Shubbak: A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture
Shubbak: A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture is a showcase and celebration of the very best of contemporary culture from across the Arab world.
Organised by the Mayor’s Office of the Greater London Authority, the Festival will run from 4 – 24 July 2011 across a number of venues and includes all aspects of Arab culture from architecture, dance, design and film to literature, poetry, music and the visual arts.
We’re pleased to be working with Mathaf and LIFT to present a dynamic programme of film, performance, talks and workshops offering a platform for artists, activists and academics as part of Shubbak.
Shubbak will be a first ever event - the first time so many different aspects of contemporary Arab culture will have been celebrated in one London festival.
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Mathaf: Interference
8 July 2011 - 10 July 2011
Providing a social and critical hub at the ICA for the first weekend of the Shubbak Festival, Interference is a three day exploration of the relationship between art, agency and agitation in the Arab world and beyond.
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Culture Now: Haroon Mirza & Gregor Muir
8 July 2011
Artist Haroon Mirza joins us for this special lunch time talk with ICA Director Gregor Muir to discuss the changing shape and new directions of culture in the 21st century.
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LIFT presents Jarideh: A Secret Encounter by Tania El Khoury
13 July 2011 - 15 July 2011
Jarideh (meaning newspaper) is a one-on-one encounter lasting 45 minutes where both visitor and performer become partners in crime.
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LIFT & Orient Productions present On The Importance Of Being An Arab
14 July 2011 - 15 July 2011
Egyptian director Ahmed El Attar places himself at the centre of his performance as he opens his personal archive of diaries, love letters, school reports and official documents.
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LIFT presents Gulf Stage: You... Me... The Human...
15 July 2011
Gulf Stage is an unique digital project that transcends geographical barriers through artistic innovation and brings theatre from the Gulf to a global audience.
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Culture Now: Mark Ball and Deborah Shaw
15 July 2011
A discussion led by Mark Ball, Artistic Director of LIFT, with theatre director Deborah Shaw on the link between art and politics in the Arab world, and the impact of the recent uprisings.