Seeking to learn about her family history, a young woman sets out to question her mother, a filmmaker, about the story of her origins.

After discovering their late father left behind a fortune, sisters Mariam and Noura set aside their differences and hatch a plan to take the money before their brother — entitled to half the inheritance — learns of his death.

'Prisoner' follows Adam, a 12-year-old refugee, confronting the unsettling reality of his father Saeed’s past as a political prisoner.

In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, teenage Nafisa is raised on heroic tales of battling British colonisers told by her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit.

The brothers, Zaher and Murad, find themselves in conflict over how to perform the ritual washing and shrouding of their deceased sister, Hayam, after discovering love bites on her body, fearing scandal.

'Flana' is a personal documentary that follows director Zahraa as she confronts the haunting events of her past. Growing up in a Baghdad midwife, her aunt Hayat’s house, Zahraa witnessed the harsh realities of violence against women. 

In Fez - Morocco, the Foundouk of breastfeeding symbolizes female solidarity, where women help new mothers by nursing abandoned children, Meriem, a young single mother, develops a deep bond with Karam, an orphan left at the Foundouk.

Nigol Bezjian's film traces the sacred making of Muron, the holy oil of the Christian Church, a ritual repeated every seven years and carried through centuries of faith.

A special guided tour of the exhibition “On Earth as in Heaven: Icons from Jerusalem” led by researcher Mahmoud Zibawi. This tour offers a deeper look into the history, symbolism, and craftsmanship of Jerusalem’s iconographic tradition. The event also marks the launch of the exhibition catalogue in its newly released English edition.

Join Fadia Tomb El-Hage, daughter of Maroun Tomb for a guided tour. Fadia will walk you through the life and works of her father and the influence he had on her the works of her brother, Fouad.

A guided tour with the producer and director Carmen Labaki to explore the exhibition “Alcântara: The Travels of Dom Pedro II to the Arab World in 1871 and 1876”.

Guided tour in Portuguese with the researcher and curator Roberto Khatlab to explore the exhibition “Alcântara: The Travels of Dom Pedro II to the Arab World in 1871 and 1876”.

Dar El-Nimer for Arts and Culture invites the young audience (ages: 8-14) for a guided tour led by wildlife photographer Michel Zoghzoghi.

Bringing together more than 250 pieces that are divided by themes relevant to various historical episodes from Lebanon, the Arab region, and the world.

The exhibition explores Palestinian embroidery through the lenses of gender, labour, symbol, capital and class.

A guided tour of the exhibition ‘Thief of Baghdad’, led by its curator and poster collector Abboudi Abou Jaoudé.

To mark the opening of A National Monument, Dar El-Nimer for Arts and Culture invites you to a guided tour of the exhibition with artist Marwan Rechmaoui and curator Ahmad Barclay.

Language: English (January 12) - Arabic (January 16)

A guided tour of the exhibition, under the common themes of loss, belonging, heritage and national identity, Sci-Fi Trilogy explores aspects of the social and political turmoil of the Middle East.

To mark the opening of Sci-Fi Trilogy, artist Larissa Sansour leads a guided tour of the exhibition.

Curator Rachel Dedman leads a guided tour of the exhibition. Last chance to discuss the exhibition's research and get up close to the extraordinary objects of the El-Nimer Collection.