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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260801T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260801T213000
DTSTAMP:20260611T112704Z
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SUMMARY:Do You Love Me? dir Lana Daher (2025)
DESCRIPTION:A love letter to Beirut in the form of a playful and personal journey through Lebanon’s audiovisual memory – 70 years of film\, TV\, home videos\, and photography\, exploring the collective Lebanese psyche and marked by joy and intimacy\, destruction and loss. Through the eyes of citizens\, filmmakers and artists\, the film reconstructs a fragmented history in a country without a national archive\, celebrating creative expression as both resistance\, renewal and a way to preserve memory. \nScreens in the Jameel’s second Summer Cinema programme\, in collaboration with Hind Mezaina’s Culturist Film Club. Screenings are followed by an informal discussion with invited guests.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/do-you-love-me-dir-lana-daher-2025/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260718T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260718T213000
DTSTAMP:20260611T112756Z
CREATED:20260611T111746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260611T112756Z
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SUMMARY:Afterlives: dir Kevin Lee (2025)
DESCRIPTION:A desktop documentary that critically engages with the historical and digital traces of extremist propaganda\, questioning how images of violence circulate\, mutate\, and persist. The film moves between virtual investigations and real-world encounters with artists\, activists\, and researchers who seek to resist the effects of such media. At its core is the figure of Medusa\, a victim of violence whose gaze turned viewers to stone – invoked as a symbol of both the dangers and transformative potential of looking. \nScreens in the Jameel’s second Summer Cinema programme\, in collaboration with Hind Mezaina’s Culturist Film Club. Screenings are followed by an informal discussion with invited guests.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/afterlives-dir-kevin-lee-2025/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Film
GEO:25.216757;55.3309395
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260704T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260704T213000
DTSTAMP:20260611T112900Z
CREATED:20260611T110652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260611T112900Z
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SUMMARY:John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office: dir Michael Almereyda & Courtney Stephens (2025)
DESCRIPTION:John Lilly (1915-2001) was a scientist whose adventurous research played out against the backdrops of 1950s Cold War military science\, the drug-infused counterculture of the 60s\, and the environmental push of the 70s. Narrated by Chloë Sevigny\, the documentary tells the story of Lilly’s quest\, as one historian put it\, to “get his hands on the steering wheel of consciousness” — a project that relied increasingly on psychedelics\, leaving conventional science behind. For instance\, Lilly invented the isolation tank; and he was a primary explorer in the study of dolphin communication\, founding his own lab and pairing a young female researcher with a young male dolphin in a partially-flooded house. The film reflects the scope of Lilly’s interests\, the evolution of his public persona\, and his interactions with equally exceptional contemporaries: it’s not much a biopic\, though\, as a study of a few tumultuous decades in US history that showed how ideas can seep into culture. \nScreens in the Jameel’s second Summer Cinema programme\, in collaboration with Hind Mezaina’s Culturist Film Club. Screenings are followed by an informal discussion with invited guests.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/john-lilly-and-the-earth-coincidence-control-office-dir-michael-almereyda-courtney-stephens-2025/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Film
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260628
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260629
DTSTAMP:20260113T092721Z
CREATED:20260113T092721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260113T092721Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Jumana Emil Abboud: The Storyteller and the Obedient Tide
DESCRIPTION:Jumana Emil Abboud’s first solo exhibition in the Emirates draws on the lineage of Palestinian folktales and their continued resonance in the present – how stories inhabit landscapes\, shape personal histories and collective memory\, and create an enchanted relationship to the landscape. \nThe works in this show are like traces and fragments left by the tide’s ebb and flow; “they drift across time and geography\, fact and mythology\, and are grounded in the context of the Palestinian struggle for liberation and return” says the gallery. “Mirroring the exhibition’s title\, the tide’s devotion to the moon’s pull and the storyteller’s slow telling prompt the central question of the exhibition: how do we carry light\, across oceans\, across ruins\, across silence\, without letting it be extinguished?”
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-jumana-emil-abboud-the-storyteller-and-the-obedient-tide/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260620T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260620T213000
DTSTAMP:20260611T105739Z
CREATED:20260611T105542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260611T105739Z
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SUMMARY:Memories of Princess Mumbi: dir Damien Hauser (2025)
DESCRIPTION:Damien Hauser’s story has filmmaker Kuve travelling to Umata in 2093 to document the aftermath of a war that revived ancient kingdoms. He meets Mumbi there\, and she challenges him to make his film without AI. As Kuve searches for his own voice\, he begins to understand that even in a broken world beauty can be found in small human moments … A thrilling work of speculative cinema that draws deeply on past cinematic tradition\, Memories of Princess Mumbi asks what it means to bear witness — and what is at stake when we surrender that act to machines. \nScreens as the opener for the Jameel’s second Summer Cinema programme\, in collaboration with Hind Mezaina’s Culturist Film Club. Screenings are followed by an informal discussion with invited guests.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/memories-of-princess-mumbi-dir-damien-hauser-2025/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Film
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260614T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260614T180000
DTSTAMP:20260605T085235Z
CREATED:20260605T085235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T085235Z
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SUMMARY:Respiriting: The Water Diviners
DESCRIPTION:A free public performance\, presented in conjunction with Jumana Emil Abboud’s solo exhibition The Storyteller and the Obedient Tide (on show to 28 June)\, that continues the Jameel’s exploration of water\, folklore and collective storytelling with a new iteration of artist the artist’s ongoing Water Diviners practice. This spoken word performance is the culmination of Respiriting the Water Diviners\, a workshop series bringing together UAE-based participants to locate stories of spirited water sources across the region and beyond in the form of a collectively authored work weaving personal stories and endangered knowledge into myth-made\, water-worked tales of resilience and renewal. \nParticipants of the workshops: \nDima Abou Zannad\nFatema Alafaliq\nMaha Alasaker\nAzim Al Ghussein\nHala El Abora\nAnna Escobar\nAroma Joshi\nAndrew Riad\nTooba Shaikh\nDivya Walia
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/respiriting-the-water-diviners/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Performance
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260606T183000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260606T193000
DTSTAMP:20260605T085946Z
CREATED:20260605T085946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T085946Z
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SUMMARY:Mind to Map – Translating Thought into Form
DESCRIPTION:In this hands-on workshop with Meera Abdulrahim Salem\, organised by Assembly 2025-2026 member Poorvaja Subramanian as part of the Youth Takeover 2026\, visitors will decode their own emotions\, routines and data into maps\, symbols and form – using colour\, grids and layout to build a personal visual system that tells a story in a way words can’t. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/mind-to-map-translating-thought-into-form/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Workshop
GEO:25.216757;55.3309395
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260606T183000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260606T193000
DTSTAMP:20260605T085641Z
CREATED:20260605T085641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T085641Z
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SUMMARY:Strings/∅ – an ambient listening experience
DESCRIPTION:“An intimate\, process-based session exploring calibration through sound\, an ongoing negotiation with feedback\, error and environment” organised by Assembly 2025-2026 member Saiki Padhy as part of the Youth Takeover 2026. Visitors are invited behind the scenes of music creation\, where sound takes shape as a form of worldbuilding; guitarist Lucio Avancena transforms the space into a bedroom studio set\, improvising live with self-modified guitars and pedalboards ; as he works\, responding to the room and the feedback of his own sound\, corrections become material …
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/strings-%e2%88%85-an-ambient-listening-experience/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Performance
GEO:25.216757;55.3309395
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260509
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260510
DTSTAMP:20260427T153007Z
CREATED:20260427T151534Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T153007Z
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SUMMARY:Global Positioning System
DESCRIPTION:An ambitious large-scale group exhibition dedicated to mapping and navigation systems\, “telling stories of fast cars and donkeys\, spinning globes and street barricades\, cosmic highways and broken bridges … [it] delves into topographies\, transit lines and simulated landscapes to engage critically with the infrastructure of movement and navigation”. Set against real and imagined geographies and landscapes\, the exhibition asks questions about the infrastructures that enable transport and trade\, the promises of speed and progress\, the meaning of home\, and what ‘navigation’ means when the destination is not a place but a memory … \nThe artists: \nBani Abidi\nMadiha Aijaz\nFatma Al Ali\nMahmoud Alhaj\nLulua Alyahya\nAna Amorim\nNazgol Ansarinia\nFayçal Baghriche\nMirna Bamieh\nHeman Chong\nAngela Detanico & Rafael Lain\nHarun Farocki\nMd Fazla Rabbi Fatiq\nDevadeep Gupta\nHylozoic/Desires\nMohammed Kazem\nLawrence Lek\nDora Longo Bahia\nCinthia Marcelle\nSeher Naveed\nŞener Özmen & Erkan Özgen\nFazal Rizvi\nHassan Sharif\nVishwa Shroff\nDima Srouji\nDo Ho Suh\nT. Vinoja\nSubas Tamang\nBo Wang\nTatyana Zambrano \nThat’s an impressive list\, satisfyingly light on European names (for the purpose of making this point we’re assuming Türkiye to be non-European) and covering a wide range of artistic practices “from research-based engagements with infrastructure projects to conceptual works that question the very perception of distance”. \nGlobal Positioning System\, which is curated by Indranjan Banerjee and Lucas Morin (both exhibition curators at the Jameel)\, runs 9 May to 4 October\, an impressive six-month stint that indicates how important the Jameel thinks it is; and this is actually a two-centre exhibition\, with a second ‘chapter’ at Hayy Jameel in Jeddah from 20 May to 26 October featuring 22 artists – a third of whom are from the Dubai roster\, with new names making up the balance. \nAbove: Subas Tamang\, Study of History III (2017)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/global-positioning-system-2/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260403T080000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260403T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T134626Z
CREATED:20260403T134626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260403T134626Z
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SUMMARY:Global Positioning System
DESCRIPTION:A group exhibition dedicated to mapping and navigation systems\, “telling stories of fast cars and donkeys\, spinning globes and street barricades\, cosmic highways and broken bridges …” Curated by Indranjan Banerjee and Lucas Morin\, the exhibition presents a wide range of practices\, from research-based critical engagements with infrastructure projects to conceptual works that question the very perception of distance. It’s in two parts\, reflecting Art Jameel’s specific geographic footprint at two extremities of the Arabian Peninsula: at the Jameel in Dubai\, the show centres on navigation systems and mobility networks; at Hayy Jameel in Jeddah the exhibition (which runs 20 May – 17 October) focuses on cartography and mapping. \nTo 4 October. \nAbove: Fayçal Baghriche; Souvenir (2012)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/global-positioning-system/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260315
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260316
DTSTAMP:20260316T180838Z
CREATED:20260316T180838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T180838Z
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SUMMARY:Artists' Rooms: Kamruzzaman Shadhin
DESCRIPTION:This one-room installation restages Shadhin’s monumental The River Remembers. In this large-scale textile artwork\, handcrafted threads map the colour of the water of the Teesta and the Brahmaputra\, two rivers flowing through the Bengal delta. Engraved brass disks convey the memories and migration stories of two women in the artist’s life: his mother and Johura Begum\, a traditional jute weaver in his village. Affected by the 1947 partition of Bengal\, their lives were strongly marked by the river. \nTo 1 November.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/artists-rooms-kamruzzaman-shadhin/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://magpie.ae/thumbpress-image/2026/03/shahdin.webp
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260315
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260316
DTSTAMP:20260311T162050Z
CREATED:20260204T101650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260311T162050Z
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED Artists’ Rooms: Kamruzzaman Shahdin
DESCRIPTION:A monumental one-room installation that restages the Bangladeshi artist’s The River Remembers. Originally commissioned by the Diriyah Biennale Foundation and created in 2023\, this large-scale textile work has handcrafted threads mapping the colour of the water of the Teesta and the Brahmaputra\, two rivers flowing through the Bengal delta. Engraved brass disks convey the memories and migration stories of two women in the artist’s life whose own lives were strongly marked by the river. To 1 November.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/artists-rooms-kamruzzaman-shahdin/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260308
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260309
DTSTAMP:20251028T093610Z
CREATED:20251028T093610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251028T093610Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook: The Bouquet and the Wreath
DESCRIPTION:The acclaimed Thai artist’s first international large-scale survey exhibition brings together works from the last 45 years alongside new commissions. Including performance\, video and installations plus some large-scale sculptures not seen since the 1990s\, the exhibition fills the indoor galleries\, lobby and courtyard of Jameel Arts Centre and showcases Rasdjarmrearnsook’s evolution and ongoing engagement with societal\, philosophical and environmental question. \nConceived by guest curators Kittima Chareeprasit\, curator at Chiang Mai’s MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum (with whom the show is presented) and Roger Nelson\, art historian and curator\, the exhibition is accompanied by a substantial publication featuring perspectives from scholars\, curators\, artists and writers. \nTo 8 March.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-araya-rasdjarmrearnsook-the-bouquet-and-the-wreath/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.216757;55.3309395
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260306
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260309
DTSTAMP:20260225T115549Z
CREATED:20260225T115549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260225T115549Z
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SUMMARY:Jameel Arts Centre: Ramadan Nights
DESCRIPTION:Ramadan Nights returns to the Jameel for a weekend of evening workshops led by local artists\, self-guided creative activities and late-night access to the current exhibitions. There will also be the Ramadan Souk’s curated stalls and traditional comestibles\, plus a farmers’ market for locally sourced produce and crafts. Opening times are 8.30pm to 11.30pm.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/jameel-arts-centre-ramadan-nights/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Family/kids
GEO:25.216757;55.3309395
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260222
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260223
DTSTAMP:20250909T180718Z
CREATED:20250909T180625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250909T180718Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Bady Dalloul: Self-portrait with a Cat I Don’t Have
DESCRIPTION:An extended solo exhibition for the Syrian-French artist\, curated by Art Jameel’s Lucas Morin. \nSelf-portrait with a cat I don’t have is Bady Dalloul’s first institutional solo exhibition in the United Arab Emirates. Blending autobiographical anecdotes with stories of individuals he encounters\, the artworks feature fragile heroes and ordinary people navigating systems larger than themselves. Dalloul repurposes everyday materials—including books\, matchboxes\, board games and magazines—to create surprising dialogues across cultures and genres. He elevates everyday narratives into epics\, bridges high and low brow\, and importantly\, connects non-Western cultures\, at times unexpectedly\, outside of conventional delineations and Eurocentric gaze. \nSpecially made for this exhibition\, Age of Empires\, a new series of 50 works on paper\, uses onmyōdō\, a 19th-century Japanese astrology manual\, to contemplate the life and death of imperial power. On the gallery walls\, Matchboxes\, a series of dozens of minuscule drawings framed in matchboxes\, offer snapshots of everyday scenes\, news broadcasts and political developments witnessed by the artist over the years\, notably in his family’s native Syria. Inside a recreated apartment inspired by Dalloul’s live-in studio in Dubai\, multiple small works retrace the last five years of his nomadic practice.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-bady-dalloul-self-portrait-with-a-cat-i-dont-have/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.216757;55.3309395
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260215T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260215T170000
DTSTAMP:20260204T102252Z
CREATED:20260204T100554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260204T102252Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop: "The euphoria felt while thinking\, writing or painting is such a contrast to what comes afterwards” – Storytelling with art
DESCRIPTION:This workshop on subjective storytelling invites participants to experiment with a range of approaches to speaking\, writing\, or otherwise responding to artworks\, by way of the ongoing exhibition (and newly published monograph) Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook: The Bouquet and the Wreath (ends 6 March).  It will be led by artist Heman Chong\, art historian and curator Roger Nelson\, and researcher and curator Grace Samboh.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/worskshop-the-euphoria-felt-while-thinking-writing-or-painting-is-such-a-contrast-to-what-comes-afterwards-storytelling-with-art/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Workshop
GEO:25.216757;55.3309395
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260214T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260214T200000
DTSTAMP:20260204T102917Z
CREATED:20260204T102917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260204T102917Z
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SUMMARY:Roundtable: The Bouquet and the Wreath
DESCRIPTION:A roundtable conversation reflecting on the work and legacy of pioneering Thai artist Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook\, subject of the ongoing exhibition The Bouquet and the Wreath (ends 6 March).  The discussion\, which ranges over curatorial\, artistic\, and critical perspectives on Rasdjarmrearnsook’s practice and its influence\, features artist Heman Chong\, art historian and curator Roger Nelson\, and researcher and curator Grace Samboh. It’s also the launch of a monograph with the same title\, the first major appreciation of the artist’s four-decade career.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/roundtable-the-bouquet-and-the-wreath/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260214T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260214T160000
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Imagined Selves – Writing Identity Through Absence\, Objects & Memory
DESCRIPTION:This two-hour writing workshop engages directly with Bady Dalloul’s ongoing exhibition Self-Portrait with a Cat I don’t have\, inviting participants to explore how objects\, the concept of home and experiences of migration inform personal and cultural identity. It includes guided writing and observation exercises\, focusing on how to articulate what is seen in the artwork and what remains unseen in personal histories; attendees have the opportunity to contribute a short piece of writing to a collaborative digital zine that will be assembled and produced on site following the workshop. \nThe workshop is open to adults\, with no prior writing experience required. It will be led by Ladane Nasseri\, a writer and editor with a background in journalism and literary nonfiction.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/workshop-imagined-selves-writing-identity-through-absence-objects-memory/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260214T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260214T130000
DTSTAMP:20260204T103356Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Lasting Petal
DESCRIPTION:This hands-on workshop centres on the emotional significance of giving\, inviting participants to think about the significance of floral gestures and craft enduring flower offerings. Inspired by the ongoing exhibition Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook: The Bouquet and the Wreath\, it begins with a guided exploration of the exhibition followed by a hands-on session where participants use Modroc to shape and build their own sculpted flowers. The workshop is led by Rashid Almheiri\, a storyteller with a BFA in Graphic Design; and Shamma AlKhoory\, an Engagement Assistant at the Jameel.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/workshop-lasting-petal/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260208T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260208T180000
DTSTAMP:20260203T170501Z
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SUMMARY:Creative Career Days: day two
DESCRIPTION:The Jameel’s introduction to careers in the creative sector\, aimed primarily at school and college students\, continues with its mix of stands run by potential employers and educators (over 30 UAE organisations and universities) and a busy programme of workshops and talks – most of which is first-come first-served\, with no opportunity for pre-registration. \n\nProgramme – day two:\nAll day\nCareer Surgery One-to-one sessions led by Jolaine Frizzell (Founder\, Ivy Advisory) – includes a guide to the booths tailored to the individual’s needs \nInstagram Surgery One-to-one sessions led by Morvarid Tayyeb and Salma Shaheem (both from The Institute for Emerging Art) – a personalised review of your Instagram profile\, guidance on how you can maximise your artistic presence on socials \nSpeedy Interviews One-to-one CV-oriented with potential contacts \n11am-12pm Vinyl Souk\n12-1pm Bayt Al Mamzar\n2-3pm American University of Sharjah\n3-4pm Abu Dhabi Music and Art Foundation \nPortfolio Reviews One-to-one critiques and feedback to help develop your portfolio for\nresidencies\, university programmes and professional opportunities \n11am-12pm American University of Dubai (advertising)\n12-1pm Maraya Arts Centre (fine art)\n2-3pm Global Studies University (MA and PhD programmes)\n3-4pm Gulf Photo Plus (photography)\n4-5pm Tashkeel (fine art)\n5-6pm Maraya Arts Centre (fine art) \nCV Reviews One-to-one critiques and feedback to help develop your CV to get noticed \n11am-12pm Dubai Culture\n1-2pm Art Jameel\n2-3pm National Pavilion UAE\n4-5pm American University of Dubai \nCrit Sessions Hosted by Art Jameel’s Youth Assembly\, inviting young artists and creatives to share ideas and works in-progress with their peers \n10-11am Andres Ugartechea (The Assembly 25/26)\n1-2pm Dina Barqawi (The Assembly 25/26)\n4-5pm Sanjushrree Subash (Peer Curator\, The Assembly 25/26) \nMuseum tours\n11.30am-12.15pm Behind the Scenes Tour Learn how an exhibition comes together: a walking tour of the museum\, led by the featured artists and the Art Jameel team \n4.30-5.15pm Behind-the-Scenes Collection Tour A backstage view of Art Jameel’s private collection room\, with an introduction to the tools used to conserve and preserve artworks \nTalks\n11-11.45am Procrastination and the Uncertainty of Creative Projects A group of creative practitioners and cultural workers reflect on how ideas evolve through uncertainty\, how projects take shape over time through process and the realities of making work today \n2-2.45pm Rethinking Creative Futures Hosted by Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. What does it mean to build sustainable creative ecosystems in the region? Discussing outreach\, art careers and talent pipelines\, and the roles of institutions in creative development and community engagement \n2.30-3.30pm Voices of Hive: Amplifying Voices in the Creative Ecosystem – Practice\, Presentation and Collaboration Led by Cyrus Zorkot (THAT Concept Store) who reflects on the role of creative leadership from fashion and lifestyle to art and community platforms. Topics include networking with collaborators\, engaging institutions and funders and articulating your creative narrative \n3-3.45pm Listening In: The Music Ecosystem in the UAE A panel of music industry insiders considers where music gathers\, how it moves and what it means to take part \n4-5pm Voices of Hive: Amplifying Regional Voices – Collecting\, Curating and Presenting Contemporary Art Maria de la Paz Monge Cortes (Head of Exhibitions and Curator\, Cultural Foundation Abu Dhabi) reflects on the process of amplifying diverse voices from the region through contemporary art collections \n4-4.45pm Creative Ego vs Creative Ecosystem: Co-creation and the Sustainability of Literature A conversation-driven session hosted by Emirates Literature Foundation exploring how co-creation underpins the long-term sustainability of literature across languages and contexts \n4-5pm Voices of Hive: Brewing Connections – How Creative Collectives Transform Culture Led by Hanan Al Badri (Creative Director\, Founder of Barjis) who discusses how grassroots creative collectives and shared spaces can act as platforms for cultural exchange and experimentation \nWorkshops\n11am-12pm How to Create a Story When you Haven’t Got an Idea Hosted by Sharjah Performing Arts Academy – a practical performing arts workshop designed to spark ideas through creative exercises \n1-2pm Creative Problem-Solving Under Pressure A fast-paced\, hands-on session hosted by Karama Arts Club\, designed to simulate the pressure of real-world creative environments. Participants will tackle timed challenges that test adaptability\, collaboration and quick thinking \n2-3pm Visual Dissecting A hands-on session on the fundamentals of visual communication through close looking\, discussion and guided exercises. The workshop invites participants to sharpen their critical eye and experiment with more intentional image-making \n2.30-3.30pm Not Sure\, But Doing It Anyway: How to make art when you don’t know what you want to say Participants will explore how to cut through the chaos of today’s creativity-maxing to build a creative practice that feels authentic and achievable via some practical frameworks\, key questions and a little play \n4-5pm Foley for Beginners An introductory\, hands-on workshop exploring how everyday objects are transformed into sound effects that bring film to life. Led by composer Joseph Najm \nPerformances\n1-2pm Manic Mundane A hybrid sound performance that moves between electronic composition and acoustic expression. \n3.30-4.15pm Senior Wind Ensemble Young musicians from Dubai’s woodwind\, brass and percussion community have prepared a piece inspired by Jameel’s exhibiting artist Bady Dalloul \n5-6pm The Tasty Biscuits with special guest Ananya Murali – an energetic and playful performance centring music as a shared\, communal experience
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/creative-career-days-day-two/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Careers,Design
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SUMMARY:Creative Career Days: day one
DESCRIPTION:The Jameel’s introduction to careers in the creative sector\, aimed primarily at school and college students\, is back. Past editions were given to somewhat unwieldy titles\, and this one continues the trend with Art as a Voice: How do you use it? The programme aims “to unpack how creative communities are built and sustained\, and how artists can pursue their work with clarity and purpose”. \nThere will be stands run by potential employers and educators (over 30 UAE organisations and universities) promoting “various facets of the creative industry” and “the diverse offerings of local creative organisations”. The best part is the busy programme of workshops and talks that cover some of the essentials\, including how to develop and present performance work\, build a portfolio and access information; in short\, “whether you are starting your journey into the arts or looking to reimagine your path\, this edition aims to equip you with inspiration\, practical guidance and insights into building a practice rooted in community\, intention and expression …” \nThese are drop-in open-to-all days; they’re followed by a schools-only day on 9 February. Most of the programme is first-come first-served\, with no opportunity for pre-registration. \n\nProgramme – day one:\nAll day\nCareer Surgery One-to-one sessions led by Jolaine Frizzell (Founder\, Ivy Advisory) – includes a guide to the booths tailored to the individual’s needs \nInstagram Surgery One-to-one sessions led by Morvarid Tayyeb and Salma Shaheem (both from The Institute for Emerging Art) – a personalised review of your Instagram profile\, guidance on how you can maximise your artistic presence on socials \n1-to-1 University Q&A One-to-one sessions led by Miranda Higgins (International Student Recruitment Manager at University of the Arts London) – explore study options from one of the world’s top art and design universities \nSpeedy Interviews One-to-one CV-oriented with potential contacts \n11am-12pm Vinyl Souk\n12-1pm Bayt Al Mamzar\n2-3pm American University of Sharjah\n3-4pm Abu Dhabi Music and Art Foundation \nPortfolio Reviews One-to-one critiques and feedback to help develop your portfolio for\nresidencies\, university programmes and professional opportunities \n10-11am New York University Abu Dhabi (MFA)\n11am-12pm American University of Dubai (advertising)\n12-1pm New York University Abu Dhabi (MFA)\n2-3pm Global Studies University (MA and PhD programmes)\n3-4pm Gulf Photo Plus (photography)\n4-5pm Tashkeel (fine art)\n5-6pm Maraya Arts Centre (fine art) \nCV Reviews One-to-one critiques and feedback to help develop your CV to get noticed \n11am-12pm Dubai Culture\n1-2pm Art Jameel\n2-3pm National Pavilion UAE\n3-4pm Art Jameel\n4-5pm American University of Dubai \nOpen Studio A public session hosted by Art Jameel’s Youth Assembly to present their research and ongoing projects in preparations for the upcoming Youth Takeover exhibition (May 2026). \nMuseum tours\n11.30am-12.15pm Behind the Scenes Tour Learn how an exhibition comes together: a walking tour of the museum\, led by the featured artists and the Art Jameel team \n4.30-5.15pm Behind-the-Scenes Collection Tour A backstage view of Art Jameel’s private collection room\, with an introduction to the tools used to conserve and preserve artworks \nTalks\n11-11.45am Creating Environments for Connecting Panel discussion on how connection can be cultivated through shared experiences\, storytelling and food \n12-12.45pm Making It Work: On Sustaining a Creative Practice Panel session on the financial and professional realities of working in the creative industry\, with practical insights on sustaining a creative career without losing sight of the work itself \n2-2.45pm Humanising Artificial Intelligence A Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation workshop about treating AI as a medium to be designed rather than a threat to be feared. \n2.30-3.30pm Voices of Hive: From Solo Vision to Shared Language – Scaling Ideas Through Collaboration Led by Hady Fakhry (Creative Strategist\, ANDCO) who reflects on the transition from individual creative vision to collaborative execution\, co-founding and growing a branding agency\, and how ideas evolve when shaped by multiple perspectives. \n3.30-4.15pm Build What You Wish Existed: A Creative Roadmap for Launching Your Initiative Interactive talk with participants invited to imagine\, design and plan impact-driven projects rooted in their community’s needs. Includes live doodling and visual mapping exercises to shape ideas and more \n4-5pm Voices of Hive: Brewing Connections – How Creative Collectives Transform Culture Led by Hanan Al Badri (Creative Director\, Founder of Barjis) who discusses how grassroots creative collectives and shared spaces can act as platforms for cultural exchange and experimentation \nWorkshops\n11.45am-12.45pm Writing Workshop: Vantage points for another world Explores writing fiction from different perspectives and ideas of Utopia \n1-2pm Improv session: How do you use your voice\, when you have no voice? Improv centred on personal stories and inner reflections. Participants explore their voice through words\, sound\, presence and imagination \n2-3pm The Dream System: Designing a Roadmap to Creative Practice How structured systems can help transform ideas into tangible creative outcomes\, using tools developed through game design to rethink how creative projects take shape \n3-4pm How to Build a Creative Side Hustle Without Burning Out Hosted by Karama Arts Club: a practical\, open conversation about making your creative side projects sustainable alongside a full-time job or studies \n4-5pm Music Production Workshop: Pocket Operator A hands-on workshop – learn the basics of rhythm sequencing\, sampling and layering \nPerformances\n3-4.15pm AlMultaqa Chamber Orchestra \n5-6pm 63Kolektib+: Dayo – Rehearsal of Existence (“an intimate glimpse into the collective’s journey of art-making as migrants”)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/creative-career-days-day-one/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Careers,Design
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260128T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260128T203000
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SUMMARY:Biographies of a Cairo Neighbourhood: Khaled Adham
DESCRIPTION:Architect and author Khaled Adham traces the personal and familial impulses that have shaped the Mohandiseen district in Cairo. His research focuses on how late capitalism shaped Cairo’s urban and physical transformations\, with particular attention to housing and urbanisation of the middle-class in areas like Mohandiseen. \nThis is a public event associated with the Jameel’s Night School 2026\, an intensive five-week seminar programme (which itself is now fully subscribed).
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/biographies-of-a-cairo-neighbourhood-khaled-adham/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260124T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260124T210000
DTSTAMP:20251231T152022Z
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SUMMARY:Constant Adjustment
DESCRIPTION:This year’s film programme as part of the Jameel’s Night School 2026 has five shorts exploring how neighbourhoods and other places endure over time. through ways of property markets\, political erasure\, and the whim of human interest. The screening will be followed by a discussion between the programme’s curator Hind Mezaina and Todd Reisz\, leader of the Night School. \nThe programme: \nWunderland Kalkar dir Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoin (2024\, 5 mins) \nWunderland Kalkar is an amusement park built at a former nuclear power station in Germany. It was completed in 1985\, one year before the Chernobyl disaster; under pressure from local interest groups\, it was finally cancelled in 1991. What to do with an infrastructure now made obsolete but far too massive to be dismantled? \nAl Basateen | The Orchards dir Antoine Chapon (2025\, 25 mins) \nIn 2015\, the Basateen al-Razi district of Damascus was razed to the ground as punishment for the population’s uprising against the regime. Having lost everything\, two former residents recall their neighbourhood. \nOkay Keskidee! Let Me See Inside dir Rhea Storr (2025\, 19 mins) \nA personal account of Black community spaces in the UK\, focusing on a former arts centre that is now a luxury apartment development. Can the digital realm replace a physical community presence and produce an accessible archive for a new generation? \nThe Architect of Luxor dir Jocelyn Saab (1986\, 18 mins) \nThe architect and philosopher Olivier Sednaoui talks about his mud-brick house\, a project which brings together the infinitely small and the infinitely huge. He explains the project from the moulding of the very first mud brick to the life philosophy on which it is based: placing East and West under one single destiny. \nBad for a Moment dir Daniel Soares (2025\, 15 mins) \nA team-building event goes wrong and brings the owner of an architect studio face-to-face with the lower-class neighbourhood that his company is gentrifying. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/constant-adjustment/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260118T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260118T203000
DTSTAMP:20251231T152214Z
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SUMMARY:School is a City: Prasad Shetty and Rupali Gupte
DESCRIPTION:Prasad Shetty and Rupali Gupte reflect on the motivations and challenges that shaped their commitment to the School of Environment and Architecture in Mumbai which they founded in 2014. Today\, it is a fully accredited architecture school with around 200 students\, 30 faculty members\, and a reputation for a critical and playfully experimental approach. Gupte and Shetty suggest one of the clearest ways architects contribute to a city: by engaging those who will soon be designing it. \nThis is a public event associated with the Jameel’s Night School 2026\, an intensive five-week seminar programme (which itself is now fully subscribed).
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/school-is-a-city-prasad-shetty-and-rupali-gupte/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260118T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260118T203000
DTSTAMP:20251231T151354Z
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SUMMARY:Memory under Construction: Rashad Bukhash in conversation with Lina Najem
DESCRIPTION:Architect Rashad Bukhash has restored and protected from demolition hundreds of buildings in Dubai. In this conversation with researcher Lina Najem\, he revisits decades of work on both shores of Dubai Creek\, including a long tenure at Dubai Municipality\, with a look back on what has been learned along the way. \nThis is a public event associated with the Jameel’s Night School 2026\, an intensive five-week seminar programme (which itself is now fully subscribed).
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/memory-under-construction-rashad-bukhash-in-conversation-with-lina-najem/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Conversation
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260116T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260116T200000
DTSTAMP:20260113T092400Z
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SUMMARY:Vladimir Kurumilian: MO(VE)MENT
DESCRIPTION:A live solo performance by the Lebanese-Armenian neo-classical pianist and composer (and a member of the Jameel team) for his latest album\, MO(VE)MENT\, which was released at the end of last year. Kurumilian says his music engages with questions of movement and belonging; it’s certainly elegant and unpretentious\, very listenable and very much of our time.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/vladimir-kurumilian-movement/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Gig
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260114T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260114T203000
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SUMMARY:Off the Menu in Dubai: Arva S Ahmed
DESCRIPTION:Arva Ahmed is the entrepreneur behind Frying Pan Adventures\, one of the Dubai’s more interesting food tour guides. This talk draws from her writings\, YouTube channel\, and television work to take stock of her career\, her evolving relationship with the city\, and the role of food in national identity. \nThis is a public event associated with the Jameel’s Night School 2026\, an intensive five-week seminar programme (which itself is now fully subscribed).
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/off-the-menu-in-dubai-arva-s-ahmed/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260114
DTSTAMP:20260113T092820Z
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SUMMARY:Jumana Emil Abboud: The Storyteller and the Obedient Tide
DESCRIPTION:Jumana Emil Abboud’s first solo exhibition in the Emirates draws on the lineage of Palestinian folktales and their continued resonance in the present – how stories inhabit landscapes\, shape personal histories and collective memory\, and create an enchanted relationship to the landscape. \nThe works in this show are like traces and fragments left by the tide’s ebb and flow; “they drift across time and geography\, fact and mythology\, and are grounded in the context of the Palestinian struggle for liberation and return” says the gallery. “Mirroring the exhibition’s title\, the tide’s devotion to the moon’s pull and the storyteller’s slow telling prompt the central question of the exhibition: how do we carry light\, across oceans\, across ruins\, across silence\, without letting it be extinguished?” \nCurated by Indranjan Banerjee. To June 28. \nAbove: Jumana Emil Abboud\, Our Other Half (detail\, 2024-2025)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/jumana-emil-abboud-the-storyteller-and-the-obedient-tide/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260111T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260111T203000
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SUMMARY:An Unwritten Country: Frauke Heard-Bey in conversation with Meitha Al Mazrooei
DESCRIPTION:Historian and author Frauke Heard-Bey joins scholar Meitha Almazrooei to discuss the long arc of writing and archiving history. Heard-Bey’s landmark publication From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates\, first published in 1982\, is an essential source for anyone interested in the development of the country; its author is a thoughtful and inspiring speaker on the subject of the role of documentation and the historical record. This should be a fascinating conversation about attending to the past in the present moment. \nThis is a public event associated with the Jameel’s Night School 2026\, an intensive five-week seminar programme (which itself is now fully subscribed).
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/an-unwritten-country-frauke-heard-bey-in-conversation-with-meitha-al-mazrooei/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Conversation
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260104
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260105
DTSTAMP:20250604T110404Z
CREATED:20250604T110404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250604T110404Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Mohammad Alfaraj: Seas are sweet\, fish tears are salty
DESCRIPTION:The first institutional solo exhibition of Mohammad Alfaraj brings together installations\, photography\, video works and site-specific commissions that respond to the gardens and outdoor spaces of the Jameel. Central to Alfaraj’s practice is his use of storytelling\, both in written and oral forms; Alfaraj\, who lives and works in the Saudi oasis city of Al-Ahsa\, draws much of his source material from the area’s distinctive agricultural landscapes\, oral traditions and everyday life\, which he expands into universal stories and parables.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-mohammad-alfaraj-seas-are-sweet-fish-tears-are-salty/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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