:
10 places – booking essential
11 November
High Tea, 3-6pm
£25
12 places – booking essential
w: www.mosaicrooms.org
t: 020 7370 9990
e: [email protected]
The Mosaic Rooms launches a new programme
celebrating Middle Eastern food and the stories and
traditions that surround cooking and eating. We launch
the programme with two intimate events led by Sarah
Al-Hamad: a ‘Cardamom & Lime’ themed three-course
dinner, and an ‘Arabian High Chai’ with special teas, cakes
and savory nibbles. In both events guests will have the
opportunity to help prepare several of the recipes, watch
Sarah cook, and learn about the ingredients typically
used in Kuwaiti and Syrian cuisine.
Secret West London
location:
to be disclosed
on booking
27 October
11am-3pm
21 November
6.30-10.30pm
£40 (3-course meal & wine)
Lamees Ibrahim was born
in Baghdad. She came to
London to study, obtaining a PhD from Kings
College Hospital Medical
School. London has been
her permanent home
since 1988.
Lamees Ibrahim’s first
book The Iraqi Cookbook
was published in 2009
to great success, with
recipes featured on the
Guardian online. Lamees
is currently writing her
second book and due
to popular demand has
begun hosting cookery
classes and dinners.
Information:
10 places per event
Booking essential
w: www.mosaicrooms.org
t: 020 7370 9990
e: [email protected]
The Mosaic Rooms launches a new programme
celebrating Middle Eastern food and the stories and
traditions that surround cooking and eating. We are
delighted to present two culinary evenings with the
celebrated Iraqi cook Lamees Ibrahim. With stories,
discussions and demonstrations, guests will have the
opportunity to try their hand at several recipes and enjoy
a three-course meal of authentic Iraqi cuisine.
Nour Festival of Arts
Special Events
Yalda 2012 – Iranian celebration of the winter solstice
New Music Iran (NMI) and Leighton House Museum
Khayaal Theatre at Al Manaar: Tales from Arab Lands
Al Manaar: the Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre and Khayaal Theatre
Leighton House Museum
12 Holland Park Road
Kensington
W14 8LZ
1 December
6.30-10pm
(Doors open 6.30pm)
£7, £5 concessions
Pre-booking strongly
recommended
Information:
w: www.nourfestival.
eventbrite.co.uk
t: 020 7602 3316
e: [email protected]
Roya Arab is a musician
and archaeologist, and
Honorary Research
Assistant at the Institute
of Archaeology, UCL. Her
interests are in the sociopolitical and economic
contexts of an artefact,
once it has been removed
from, or highlighted in,
the landscape, for study
and/or display. Besides
her work in public archaeology and throwing light
on Iran’s ancient history,
Roya is currently working
with young Iranian musicians to help develop and
promote their talents.
Come and celebrate Yalda, with poetry music
and fine fare.
6.30-7.15pm
Hamid Navim performs popular Iranian songs
in the Arab Hall
7.30-8.30 pm
Hafez hour in the studio
9.00 -10.00pm
Live music in the Studio: Roya Arab presents Alamute
performing songs old and new, with guests including Ash
Koosha.
Silk Road Books will be present with publications relating
to Iran and the wider region.
Mahdi Restaurant of Hammersmith will provide a range
of Iranian delicacies.
Al ManarThe Muslim
Cultural Heritage Centre
244 Acklam Road
London
W10 5YG
10 November
6.30-8pm
Free
Alia Alzougbi is a BAFTA
Scotland nominated and
award-winning actress
and storyteller of international renown, with
acclaimed stage, TV and
film roles to her credit.
Alia has been an associate
artist with Khayaal since
2005.
Revel in the humour, wit and wisdom of tales from the
Arab world performed by Alia Alzougbi, a world-class
storyteller from Lebanon. Our collection of stories has
been chosen to celebrate the generosity and warmth of
Arab culture and the Arab imagination that has shaped
Western notions of wonder for centuries.
Khayaal is the UK’s first
award-winning professional theatre company
dedicated to the dramatic
exploration of Muslim
world literature and the
experience of Muslims in
the modern world.
For more information visit
www.khayaal.co.uk
Information:
w: www.almanar.org.uk
Nour Festival of Arts
Special Events
Tea & Coffee: A Portobello Wall Commission
A co-commission by the Nour Festival and the Culture Service, Royal Borough
of Kensington and Chelsea
Portobello Wall
Portobello Road
(Opposite the
Spanish School)
London W11
October 2012 - March 2013
Free
Nadia Hammoud is a
London born artist. She
stepped into the arts as
a production photographer on film sets, working
closely with actors and
directors. Story is key to
her pieces, whether documentary or fiction.
They are the drinks of first meetings and old reunions,
rivals and lovers, enemies and friends, the poor and
the affluent. The smell and taste can remind of you of
home, holidays and endless moments. This work is a
mix of documentary photography and scenes of fiction,
depicting these very moments.
Covering different periods in history, this series also
offers an insight into the journey of teas and coffees
from the countries of their source to the current cafés
of Ladbroke Grove, paralleling journeys made to the UK
by past and present North African and Middle Eastern
residents.
Nour Festival of Arts
Families and Young
People
Science Museum at Al Manaar: the Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre
Al Manaar The Muslim
Cultural Heritage Centre
244 Acklam Road
London
W10 5YG
13 October, 3 November
10 November
2.30-3.30pm
Free
Information:
w: www.almanaar.org.uk
13 October
Glorious Blood
a show for KS2
7-11 year olds
and families
3 November
Water Transporter
a workshop for KS3-4
11-16 year olds
35 participants max
10 November
Colourful Kaleidoscopes
a workshop for KS2 7-11
year olds and families
35 participants max
Did you know that the
Arab physician Ibn Nafis
(died 1288) first described
the pulmonary circulation
of the blood? Learn more
about him, follow the
journey of blood through
the human body, discovering what it does; what’s
in it; where it goes; and
what happens when you
start to lose it...
Hear more about the
Kurdish engineer, artist
and craftsman Al Jazari
(1136-1206) who developed the earliest water
supply system by hydropower. In this workshop
you will face the problem
of transporting water
across a 6ft gap without
carrying it. Your solution
will consist of: a funnel,
bamboo canes, guttering, string, hosing, plastic
sheeting, elastic bands...
and a whole heap of
ingenuity.
The foundations of modern day optics were laid
down by the Iraqi scholars
Al Kindi (801-73) and Ibn
Al Haitham (Alhazen)
(965-1040). This workshop explores how we
see the world around us.
Do you understand your
cones from your rods?
Join us to find out all about
the amazing jobs our eyes
do without us ever realising, plus you even get to
make your very own colourful kaleidoscope!
This is a show for those
with an interest in blood,
guts... and all things gross.
Nour Festival of Arts
Families and Young
People
V&A CreateFutures
Artist-led photography workshops at Al Manaar and the V&A
Al Manaar The Muslim
Cultural Heritage Centre
244 Acklam Road
London
W10 5YG
Victoria & Albert Museum
[V&A]
Cromwell Road
London
SW7 2RL
3 November (Al-Manaar)
2.30-4.30pm
10, 17, 24 November (V&A)
11am-4pm
Visit of the galleries
& exhibition; digital
photography workshops
Booking & information
e: [email protected]
Audience type:
16-24 year olds
16 November (V&A)
6.30-8pm
Curator tour
30 November (V&A)
Display of completed work
at the V&A (Art Studio,
Sackler Centre)
Maria M. Kheirkhah
is an artist/academic
researching criticality/
diversity/visual knowledge and culture systems
of the Middle East relative
to the U.K. She is Assistant Professor, Richmond
University; co-runs
The Practice Exchange
seminar series at Chelsea
College of Art and Design;
and is a Trustee/board
member at the 198
Gallery, London.
The V&A is running a series of artist-led photography
workshops for young people aged 16-24, who will
explore the “Light from the Middle East” exhibition.
Looking at images and exploring different photographic
techniques, participants will be encouraged to document
real or staged aspects around their daily life in response
to topics within the show. Working with artists, participants will have the opportunity to create a photographic
work and display it at the V&A.
Workshops will take place at Al Manaar, Muslim Cultural
Heritage Centre in North Kensington and at the V&A.
Places are limited.
Saida in Green by Hassan Hajjaj, 2000
Nour Festival of Arts
Nour Festival of Arts and The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
in partnership with:
Al Manaar: The Muslim
Cultural Heritage Centre
244 Acklam Road
North Kensington
London W10 5YG
020 8964 1496
www.almanaar.org.uk
Bloomsbury Qatar
Foundation Publishing
50 Bedford Square
London WC1B 3DP
www.bqfp.com.qa
Dash Arts
Unit 22, Toynbee Studios
28 Commercial Street
London E1 6AB
020 7377 6606
www.dasharts.org.uk
The Ismaili Centre
1-7 Cromwell Gardens
South Kensington
SW7 2SL
www.theismaili.org/
ismailicentre/london
London Iranian
Film Festival
Office 441
22 Nottinghill Gate
London
W11 3JE
www.ukiff.org.uk
MICA Gallery
Studio 2, 1st Floor
259A Pavilion Road
London
SW1X 0BP
www.micahub.com
The Arab British Centre
1 Gough Square
London EC4A 3DE
020 7832 1310
www.arabbritishcentre
.org.uk
The British
Egyptian Society
5 Brownlow Road
Croydon, Surrey
CR0 5JT
020 8681 7200
www.britishegyptian
society.org.uk
The Flyover
3-5 Thorpe Close
London
W10 5XL
www.theflyover.co.uk
Leighton House Museum
12 Holland Park Road
London W14 8LZ
Tel: 020 7602 3316
www.leightonhouse.co.uk
The London Middle
Eastern and North African
(MENA ) Film Festival
Golden House
30 Bloomsbury Street
London
WC1B 3QJ
www.menafilmfest.com
The Mosaic Rooms
226 Cromwell Road
London
SW5 0SW
020 7370 9990
www.mosaicrooms.org
Nour Festival of Arts
Saqi Books
26 Westbourne Grove
London
W2 5RH
020 7221 9347
www.saqibooks.com
The Science Museum
Exhibition Road
South Kensington
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org.uk
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2012 Nour Festival
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