SOURCE: NEXT CITY BY: RACHEL KAUFMAN Fifteen U.S. organizations will receive a combined $2.3 million in funding to “strengthen relationships among Muslim and non-Muslim neighbors” through arts and cultural projects.The Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art has been making these direct grants since 2014 under the name “Building Bridges,” Inside Philanthropy reports. (Previously, the foundation awarded grants … Continued
SOURCE: ART NEWS BY: CLAIRE SELVIN The Sharjah Art Foundation in the United Arab Emirates has opened an installation of the London-based collective Random International’s work Rain Room (2012). The work, which will now be permanently sited at Al Majarrah Park, is the first in a series of projects that the Sharjah Art Foundation has slated for various … Continued
Syrian Migration Series, #7 by Helen Zughaib, 2017 © By Emiliya Strahilova/Arab America Contributing Writer April is National Arab American Heritage Month. It’s this wonderful time of the year when joy and optimism become contagious. While flowers are blooming and birds are returning to their homes, we are reminded of one other spring which started … Continued
By: Mario Habashy/Arab America Contributing Writer The result of a ten year intergovernmental deal between France and the United Arab Emirates is, at last, coming to fruition. The stunning Louvre Abu Dhabi became open to the masses on in November of last year. The new Louvre boasts galleries that contain pieces from the ancient Egyptian … Continued
SOURCE: BROADWAY WORLD BY: BMWW NEWS DESK The Global Fridays Fall 2017 season at the Arab American National Museum (AANM) closes with Dead Are My People. Playwright Ismail Khalidi’s staged reading will be performed by Noor Theatre and features live musical accompaniment led by Hadi Eldebek. The performance takes place at AANM in the Aliya Hassan Auditorium at 8 … Continued
SOURCE: NPR About eL Seed’s TED Talk Using Arabic calligraphy, eL Seed paints messages of hope on the sides of buildings. He says the beauty of Arabic script — even if you can’t read it — can change negative perceptions of Arab culture. About eL Seed French-Tunisian artist eL Seed blends the historic art of Arabic calligraphy … Continued
SOURCE: KHALEEJ TIMES BY: JASMINE AL KUTTAB The Pritzker Prize-winning French architect said that when he did not have to look far for the musuem’s design inspiration Standing under the dome of Louvre Abu Dhabi, visitors are struck with the reminder of past lives, lived under the oasis of the date trees of Al Ain. … Continued
SOURCE: MONDOWEISS BY JESSE RUBIN Palestinian artists from the Washington D.C. metro area and beyond convened at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts on Monday, October 2nd for opening night of the annual D.C. Palestinian Film and Arts Festival (DCPFAF). Now in its seventh year, the festival was co-founded in 2011 by Nadia Daar, Noura Erakat and … Continued
SOURCE: LANGUAGE MAGAZINE When it was first published in 2005, Mourad Boutros’s classic work Arabic for Designers was the first of its kind, an authoritative guide for English-speaking designers working with the cultural and design complexities of Arabic. Extensively illustrated, it addressed the rise in global awareness of Arab cultures and provided a framework for … Continued
SOURCE: EGYPTIAN STREETS BY TOQA EZZIDIN She developed a passion for art early in her life and did an advanced level of painting as a kid and as a high-school student. Undeterred by the typical standards, she decided to pursue a career in what she believes can make the world a better place. Egyptian artist … Continued
SOURCE: DECATURISH.COM BY MARY MARGARET STEWART Clarkston is home to 14,000 refugees, meaning 43 percent of its residents are foreign born, making it the most diverse city in the United States. Refugees from over 57 different countries live in the city and refugee rights activist and local artist, Nabil Mousa works everyday to make that … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY SAEED SAEED If you search for Fairuz on YouTube, you will find a rare televised interview. Recorded in 1989 in Egypt, the legendary Lebanese singer sits in an empty cafe overlooking the pyramids with her interlocutor opposite her. The contrast between the two couldn’t be any more apparent – there’s the … Continued
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