Has art ever been a basic human need?

December 2020 - July 2021

The notion of return and the image of Palestine

June 2019 - September 2019

An Art Exhibition by Four of the Founding Members of the Modern Art Movement in Palestine

April 2019 - May 2019

These photos represent a visual memory of and an honest testimony on the pains and horrors that stretched over the demarcation lines

April 2019 - April 2019

Ghassan Kanafani Cultural Foundation

April 2019 - April 2019

The first sexual experiences and their relation to the violent social metamorphosis

March 2019 - March 2019

Visually unravelling the different weaves and layers of his social environment

February 2019 - February 2019

A film poster exhibition by Abboudi Abou Jaoudé

February 2019 - May 2019

The main installation recreates a 3-dimensional snapshot of the major cities and towns of Palestine circa 1947

January 2019 - January 2019

An exhibition displaying two of the Czech photographer’s extensive photo series

September 2018 - December 2018

The exhibition aims to present a new narrative in the works of this unique artist through showcasing the core of his art and connect it to its origin

June 2018 - July 2018

The exhibition brings together three of Sansour’s films – 'A Space Exodus' (2009), 'Nation Estate' (2012) and 'In the Future They Ate From the Finest Porcelain' (2016)

April 2018 - June 2018

An exhibition of artworks that were donated by Arab and Palestinian artists to the Institute for Palestine Studies.

February 2018 - March 2018

"[Safaa Al Set] echoes us through the remains that she so meticulously sculpted, so finely enough that when you see the works, you will inherently feel that those skeletons belong to you, that these bones you touch each day are yours, preserving closely to make sure they have not yet turned to ashes." — Khaled Khalifah

November 2017 - December 2017

The exhibition investigates the ways in which Arabic calligraphy has throughout history mirrored notions of the public and private, the political and personal, the performative and poetic, as well as the literary environments of its time

April 2017 - October 2017

With AHMAD BARCLAY & HANA SLEIMAN // ABDULRAHMAN KATANANI // KAMAL ALJAFARI // DICTAPHONE GROUP // MOHANAD YAQUBI // MAIS DARWAZAH // ARAB PUPPET THEATER FOUNDATION // THE LITTLE LANTERN DANCE AND THEATER WORKSHOP // MAURICIO MISLE // SARAH ZERYAB

October 2016 - November 2016

Palestinian embroidery in an exciting, new light

May 2016 - July 2016

Short film that takes the form of a music video for a ballad/middle-of-the-road song, performed as a duet between a male and female singer, in Arabic.

30 November 2021, 6:30 PM - 6:50 PM

Sami, a young boy who loves cinema, a famous director arrives at school to shoot a movie at the school. Sami seizes the opportunity to act.

30 November 2021, 6 PM - 6:24 PM

Set in the aftermath of an eco-disaster. A vast bunker under the biblical town of Bethlehem has been converted into an enormous orchard.

23 November 2021, 6:30 PM - 7 PM

Sebastia, a small archaeological town, sits on top of a hill Northwest of Nablus, Palestine surrounded by Shavei Shomron, an illegal Israeli settlement and confiscated agricultural fields of olive groves and apricot trees.

23 November 2021, 6 PM - 6:25 PM

In a busy, noisy, high-traffic street in Alexandria, Egypt, a seemingly vacant corner lot surrounded by chain link fencing is the training site of Egypt’s most elite champions – female weightlifters.

7 November 2021, 8 PM - 10 PM

Opening concert for Almost There Film Festival - 5th edition

4 November 2021, 9 PM - 11 PM

A pulsating journey filled with harsh realities and an unbreakable sense of humor.

4 November 2021, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

After 62 years of living together, Aïcha and Mabrouk, Lina’s grandparents, have decided to separate.

26 October 2021, 6 PM - 7:30 PM

A journey through the memories of families and relatives, the smell of spices, the pistachio vendor, the loud chatter of passersby, the giggles and groans of the alleys and corridors of the Old City of Jerusalem.

29 September 2021, 7 PM - 8 PM

A singer is expected in the palace for the dictator’s birthday celebrations. The festivities commence, but the singer’s car collapses on the road.

21 September 2021, 6 PM - 8 PM

Mustafa and his wife Salwa live 200 meters apart in villages separated by the wall. One day he gets a call every parent dreads: his son has had an accident.

8 September 2021, 6 PM - 7:30 PM

Panel moderated by Moein El-Taher in the presence of Michel Nawfal, Elias Khoury, Wali Noueiheid and Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah (via video call).

27 July 2021, 6 PM - 7:30 PM

A socio-political metaphor about the Arab-Israeli conflict.

14 June 2021, 8 PM

A portrait of two generations of men; the revolutionaries of the 1970s

17 May 2021, 7:30 PM - 9 PM

Discover the stories behind the exhibition's 250 items

23 April 2021, 3 PM - 4 PM

To honour working women across Lebanon

7 March 2020, 11 AM - 7 PM

A pillar of Lebanese folk literature

5 March 2020, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Abstract designs and vibrant materials

27 February 2020, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

El-Zeenni's songs and poems have left an imprint on Lebanese and Arab pop culture

20 February 2020, 6:30 PM - 8 PM

Film screening at the Social Support Society – Active Ageing House

20 February 2020, 10:30 AM - 12 PM

Environmental, historical and cultural issues all around and inside the cedar forest

18 February 2020, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

The launch of Tosh Fesh 8 and two new exclusive comics

12 February 2020, 6 PM - 9 PM

Film screening at the Social Support Society – Active Ageing House

6 February 2020, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Testimonies of ordinary people

4 February 2020, 6:30 PM - 7 PM

Searching for young Palestinian musical talents

30 January 2020, 6:30 PM - 8 PM

A living memory of the Palestinian musical heritage

23 January 2020, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Film screening at the Social Support Society – Active Ageing House

23 January 2020, 10:30 AM - 12 PM

Locating Palestinian utopia in the heart of the Zionist present

21 January 2020, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Film screening at the Social Support Society – Active Ageing House

9 January 2020, 10:30 AM - 12 PM

A collaborative and hands-on teamwork experience

9 January 2020, 10:30 AM - 12 PM

People from the in-between spaces

12 December 2019, 7 PM - 9 PM

Salim reports his car's theft and befriends the detective

16 October 2019, 7 PM - 9:45 PM

An undercover drug dealer with the license to kill

15 October 2019, 7 PM - 9:45 PM

A peculiar billionaire dressed as a tramp

14 October 2019, 7 PM - 9:30 PM

Creative episodes from the twentieth century until nowadays

12 October 2019, 7 PM - 8 PM

Followed by a Q&A with director Parine Jaddo

12 October 2019, 3 PM - 6:30 PM

A fanatic religious youth turns everyone’s life upside down

11 October 2019, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Followed by a Q&A with directors Adel Khaled and Dhyaa Joda

10 October 2019, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Tribute to the assassinated Iraqi academics

9 October 2019, 6:30 PM - 9 PM

A celebratory return to the springs and tributaries of modern Iraqi creativity

8 October 2019, 6:30 PM - 8 PM

We put on clothes. We join a group.

8 October 2019, 11 AM - 7 PM

'Rewinding the memories had evoked a different meaning'

7 October 2019, 7 PM - 9 PM

Shedding light on the current art scene inside Iraq and in the diaspora

7 October 2019, 6 PM - 9 PM

The lives of two Palestinian women

24 September 2019, 6:30 PM - 8:15 PM

A joint panel followed by a Q&A

19 September 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Followed by a Q&A with the director

11 September 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Followed by a Q&A with the director

3 September 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

The second edition of the folktales project

31 August 2019, 8 PM - 10 PM

Aseel understands the reasons behind his broken relationship with his father

28 August 2019, 6:30 PM - 8 PM

Creativity, business and culture

27 August 2019, 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Cracks in her seemingly perfect life begin to show

21 August 2019, 6:30 PM - 8:15 PM

The banal story of a separation

20 August 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

The film is about two students' journey

14 August 2019, 6:30 PM - 8 PM

Behind her delicate face are dark secrets

7 August 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM

Two shorts by the Lebanese photographer

30 July 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Two shorts by the Lebanese photographer

16 July 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Retracing moments between Lebanon, New York and Sharjah

2 July 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM

Engraving on recycled Tetra Pak packaging and cooking utensils

29 June 2019, 10 AM - 1 PM

Inspired by real-life interviews with Palestinian refugees in Lebanon

26 June 2019, 7 PM - 8:30 PM

Rami lives his experience in the city

25 June 2019, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

A community shattered by war

18 June 2019, 6:30 PM - 8 PM

The Martyr's wife, the Martyr's daughter and the Martyr's sister

13 June 2019, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

The notion of return and the image of Palestine

12 June 2019, 6 PM - 9 PM

An encounter with the Palestinian artist and historian and exclusive launch of his limited edition silkscreen print

11 June 2019, 6:30 PM - 8 PM

Three pioneering Palestinian women

10 June 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Two short documentaries from the early works of Jean Chamoun

4 June 2019, 6:30 PM - 8 PM

On the exhibition 'In the Middle of a Leap into the Void'

31 May 2019, 6 PM - 8 PM

Spend an hour away from the world

29 May 2019, 9:30 PM - 11:30 PM

Palestinians in Lebanon talk about their hopes, dreams, aspirations, identities, and futures

22 May 2019, 4 PM - 5:30 PM

An attempt to understand the evolution of Armenian intellectual, literally and spiritual history from pagan times to the present day

21 May 2019, 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

How can a documentary film speak of an inhospitable or even brutal space?

11 May 2019, 5 PM - 7 PM

A fourth and final tour of the exhibition

9 May 2019, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Recreate some of the posters which are featured in the exhibition

4 May 2019, 9 AM - 12 PM

A Talk and Art Exhibition by Four of the Founding Members of the Modern Art Movement in Palestine

30 April 2019, 5 PM - 9 PM

Films made by women

27 April 2019, 12 PM - 9 PM

Four key themes in El Rass' works

25 April 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

The third guided tour of the exhibition

24 April 2019, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

A workshop for university students of arts and design majors

19 April 2019, 11 AM - 3 PM

Starring Omar Sharif and Zina Bouzaiade

18 April 2019, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

These photos represent a visual memory of and an honest testimony on the pains and horrors that stretched over the demarcation lines

18 April 2019, 6 PM - 9 PM

Starring Fernandel and Samia Gamal

17 April 2019, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

A compelling journey from childhood to adulthood

17 April 2019, 6:30 PM - 8 PM

The exhibition's second virtual tour outside Palestine

13 April 2019, 11 AM - 7 PM

A talk and a virtual tour of 'Labour of Love'

12 April 2019, 6 PM - 8:30 PM

Based on Ghassan Kanafani's 'The Little Lantern'

11 April 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Based on Ghassan Kanafani's 'Men in the Sun'

9 April 2019, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

In collaboration with Halabi Bookshop

6 April 2019, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

A personal and contemporary approach to the piano

5 April 2019, 6 PM - 9 PM

In collaboration with Halabi Bookshop

5 April 2019, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Ghassan Kanafani Cultural Foundation

1 April 2019, 6 PM - 9 PM

A selection of diverse Arab documentaries and narrative films

30 March 2019, 6:30 PM - 9 PM

Produce illustrated and embroidered fabric posters

30 March 2019, 4 PM - 7 PM

Produce illustrated and embroidered fabric posters

30 March 2019, 9 AM - 12 PM

A tribute to the Aleppian singing legend

28 March 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Guided tour with the curator

27 March 2019, 6 PM - 7 PM

The residents are trapped by the Israeli military

24 March 2019, 6:30 PM - 8 PM

To celebrate the singer's latest album

22 March 2019, 6 PM - 9 PM

The old movie theatres and their founding role in movie-going

20 March 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

The film follows the filmmaker’s examination of why her community fell under blanket government surveillance

19 March 2019, 6:30 PM - 8 PM

Explore storytelling tools through objects, set design and creative writing

11 March 2019, 12 PM - 6 PM

History and challenges of electronic and experimental music

7 March 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

A film centred around passion and love

5 March 2019, 6:30 PM - 8 PM

The first sexual experiences and their relation to the violent social metamorphosis

4 March 2019, 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

The archiving journey which he started at the age of 16 years

28 February 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Guided tour with the curator

28 February 2019, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Presentation of the intervention at Dar El-Nimer

26 February 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Her voice is heard almost every day on Arab radio stations

25 February 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Six Syrian artists narrate their stories

21 February 2019, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

A film poster exhibition by Abboudi Abou Jaoudé

20 February 2019, 6 PM - 9 PM

Upon the artist's exhibition at the Shatila refugee camp in Lebanon

15 February 2019, 6 PM - 8 PM

The film examines the area’s peculiar history, using it as a metaphor for Lebanon’s troubled past

12 February 2019, 6:30 PM - 8 PM

Each person feels Tarab for a different reason

7 February 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

The film follows truck drivers whose lives revolve around waiting at the city’s port

5 February 2019, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Dunia will discover the pleasure of words through Sufi poetry

1 February 2019, 6:30 PM - 9 PM

A tribute to the Syrian people’s resistance

31 January 2019, 6:30 PM - 9 PM

The conversation will also build on the themes raised in the Visualizing Palestine-curated exhibition 'A National Monument'

30 January 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Theeb chases after Hussein and embarks on a treacherous journey across the Arabian Desert

29 January 2019, 6:30 PM - 8:15 PM

The journey of Nawwara tells the story of a nation

25 January 2019, 7 PM - 9 PM

This session will explore the trajectory of VP’s projects over time

24 January 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

An online platform for interacting with historic and present-day maps of Palestine

23 January 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Ahmad’s straightforwardness, sense of humour and sharp mind help him make friends and find tranquillity in the daily rhythm of prison life

22 January 2019, 6:30 PM - 8 PM

Live storytelling derived from the work by Dr Salman Abu Sitta and others

18 January 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Al-Ghilaf is a series of monthly encounters organised by Ma3azef at Dar El-Nimer

17 January 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

An insight into the exhibition and its main installation

16 January 2019, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

A guided tour of the exhibition with the artist and the curator

16 January 2019, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

This film is a sober tale, set in Amman, of a marginalised man, a compulsive gambler, who is struggling to survive and making the best out of a difficult life

15 January 2019, 6:30 PM - 8 PM

A guided tour with the artist and the curator

12 January 2019, 11 AM - 12 PM

A graphic novel created by Italian artist Stefano Ricci

10 January 2019, 6 PM - 8 PM

Monaliza is confronted by a community of nosy and quirky stereotypes

8 January 2019, 6:30 PM - 8 PM

Two short films

18 December 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM

This collaboration started as early as 1945 and lasted until 1972

13 December 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM

Two short films

11 December 2018, 6 PM - 6:30 PM

'Away From Home', 'The Visit' and 'Testimonies of Palestinian Children in Wartime'

8 December 2018, 6 PM - 8 PM

Moderated by Abed Kobeissy

6 December 2018, 5:30 PM - 7 PM

Moderated by Dr Ghada Sabih

5 December 2018, 6 PM - 8 PM

Three short films

4 December 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM

A tale of poetic truth, the film examines the ways in which war brings people together

27 November 2018, 6 PM - 7:30 PM

She firmly established herself as a vibrant female voice in what was clearly a man's world at the time

24 November 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM

Saab is like a character in her own story, returning to a country and a city that she no longer recognises

20 November 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM

Georges Nasser tells his own story of unprecedented success, struggles and disappointments

17 November 2018, 6 PM - 7:15 PM

New album of the Lebanese singer

14 November 2018, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Two short films from 1976

13 November 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM

In the country of cedar trees, this new movement in street art gives a fresh voice to a youth who has long been ignored by its nation

10 November 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM

This film recounts the origins of the Lebanese conflict

6 November 2018, 6 PM - 7:15 PM

Ayham Ahmad sings accompanied by an out-of-tune piano about migration, hunger, and death

3 November 2018, 6 PM - 6:30 PM

A film screening and a Q&A with the director

30 October 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM

'As per local Palestinian custom'

23 October 2018, 6 PM - 7:45 PM

A performance by Palestinian and Syrian youth, refugees residing in South Lebanon, directed & facilitated by Minwal Theatre Company

19 October 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM

This film is a visceral 'road movie' that chronicles the daily travails of Palestinians

16 October 2018, 6 PM - 7:15 PM

The story unfolds through the eyes of two cynical, funny and wise gas station attendants

9 October 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM

An interactive documentary, an ABC on Gender

5 October 2018, 7 PM - 8 PM

He left behind a great legacy of compositions that have still not been classified

4 October 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM

The film sheds light on Hirokawa’s arrival to the Dalia kibbutz in the Galilee Heights and the outbreak of the 1967 War

2 October 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM

Featuring storytellers from Lebanon, Egypt and Palestine

28 September 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM

The painful experience of a French journalist taken as hostage in a war-torn Beirut

25 September 2018, 6 PM - 7:45 PM

The talk examines the diversity of privately-owned public collections and museums, and what makes them special

21 September 2018, 6 PM - 8 PM

The film recounts stories of the Civil War from the experience of two French doctors

18 September 2018, 6 PM - 7:30 PM

A panel discussion which will present different approaches to the subject

13 September 2018, 6 PM - 7:30 PM

An exhibition displaying two of the Czech photographer’s extensive photo series

12 September 2018, 6 PM - 9 PM

Maroun Bagdadi's first feature, completed and screened on the eve of Lebanon’s Civil War

11 September 2018, 6 PM - 8 PM

A story of loss and waiting in line

7 September 2018, 7 PM - 8 PM

This session will chronicle Asmahan's career and present excerpts of songs that showcase her journey

6 September 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM

The story of Lebanon’s civil war in 1975 through three characters

4 September 2018, 6 PM - 8 PM

In the extraordinary Egyptian city of Suez, the Egyptian revolution was born and the film features its entire special divided story

31 July 2018, 6 PM - 7:10 PM

The Tunisian star is back in Beirut to sign his new album

26 July 2018, 6 PM - 8 PM

The film is a journey of one man’s search for an identity, during the first few days of the Egyptian revolution

24 July 2018, 6 PM - 7:30 PM

A cognitive perspective and a social-developmental approach – the experience of El-Funoun Dance Troupe

23 July 2018, 5 PM - 7 PM

A documentary that explores the lives of Shoushou and Mohammad Farag, two children who live and work in the tanneries in Egypt

17 July 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM

Downtown Cairo, 2009. Khalid, a 35-year-old filmmaker, is struggling to captures the soul of his city while facing loss in his own life

10 July 2018, 6 PM - 8 PM

Dar Samaa' chronicles Oum Kalthoum’s career in Lebanon

5 July 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM

Featuring a short special behind-the-scenes documentary, followed by a discussion with director Mai Masri, and producer Sabine Sidawi

4 July 2018, 6 PM - 7:30 PM

Manal, Zaki and Mounir are in their twenties, living in a confined community where basic needs are met yet chaos and disorder brew

3 July 2018, 6 PM - 7:15 PM

Hedi is a simple young man. He is not very talkative, not very reactive and does not expect much from the life that is traced for him

26 June 2018, 6 PM - 7:30 PM

A talk, a book launch and a guided tour

25 June 2018, 5 PM - 9 PM

A panel discussion, a guided tour and presentation

23 June 2018, 5 PM - 9 PM

In this ramshackle world, between fantasy and fantastic, lives a man, Tarik. Tarik wears makeup and dresses as a woman

19 June 2018, 6 PM - 7:30 PM

Meet the Swedish human rights activist who's been walking all the way from Sweden to Palestine

13 June 2018, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Mourad is a businessman who rose to success in Algeria in the 2000s. Now he's a new man who wants to stay away from trouble

12 June 2018, 6 PM - 7:45 PM

How can the creative process be a healing process?

7 June 2018, 2 PM - 4 PM

A few months before the revolution, Farah turns 18. She joins a politically-engaged band of musicians and discovers freedom and love against her mother Hayet’s will, who is more conscious of Tunisia and its taboos

5 June 2018, 6 PM - 7:45 PM

What does it mean to be an Arab?

29 May 2018, 6 PM - 7:30 PM

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

Separated by the Wall that snakes through the occupied West Bank, Omar has become adept at dodging surveillance bullets in order to climb the wall and visit the beautiful Nadia

22 May 2018, 6 PM - 7:45 PM

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

A Palestinian Boyhood

15 May 2018, 6 PM - 7:30 PM

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

The film is a rare glimpse into Palestinian society from the inside

8 May 2018, 6 PM - 7:45 PM

By the participants of the Jouer l'Image workshop

5 May 2018, 6 PM - 7 PM

From the rich and diverse productions of 1952, this session will showcase a selection of songs, some of which have never been available online

3 May 2018, 7 PM - 8 PM

A rare collection of photographs and archival documents

2 May 2018, 6 PM - 9 PM

The workshop blends sound, art, improvisations, poetic and societal approach to music, traditions and new forms of authorship

1 May 2018, 9 AM - 12 PM

Archaeology is the study of material ancient human remains. During this workshop, participants will have the chance to discover archaeology through interactive, hands-on activities

28 April 2018, 11 AM - 2 PM

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

A guided tour of the 'Sci-Fi Trilogy' exhibition

26 April 2018, 5 PM - 6 PM

Sscreening of two short films by Larissa Sansour

24 April 2018, 7 PM - 7:30 PM

Moderated by Pierre Abi Saab

23 April 2018, 7 PM - 8 PM

The Radical, The Poetic, and The Utopian

19 April 2018, 7 PM - 8 PM

In celebration of Palestinian Prisoners Day

18 April 2018, 6 PM - 8 PM

Screening of three of Larissa Sansour’s films – 'A Space Exodus' - 2009, 'Nation Estate' - 2012, and 'In the Future They Ate From the Finest Porcelain' - 2016

17 April 2018, 7 PM - 7:45 PM

Join artist Larissa Sansour for a conversation to explore the artworks of the exhibition

12 April 2018, 7 PM - 8 PM

Artist Larissa Sansour leads a guided tour of the exhibition

12 April 2018, 11 AM - 12:30 PM

A young filmmaker investigates the legend of Manivelle

10 April 2018, 7 PM - 8 PM

This encounter is an invitation to discover the beginnings of Fairouz and listen to a selection of her rare songs, dating between the summer of 1950 and early 1952

5 April 2018, 7 PM - 8 PM

In the framework of 'Film Tuesdays', Dar El-Nimer would like to invite you to the screening of two animation shorts: 'Waves ’98' by Ely Dagher and 'Silence' by Chadi Aoun

3 April 2018, 7 PM - 8 PM

The director returns to her native Lebanon due to the financial difficulties of her father, the principal of the Lebanese Rabie School in the southern suburb of Beirut. The family home forms the venue for frequent lively and often humorous discussions. From these debates emerges the recent history of the country and the way political change has irreversibly transformed society

27 March 2018, 7 PM - 8 PM

Mostapha, in his late 70's, suffers from a sleeping disorder. His daughter comes to visit him home while he's running some medical tests. The film dwells in various intimate moments that the daughter tries to capture all along her stay, trying to get answers to all her questions, before it's too late

20 March 2018, 7 PM - 8 PM

This project is part of a long-range, ever-widening initiative that is meant to build bridges between theatre artists and audiences in Arab countries and those in the worldwide Arab diaspora.

15 March 2018, 7 PM - 9 PM

Maream is the mother of 4 kids, her husband Rachid worked abroad for more than ten years. From 1978 to 1988, Mariam's correspondence with her husband happened through audio cassettes that she sent with travellers

13 March 2018, 7 PM - 8 PM

Les représentations seront assurées dans l’une des deux langues Arabe ou Français dans des lieux différents du lundi 12 au dimanche 18 mars 2018 à 19h30

12 March 2018, 7:30 PM - 10 PM

Crafts, embroidery and food, in celebration of International Women's Day

8 March 2018, 11 AM - 7 PM

The film recalls the family's forgotten and scattered past through a love story that combined religions, nations, ideologies and wars while contemplating the destiny that awaited such a love story

6 March 2018, 7 PM - 8:30 PM

The story of Ayyoubé is one that shows success and seeing the light, even after a lifetime of darkness.

1 March 2018, 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Al Shambouk is one of the highest mountainous areas in Lebanon. It is located in the Akkar heights and is only a few kilometres away from Syria. It is the homeland of Haykal, a 60- something-year-old Christian farmer.

27 February 2018, 6:30 PM - 8 PM

Irab Arab Association and Dar El-Nimer for Arts and Culture are pleased to invite you to the book launch of "Female Singing Stars of the Lebanese 40s", funded by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture — AFAC

21 February 2018, 6 PM - 8 PM

Sarah Srage was born in Beirut. She debuted her career by working in scenography, and then as a journalist in a TV station. Living in Paris since 2009, she perused her studies at the Beaux-Arts de Paris school, Elsa Cayo studio, and then specialized in Documentary Film Making at Lussas (MA). “Children of Beirut” is her first feature film.

20 February 2018, 6:30 PM - 8 PM

Yara Borrello is an Italian-Lebanese filmmaker who graduated from USJ-IESAV in 2017, and she has so far directed four documentaries.

13 February 2018, 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

This screening, which is presented in collaboration with MC Distribution and Beirut DC, will be followed by a Q&A with director Simon El Habre.

6 February 2018, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Amer Shomali is a Palestinian multidisciplinary artist, using painting, films, digital media, installations, and comics as tools to explore and interact with the sociopolitical scene in Palestine.

30 January 2018, 6:30 PM - 8 PM

Born in Palestine in 1967, Raed Andoni started his career in cinema as an independent producer in 1998. He co-founded the production company Dar Films.

23 January 2018, 6:30 PM - 8 PM

Twelve Palestinian women sit before us and talk of their life before the Diaspora, of their memories and their identity. Their narratives are connected by the enduring thread of the ancient art of embroidery.

16 January 2018, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

The workshop aims to present theater as a creative space to help children acquire oral and expressive language skills.

15 January 2018, 4:30 PM - 6 PM

In collaboration with the Modern and Contemporary Art Museum — MACAM: Screening of short films, followed by a discussion with Philip Joa

13 December 2017, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

A conversation with Yasmine Hamdan moderated by Pierre Abi Saab

8 December 2017, 6 PM - 7 PM

In collaboration with the Institute for Palestine Studies, a conference day that aims to examine cultural production during and about the Intifada, with contributions by researchers, writers, artists, and filmmakers

30 November 2017, 9 AM - 2:15 PM

In collaboration with the Institute for Palestine Studies, followed by a discussion with director Amer Shomali, moderated by Rima Mismar, Executive Director of the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture - AFAC

29 November 2017, 6:30 PM - 8 PM

In collaboration with the Institute for Palestine Studies, followed by a discussion with director Mai Masri, moderated by Leila Shahid

28 November 2017, 6:30 PM - 8 PM

A conversation between Dhafer Youssef and Pierre Abi Saab

20 November 2017, 7 PM - 8:30 PM

To mark the closing of the exhibition: ‘Midad: The Public and Intimate Lives of Arabic Calligraphy’

21 October 2017, 6 PM - 8 PM

Last chance to discuss the exhibition's research and get up close to the extraordinary objects of the El-Nimer Collection

18 October 2017, 11 AM - 12 PM

This workshop proposes to reflect on the construction of the book as a design object

13 October 2017, 5 PM - 2 PM

Explore the mysteries of the Arabic alphabet and the meaning of its letters

11 October 2017, 6 PM - 7 PM

Lebanese Premiere of the film

6 October 2017, 6 PM - 7 PM

Presentation of 'The Bible in the Face of Archaeology and Biblical Studies'

4 October 2017, 6:30 PM - 8 PM

Reading, book launch and signing

3 October 2017, 7 PM - 9 PM

A series of events will be taking place from the 23rd until the 29th of September in the presence of the acclaimed Palestinian actor and director, Mohammad Bakri

23 September 2017, 5 PM - 9 PM

The book invites the reader to explore the worlds of Arabic calligraphy, its ever-changing expressions, and its meaning, from proclamations of authority in the public sphere to intimate beliefs about the power of the Word

19 September 2017, 6 PM - 8 PM

Discover Souad’s musical journey, her relation to the Arabic language, which she’s been importing through her songs, as well as her status as an Arab woman and artist

11 September 2017, 6:30 PM - 8 PM

Kids will be inspired to explore and engage with language and writing beyond speech and text itself

23 August 2017, 11 AM - 1 PM

An evening of classical Arabic songs by Elie Rizkallah accompanied on the piano by Dr. John Fayyad, taking us back to the golden age of Arabic music

10 August 2017, 8 PM - 9:30 PM

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

To discover the art of Illumination and learn its basics

26 July 2017, 4 PM - 7 PM

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

From overseas, on a journey across three continents, a precious gift arrives from the east to the west... An elephant!

13 July 2017, 7 PM - 8 PM

A guided tour of the Bachoura cemetery to study the history of tombstones

11 July 2017, 10 AM - 12 PM

Ghassan Kanafani Cultural Foundation and Dar El-Nimer for Arts and Culture invite you on Monday, July 10th, to remember Ghassan Kanafani and Lamis Nijem on the 45th commemoration of their martyrdom

10 July 2017, 7 PM - 9 PM

Participants will draw their own using a variety of tools, compiling the results into a functioning Arabic font

8 July 2017, 10 AM - 1 PM

Participants are invited to take classic Arabic poems and use them to make a typographic poetry book

3 July 2017, 10 AM - 1 PM

A lyrical journey with verses of Al-Hallaj, Jamil Sudqii El-Zihawi and Omar Khayyam

22 June 2017, 9:30 PM - 11 PM

Daline Jabbour will be performing music from Oum Koulthoum and Abdel Wahab repertory, in addition to Muwashahat

8 June 2017, 9:30 PM - 11 PM

This talk is a thorough examination of the journey from contemporary calligraphy into typography

30 May 2017, 7 PM - 8:30 PM

Encounter and workshop with ALA.NI

23 May 2017, 7 PM - 9:30 PM

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

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

The workshop proposes an alternative way of experiencing art, text, and paper

5 May 2017, 5 PM - 6:30 PM

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

This workshop explores the fluidity of Arabic script through exercises and experiments with lettering, colors, and composition

29 April 2017, 10 AM - 12 PM

Presentation of 'The Cosmic Script'

18 April 2017, 7 PM - 8:30 PM

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

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

The LeBAM Jazz Ensemble is the latest band developed and managed by the Lebanese Band Association for the Promotion of Music (LeBAM)

18 January 2017, 7:30 PM - 9 PM

Two panels organized by the Beirut & Beyond International Music Festival

9 December 2016, 4 PM - 5:30 PM

A conversation with the artist moderated by Khyam Allami

7 December 2016, 6 PM - 7:30 PM

Written, produced and performed by Raeda Taha | Directed by Lina Abyad | Duration: 75 minutes | All proceeds of the play go to support the Ghassan Kanafani Cultural Foundation

24 November 2016, 8 PM - 9:15 PM

A music performance by Amal Kawash (vocals) accompanied by Wissam Elali (Oud)

15 November 2016, 7 PM - 9 PM

A book signing followed by a conversation with Hooda Shawa

15 November 2016, 5:30 PM - 7 PM

It is through the voice notes exchanged with her parents that Sarah discovers that the war has reversed their roles

29 October 2016, 6 PM - 8 PM

In audio and video recordings from the 1970’s, Mauricio Misle found strong memories from his family in Palestine, that present a brutal episode of the Israeli colonization. Hamule reflects the trauma inherited by several generations of Palestinian descendants in Chile

29 October 2016, 6 PM - 8 PM

Taking an audio tour based on ‘This Sea Is Mine’ performance that was conducted in 2012, the audience is invited to a journey with fisherman Adnan al-Oud on a fishing boat from the Ain El-Mreisse port to Dalieh seafront area in Raouche

29 October 2016, 11 AM - 12 PM

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

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

‘My Love Awaits Me by the Sea’ is a poetic documentary narrating the story of the director who takes the first-time journey back to her homeland, Palestine. The screening will be followed by a conversation between Mais Darwazah and Rima Mismar (AFAC).

14 October 2016, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

The story of ‘A Performance Desperately in Need for an Audience’ tells the tale of exile. It delves into the world where thousands upon thousands of people are choosing to bear the burden of migration and to face the ultimate risk of death, leaving behind their homes and loved ones, in the hopes of finding themselves human again beyond the seas

13 October 2016, 6:30 PM - 8 PM

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

The Israeli and American features shot in the town of Jaffa from the 60s to the 90s are the basis for the story of a dream. All protagonists are removed from the original footage, leaving an empty setting formed by the town. Thus, the impossible is made possible from the ‘I’ perspective, namely filming the past and compiling a picture album made of memories

7 October 2016, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

The Mysterious Disappearance of Mustafa Ouda

17 September 2016, 6 PM - 8 PM

Discover Diawara and her musical achievements

13 September 2016, 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM

Participating children will create their own illustrations to be printed on t-shirts and back sacks

23 August 2016, 10 AM - 2 PM

A guided tour of 'At the Seams'

29 July 2016, 11 AM - 12 PM

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

Shop and stitch in the sunshine!

16 July 2016, 12 PM - 6 PM

Learn the basics of the Palestinian cross-stitch

18 June 2016, 12 PM - 6 PM

A special screening of "The Embroiderers" and the formal launch of the "At the Seams" publication

15 June 2016, 7 PM - 10 PM

These tactile workshops will bring you up-close and personal with objects from the exhibition

11 June 2016, 12 PM - 12 PM

These hands-on workshops invite children to engage in an interactive learning experience by exploring the narratives behind Palestinian embroidery

8 June 2016, 3 PM - 6 PM