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Foreword Introduction Arab culture Shubbak is an opportunity to see is often called one of the great Middle Eastern capitals. The resident Arab community has has exerted the world through new eyes and to long been a major part of what makes the city exciting, and now it has its own festival… a significant strengthen the relations between influence in the artists in London and across the Arab here is a vibrant Arab scene London has for many years Delfina Foundation, SOAS and the Published by world over the world. It also celebrates the influence of Tin London, catering to the been fully engaged with the Brunei Gallery. Time Out Magazine Ltd centuries. More London’s significant Arab population in 300,000 Arab residents and 1.5 deeper exchange of cultural, So this summer, the Arab Universal House, 251 Tottenham Court Road, recently, in 2011 our city today, and demonstrates the million Middle Eastern visitors artistic and sometimes even community is receiving an extra- London, W1T 7AB political and social importance of London as a capital of who come for business, shopping political understanding between special gift from London. Initiated Tel 020 7813 3000 developments in the region have international cultural exchange. and education each year. the Arab world and Britain. The by the Mayor, Boris Johnson, the Fax 020 7813 6001 www.timeout.com understandably come to dominate No doubt this festival will challenge London’s Arab community is city has always opened the doors Shubbak festival is the first of its Editor Mark Frith international news coverage. This many people’s preconceived ideas still epitomised by the Edgware of its iconic venues to bring the kind in Europe. Shubbak – which festival, therefore, could not be more about Arab culture and help illuminate Road and Bayswater areas, where musical, theatrical, cinematic, means ‘window’ – is devoted to Guide Editor Laura Lee Davies Contributors Nahla Al-Ageli, timely in giving us a window through the influence of the past as well as you can eat kebabs, smoke literary, architectural and other contemporary Arab writers, Claire Hills, Lewis Lyons, which to see contemporary Arab culture aspirations amongst Arabs for the shishas, drink mint tea and buy creative achievements of the photographers, painters, Kate Miller, Emma Perry Design Anthony Huggins, and some of the finest artists working in future. It will also bring new audiences Arab music and newspapers, Arab world to a wider audience – directors, composers and other Nicola Wilson the region today. Shubbak offers a to a range of organisations. I am certain but there are also sophisticated at cultural centres including the creative artists. There will be Commercial Project Manager diverse feast of visual arts, film, that the artists being shown will venues all over London Barbican, British Museum, screenings, talks, exhibitions and Kim Downs Production Manager theatre, dance, poetry, music surprise, delight and stimulate these frequented by Arabs – Mamounia Southbank Centre, ICA, Tate workshops from UK-based artists Brendan McKeown and architecture. new audiences and encourage them in Mayfair, Noura, Levant and hip Modern and V&A. and those coming from afar. Time Out Magazine Ltd is part Thanks to the support of HSBC, to think again about what it means to Moroccan hangout Momo in the This cultural exchange is It is an opportunity not just for of the Time Out Group: which is sponsoring Shubbak, we have be an Arab today. West End, Pasha on Gloucester further enhanced by a number of the Middle Eastern curious, but for Chairman and Founder Tony Elliott been able to programme over 70 events Road and Kenza in Devonshire key institutions working tirelessly resident Arabs keen to learn more Chief Executive Officer across many of London’s prestigious Square – plus perfectly authentic with the sole focus of harnessing about their own region and share in David King cultural organisations during the three Boris Johnson Iraqi cuisine at Masgouf House mutual respect and Arab-British its accomplishments. Magazine Managing Director Mark Elliott weeks of the festival. Mayor of London and Lebanese at Al Dar, Maroush dialogue: notably, the Arab British Nahla Al-Ageli, journalist and Group General Manager and Comptoir Libanais. Centre, CAABU, Saqi Books, the Arab resident in London Nichola Coulthard Digital Managing Director David Pepper Guides Managing Director Peter Fiennes International Managing Director Contents Cathy Runciman Group Financial Director Paul Rakkar Printed by Wyndeham Peterborough This is a product of Time Out Brand Solutions: Derek Pratt 020 7813 6008 James Caley 020 7813 6040 © Time Out Group Ltd 2011. All rights reserved. All relevant information was checked at time of going to press. The publisher and the organiser cannot be held responsible for any errors. 02 Foreword 13 Friday July 22 Cover image Iwan Baan 03 Introduction 14 Saturday July 23 Picture Credits: 04 Monday July 4 15 Sunday July 24 Tanya Traboulsi p4; Abraaj Capital p4; Ghulam Hyder 05 Tuesday July 5-Thursday July 7 Features Daudpota p5; Diana Matar p6; 06 Friday July 8-Saturday July 9 04 A Musical Revolution into the Arab World Chris Jinks p7; Matthew Cassel p8; Laurent Phillipe p10; 07 Sunday July 10-Monday July 11 06 The Mosaic Rooms Fatimah Amer 10; Peter Brutsch p11; Carlotta p12; Iwan Baan 08 Tuesday July 12-Wednesday July 13 07 Inauguration p12; 09 Thursday July 14 09 Shopopolis 10 Friday July 15 10 A Glimpse at Arab Contemporary Choreography 11 Saturday July 16-Monday July 18 13 Nous architecture 12 Tuesday July 19-Thursday July 21 14 Interference

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This ongoing series explores Breathing the Air k Breathing the Air k Noureddine Daifallah k ‘Slingshot Hiphop’, which visual culture in the Middle 12noon-6pm; free 12noon-6pm; free 11am-6.30pm; free portrays Palestinian MONDAY East and North Africa, one Presented by Arab British Centre See Mon 4 See Mon 4 musicians in Israel and the city at a time. Stop 3 focuses and Arts Canteen Palestinian Territories. JULY 4 on new art in Egypt’s second Majed Shala’s paintings Take 1/Take 2: Rania Matar k Plus live North African city. It includes an exhibition depict human figures Yesterday and Today in the 11am-6pm; free music. Shopopolis kk by Alexandria-born Wael stripped of identity and Middle East kk See Mon 4 Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Times vary; free Shawky, the Delfina weighed down by wordsin 6.30pm; free (booking advised) Green Rd, E1 6LA Presented by Delfina Foundation Foundation’s resident artist, Arabic –the Palestinian Presented by Iniva Breathing the Air k (020 7377 6606) See box p9 in collaboration with the artist’s response to conflict Two nights of debate with 12noon-6pm; free Shoreditch High St Westfield Shopping Centre, Serpentine Gallery. His video and confinement. speakers from the Middle See Mon 4 Ariel Way, W12 7GF pieces ‘Larvae Channel’ Arab British Centre, Wael Shawky: The Knowledge: East, looking at recent events Stop 3TheDelfina Foundation London’s Historic (020 7233 5344) (2008) and ‘Larvae Channel 1 Gough Square, EC4A and works made before and Inauguration kk Connections to the Shepherd’s Bush 2’ (2009), shown together for 3DE (020 7832 1310) after the current uprisings. Conference 2pm: £15, concs £10; Arab World k the first time, are concerned Chancery Lane Institute of International Concert 7.30pm: £15, £12, concs £10; 7pm; free (booking advised) A Musical Hala Elkoussy k with the environment, TUESDAY Visual Arts, Rivington Place, Both: £22, concs £15 Presented by Museum of London 8.30am-6pm; free religious conflict and history. Contemporary EC2A 3BA (020 7749 Presented by Brunel University A lecture by Professor Jack Revolution Into Presented by Abraaj Capital Delfina Foundation, 29 Arab Culturek 1240) Old St See box p7 Lohman, director of the the Arab World A chance to see Hala Catherine Place, SW1E 6.30pm; £5, concs £3 JULY 5 LSO St Luke’s, 161 Old St Museum of London, on the Elkoussy’s ‘Myths and 6DY (020 7233 5344) Presented by British Museum Hisham Matar k (020 7638 8891) city’s longstanding Arab July 4 Legends Rooms: The Mural’, Victoria The first in a series of three Shopopolis kk 7pm; £8 Old St connections, from the The Scoop winner of the 2010 Abraaj conversations between Times vary; free Presented by Southbank Centre Regent’s Park Mosque to See listing, right Capital Art Prize (ACAP), Noureddine Daifallah k leading thinkers and writers, See Mon 4 and box p9 Matar grew up in Tripoli Contemporary Edgware Road restaurants. Presented by Arab a 3x6m photomontage 11am-6.30pm; free discussing recent events in and Cairo before moving to Arab Poetry kk Museum of London, New Trends Limited reflecting on the layers of Presented by Selma Feriani Gallery the Arab world, presented Hala Elkoussy k the UK. Here he reads from 6.30pm; free (booking essential) London Wall, EC2Y 5HN This launch concert at history and speed of change Moroccan calligrapher with the London Review of 8.30am-6pm; free his latest book, ‘Anatomy Presented by Poet in the City (020 7001 9844) The Scoop, next to City in today’s Cairo. Daifallah’s new series based Books. The next two in the See Mon 4 of a Disappearance’. Entitled ‘The Maghreb: Barbican Hall, opens Shubbak City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, on Arabic letter forms. series are on July 14 and 18; Southbank Centre, History and Pan-Arabism’, in style, with three of SE1 2AA (020 7983 4000) Selma Feriani Gallery, see listings on p10 and p11. Degree Show k Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX this event explores shared the most exciting London Bridge 23 Maddox St, W1S 2QN British Museum, Great 9am-8pm; free (0844 875 0073) cultural conversations, with performers from the (020 7493 6090) Russell St, WC1B 3DG Presented by Prince’s School of Waterloo acclaimed Moroccan poet Middle East coming From Facebook Oxford Circus or Bond St (020 7323 8181) Traditional Arts Abderrahim Elkhassar. THURSDAY together in Europe for to Nassbook kkkkk Tottenham Court Rd Graduating work by City Hall, Queen’s Walk, the first time. 10am-6pm; prices vary Rania Matar: students on the Visual SE1 2AA (07908 367 JULY 7 The concert, (some events free) A Girl and her Room k A Musical Revolution Into Islamic and Traditional 488) London Bridge combining DJ sets and Presented by Mica Gallery 11am-6pm; free the Arab World k Arts programme. WEDNESDAY Shopopolis kk live acts, features a Named after the People’s Presented by A.M. Qattan Foundation 4pm-6pm; free Prince’s School of The Dash Café kk Times vary; free unique and exciting Revolution –‘nass’ means See box p6 Presented by Arab New Trends Ltd Traditional Arts, JULY 6 7pm; free See Mon 4 and box p9 blend of Lebanon’s ‘people’ –this exhibition Mosaic Rooms, 226 See box, left 19-22 Charlotte Rd, Presented by Dash Arts thriving electro scene, examines the role of social Cromwell Rd, SW5 0SW The Scoop, More London, EC2A 3SG (020 7613 Shopopolis kk Screenings of ‘Phatwa’, Hala Elkoussy k remixed traditional networking, with artworks (020 7370 9990) SE1 2AA London 8500) Old St Times vary; free a music video directed by 8.30am-6pm; free classics and reflecting Egyptian society Earl’s Court Bridge See Mon 4 and box p9 Hala al Salam, and See Mon 4 contemporary Arab and thought, and the theme From Facebook music. Zeid Hamdan of ‘revolt’. Plus there’ll be to Nassbook kkkkk Hala Elkoussy k is a founding father Egyptian food, art, music, 10am-6pm; prices vary 8.30am-6pm; free of the Lebanese film, jewellery, architecture (some events free) See Mon 4 underground, known and literature, as well as See Mon 4 for leading the children’s activities, courses, Degree Show k seminal bands an introduction to Arab The Knowledge: Stop 3 9am-8pm; free Soapkills and Zeid and instruments, a networking Alexandria (Egypt) See Tue 5 the Wings. Here he is event and a women-only kkk joined by Palestinian day. By appointment only, 10am-6pm; free From Facebook oud and buzuk player it runs until September 18. See Mon 4 to Nassbook kkkkk Tamer Abu Ghazaleh Mica Gallery, 259a Pavilion 10am-6pm; prices vary and Maryam Saleh, Rd, SW1X 9AY (020 7730 Noureddine Daifallah k (some events free) a young singer (and 1117) 11am-6.30pm; free See Mon 4 actress) from Cairo See Mon 4 who has been working The Knowledge: Stop 3 – The Knowledge: Stop 3 with Hamdan since Alexandria (Egypt) kkk Rania Matar k Alexandria (Egypt) kkk autumn 2010. 10am-6pm; free 11am-6pm; free 10am-6pm; free Degree Show: Ghulam Hyder Daudpota Prince’s School of Traditional Arts Presented by Delfina Foundation Hala Elkoussy : Myths and Legends Room: The Mural City Hall See Mon 4 and box p6 See Mon 4

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A Girl and Her Room Degree Show k The Knowledge: Stop 3 – Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX Noureddine Daifallah k The Mosaic Rooms 9am-8pm; free Alexandria (Egypt) kkk (0844 875 0073) 11am-6.30pm; free See Tue 5 10am-6pm; free Waterloo See Mon 4 See Mon 4 From Facebook Rania Matar k to Nassbook kkkkk Noureddine Daifallah k 11am-6pm; free 10am-6pm; prices vary 11am-6.30pm; free See Mon 4 and box p6 (some events free) See Mon 4 SUNDAY See Mon 4 El Problema: Testimony of Rania Matar k JULY 10 the Saharawi People k The Knowledge: Stop 3 – 11am-6pm; free 6.30pm; £5, concs £3 Alexandria (Egypt) kkk See Mon 4 Shopopolis kk Presented by Free Word 10am-6pm; free Mohamed Kanoo: Henna Times vary; free Stop SignSotheby’s A documentary about the See Mon 4 Breathing the Air k See Mon 4 and box p9 hundreds of thousands of 12noon-6pm; free Saharawis who became Noureddine Daifallah k See Mon 4 Al Bab: A Gateway to Al Bab k refugees more than 35 years Inauguration 11am-6.30pm; free Contemporary Art k 10am-4pm; free ago, and how expressions The Mosaic Rooms See Mon 4 Zenith Films @ The Idler k 10am-4pm; free See Sat 9 of Saharawi identity are July 6 6.30pm; £15 Presented by Sotheby’s forbidden. Even the term LSO St Luke’s ensington-based arts venue The Mosaic Rania Matar k Presented by Zenith Films Art from a sale to be held in The Knowledge: Stop 3 – ‘Western Sahara’ is a See listings p5 KRooms is an A.M. Qattan Foundation project 11am-6pm; free The entry fee includes October, with work by Laila Alexandria (Egypt) kkk problem – ‘El Problema’. Presented by space that specialises in showcasing See Mon 4 and box p6 drinks, nibbles and short Shawa of Palestine, Zena 10am-6pm; free Free Word Centre, 60 Brunel University contemporary Middle Eastern art and culture. films from the Arab world. Assi of Lebanon, Egyptian See Mon 4 Farringdon Rd, EC1R A concert to celebrate Included in their Shubbak programme is a Breathing the Air k The Idler Academy, 81 Hany Rashed and others. 3GA (020 7324 2570) the opening of Brunel photography exhibition by Arab-American artist 12noon-6pm; free Westbourne Park Rd, W2 Sotheby’s, 34-35 New Bond Interference kkk Farringdon University’s new Rania Matar entitled ‘A Girl and Her Room’ (July See Mon 4 5QT (0845 250 1281) St, W1A 2AA (020 7293 1pm; free Institute for 1-22), presenting candid portraits of teenage Westbourne Park 5000) Green Park See box p14 Launch Event: Bidoun Contemporary Middle girls from the USA, Palestine and Matar’s home Footnote to a Project k Library and CAMP k Eastern Music, the first country, Lebanon, as they enter womanhood. 7pm; free Interference kkk The Knowledge: Stop 3 – 7pm; free of its kind in the world. Matar will discuss her project on Saturday July 2. Presented by Mosaic Rooms, 8pm; free Alexandria (Egypt) kkk Presented by Serpentine Gallery Bringing together Opening their programme is the global launch A.M. Qattan Foundation and Presented by ICA 10am-6pm; free A celebration of the Bidoun composers from of the book ‘Footnote to a Project’ (July 7), based Abraaj Capital Art Prize See box p14 See Mon 4 MONDAY Library’s residency at the Egypt, Lebanon, on the winning artworks of the 2011 Abraaj Capital See box, left ICA, The Mall, SW1Y Serpentine (see Tue 12) and Palestine, Syria and Art Prize. The evening also includes a discussion Mosaic Rooms, Cromwell 5AH (020 7930 3647) Rania Matar k JULY 11 the launch of Bombay artist Turkey, the concert about opportunities for artists in the Arab world. Rd, SW5 0SW (020 7370 Charing Cross 11am-4pm; free group CAMP’s project for features Merit Ariane To coincide with Rania Matar’s exhibition, the 9990) Earl’s Court See Mon 4 and box p6 Shopopolis kk the Edgware Road, created Stephanos (voice), Mosaic Rooms is launching a year-long project, Times vary; free at The Centre for Possible Abdul Salam Kheir ‘Being Young in the Arab World’ (July 14), Noureddine Daifallah k See Mon 4 and box p9 Studies – a Serpentine (voice and oud), recording the thoughts of young Arabs aged 14 11am-6.30pm; free Gallery outpost based at Gamal ‘El Kurdi’ Awad to 21, through photography. It will conclude with SATURDAY See Mon 4 Hala Elkoussy k the gallery’s Sackler Centre (accordion) and an exhibition ahead of the London 2012 Olympic FRIDAY 8.30am-6pm; free during Shubbak. Haitham al Soubai Games and Paralympic Games. London schools JULY 9 Interference kkk See Mon 4. Serpentine Gallery, (percussion). They are will be working on a parallel project. JULY 8 1.30pm-1am; free Gardens, W2 joined by British There will also be a screening of a special Shopopolis kk See box p14 Degree Show k 3XA (020 7298 1515) ensemble Notes selection of New Arab Films (July 19-23), Shopopolis kk Times vary; free 9am-8pm; free Lancaster Gate Inégales, whose name supported by the Dubai International Film Festival. Times vary; free See Mon 4 and box p9 Mohammed Achaari See Tue 5 refers to the rhythmic The films include ‘The Kingdom of Women’, a See Mon 4 and box p9 and Raja Alem k In the Penal Colony k variation and documentary by Dahna Abourahme that uses live Hisham Matar 4pm; £8 Al Bab k 7.45pm; £10 improvisation of footage and animation to tell the story of the Hala Elkoussy k Southbank Centre Presented by Southbank Centre 10am-4pm; free Presented by Young Vic Theatre baroque music and resilience and humour of a group of Palestinian 8.30am-5.30pm; free Moroccan-born Achaari See Sat 9 A prisoner faces execution jazz, a group that women who met in Ein-el-Hilweh refugee camp in See Mon 4 and Saudi Arabian Alem, for a crime he is not aware performs both written Lebanon in the 1980s. Another highlight is ‘This winners of the International From Facebook he committed. Kafka’s and improvised music. Is My Picture When I Was Dead’ by Mahmoud Degree Show k Prize for Arabic Fiction, to Nassbook kkkkk classic is tellingly adapted The concert is Al Masad, in which Bashir Mraish returns to the 9am-8pm; free read together. Achaari’s 10am-6pm; prices vary by director Amir Nizar preceded by a 1983 scene where, aged four, he narrowly See Tue 5 ‘The Arch and the Butterfly’ (some events free) Zuabi and Palestinian conference (2pm) on escaped being killed when his PLO officer father concerns Islamic extremism See Mon July 4 company ShiberHur. the integration of was assassinated. From Facebook and its effect on Arab The play is in Arabic with Middle Eastern and The Mosaic Rooms, 226 Cromwell Rd, SW5 0SW to Nassbook kkkkk society; Alem’s ‘The Dove’s The Knowledge: Stop 3 – English surtitles. western music, with (020 7370 9990) Earl’s Court. For details see listings 10am-6pm; prices vary (some Necklace’ reveals the dark Alexandria (Egypt) kkk Young Vic Theatre, 66 The UK and international on the relevant dates. events free) side of Mecca. 10am-6pm; free Cut, SE1 8LZ (020 7922 guest speakers. See Mon 4 Southbank Centre, See Mon 4 2922) Waterloo

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The Knowledge: Stop 3 – Lyrical Easternisms k 10am-6pm; free Theatre, ‘Jarideh’ (meaning Mall of the Emirates, Dubai: Alexandria (Egypt) kkk 7pm; £6- £4 See Tue 12 ‘newspaper’) is Tania El Shopopolis Westfield 10am-6pm; free Presented by Six Pillars Khoury’s acclaimed one-on- THURSDAY See Mon 4 Celebrating the power of the From Facebook one theatre piece, where the word, with global beats and to Nassbook kkkkk actress and single audience JULY 14 Noureddine Daifallah k Middle Eastern hip hop. 10am-6pm; prices vary member become partners in 11am-6.30pm; free Swedish-Iranian Behrang (some events free) crime in a story of watching Shopopolis kk See Mon 4 Miriplays live, rapping in See Mon 4 and being watched. Times vary; free Arabic, English and Farsi, ICA, The Mall, SW1Y See Mon 4 and box p9 Rania Matar k plus Syrian-Lebanese The Knowledge: Stop 3 – 5AH (020 7930 3647) Mohammed Achaari and 11am-6pm; free performer Eslam Jawad. Alexandria (Egypt) kkk Charing Cross Hala Elkoussy k Raja Alem Southbank Centre See Mon 4 and box p6 Ginglik, 1 Shepherd’s 10am-6pm; free 8.30am-6pm; free Bush Green, W12 8PH See Mon 4 The Arabs: A History k See Mon 4 Contemporary (020 8749 2310) 6.30pm; free Arab Poetry kk Shepherd’s Bush tube. Public Domain k Presented by Arab British Centre Degree Show k TUESDAY 6.30pm; free (booking essential) 10am-5pm; free An exploration of Arab 9am-8pm; free Presented by Poet in the City In the Penal Colony k See Tue 12 and box p13 identity, from Ottomanism See Tue 5 JULY 12 Entitled ‘Egypt: Poetry and 7.45pm; £10 to Arabism and Islamism, Public Space’, this event See Mon 11 Noureddine Daifallah k by Eugene Rogan (author of Take 1/Take 2: Shopopolis kk highlights the place of 11am-6.30pm; free ‘The Arabs: A History’). Yesterday and Today in the Shopopolis Times vary; free poetry in Egypt’s recent See Mon 4 Foyles, 113-119 Charing Middle East kk See Mon 4 and box, right revolution and more Cross Rd, WC2H 0EB 6.30pm; free, booking advised or the last two months, artists from the UK generally as a mirrorof Rania Matar k (020 7832 1310) See Tue 5 F(Polly Brannan, Torange Khonsari and Hala Elkoussy k social change and debate. WEDNESDAY 11am-6pm; free Tottenham Court Rd Andreas Lang) and the UAE (Khalid Mezaina and 8.30am-6pm; free The celebrated Egyptian See Mon 4 and box p6 Al Bab k Karima al-Shomely) have been hanging out at the See Mon 4 poet Ahmad Yamani will JULY 13 Contemporary 10am-4pm; free mall – working on a specially commissioned be taking part. Cathay to the Arab Poetry kk See Sat 9 piece for Shubbak on the theme of shopping. Degree Show k The Chamber, City Hall, Shopopolis kk Arab World k 6.30pm; free (booking essential) Rather than trading with cash, ‘Shopopolis’ 9am-8pm; free The Queen’s Walk, SE1 Times vary; free 1.15pm; free Presented by Poet in the City The Bidoun Library k focuses on trading a different commodity: See Tue 5 2AA (07908 367 488) See Mon 4 and box, right Presented by British Museum Titled ‘Palestine/Lebanon/ 10am-6pm; free stories. The artists visited luxury malls in the London Bridge A talk by Ladan Akbarnia, Syria: Poetry and Political See Tue 12 UK and Emirates to compare how trading Al Bab k Hala Elkoussy k curator of the Islamic Protest’, this event features spaces are used to meet, eat, shop and 10am-4pm; free Public Domain: 8.30am-6pm; free collections at the British renowned Palestinian poet From Facebook celebrate, and chatted to locals to document See Sat 9 Public and Civic Spaces in See Mon 4 Museum, on East Asian Najwan Darwish. to Nassbook kkkkk their personal stories about the retail outlets the Arab World kk influences on Arab culture. The Chamber, City Hall, 10am-6pm; prices vary where they work or shop. The Bidoun Library 6.30pm; £8.50 (exhibition free) Degree Show k British Museum, Great The Queen’s Walk, SE1 (some events free) For Shubbak, the artists will be resident in in Residence k Presented by Nous 9am-8pm; free Russell St, WC1B 3DG 2AA (07908 367 488) See Mon 4 Westfield Shopping Centre, where they will 10am-6pm; free See box p13. Launch event See Tue 5 (020 7323 8181) London Bridge transform the shoppers’ stories they record Presented by Serpentine Gallery with a talk until 8.30pm, Tottenham Court Rd The Knowledge: Stop 3 – there into illustrations, animations and products. The Bidoun Library is a followed by a reception. Al Bab k Sex and Power: Seeds of Alexandria (Egypt) kkk The artists’ aim in this project is to produce visual travelling collection of 50 RIBA, 66 Portland Place, 10am-4pm; free Jarideh k Change in the Arab World k 10am-6pm; free portraits of a common experience, going beyond years of books, magazines, W1B 1AD (07758 961 See Sat 9 1.30-9pm; £5 6.30pm; free (booking essential) See Mon 4 shopping to reveal the hidden narratives and videos, music and 029) Regent’s Park Presented by LIFT & LAAF11 Presented by Saqi Books behind-the-scenes stories of the workers and ephemera from and about The Bidoun Library Presented by the London Brian Whitaker, former Public Domain k shoppers’ lives in the UK and Emirates. the Middle East, right up to Yasmine El Rashidi in Residence k International Festival of GuardianMiddle East 10am-5pm; free Londoners are encouraged to participate in accounts of the January on Revolution in Egypt k editor and author of See Tue 12 and box p13 ‘Shopopolis’ – for details of times and dates 2011 revolutions. It is 6.30pm; £5, concs £3 ‘Unspeakable Love: Gay when you can contribute your personal memories intended to be a support to Presented by Free Word and Lesbian Life in the Noureddine Daifallah k of Westfield and view the project’s culminating artists as well as of interest Cairo-born writer El Rashidi Middle East’, talks to writer 11am-6.30pm; free exhibition in The Village window display, visit to researchers and art lovers. offers a personal insight on Nesrine Malik. In the calls See Mon 4 www.delfinafoundation.com. Until September 11. revolution in the Arab world. for freedom in the Arab Shopopolis has been produced by the Delfina Serpentine Gallery, She is a contributor to a new world, is there a discussion Rania Matar k Foundation, a London-based organisation which Kensington Gardens, W2 collection, ‘Al-Sha’ab Yurid’ of homosexuality? 11am-6pm; free is renowned for its artist-in-residence 3XA (020 7298 1515) (‘The People Demand’) –a Free Word Centre, 60 See Mon 4 and box p6 programmes in the UK, the Middle East and Lancaster Gate slogan from theTunisian Farringdon Rd, EC1R North Africa, in partnership with the Emirates revolution that was taken 3GA (020 7324 2570) Modern Syrian Art at the Foundation, Westfield London, the British From Facebook to up throughout the region. Farringdon British Museum k Council and Tashkeel. Nassbook kkkkk Free Word Centre, 60 1.15-2pm; free July 4-24; various times; free. Westfield Shopping 10am-6pm; prices vary Farringdon Rd, EC1R In the Penal Colony k Presented by British Museum Centre, Ariel Way, W12 7GF (020 7233 5344) (some events free) Tania El Khouri: Jarideh 7.45pm; £10 3GA (020 7324 2570) LIFT at the ICA Talk by Venetia Porter, Shepherd’s Bush Market. See Mon 4 Farringdon See Mon 11 curator of Islamic and

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contemporary Middle Culture Now k The Bidoun Library kk The Bidoun Library k See Tue 12 and box p13 Eastern art at the British 1pm; free 10am-6pm; free 10am-6pm; free Museum. FRIDAY Presented by LIFT See Tue 12. Today’s See Tue 12 Noureddine Daifallah k British Museum, Great A discussion on the link Saturday Seminar features 11am-6.30pm; free Russell St, WC1B 3DG JULY 15 between art and politics in Ahdaf Soueif, prominent The Knowledge: Stop 3 – See Mon 4 (020 7323 8181) the Arab world, and the political and cultural Alexandria (Egypt) kkk Tottenham Court Rd Shopopolis kk impact of the uprisings. commentator and author 10am-6pm; free Rania Matar k Times vary; free ICA, The Mall, SW1Y of ‘The Map of Love’ See Mon 4 11am-6pm; free Jarideh k See Mon 4 and box p9 5AH (020 7930 3647) (3pm; free). See Mon 4 and box p6 1.30-4pm; £5 Charing Cross See Wed 13 Hala Elkoussy k The Knowledge: Stop 3 – Contemporary 8.30am-5.30pm; free Jarideh k Alexandria (Egypt) kkk Arab Culturek See Mon 4 2-9pm; £5 On the Importance of 10am-6pm; free MONDAY 6.30pm; £5, concs £3 Being Young in the Being an Arab ICA Arab World k See Wed 13 See Mon 4 See Mon 4 6.30-8.30pm; free Al Bab k JULY 18 A Glimpse Presented by A.M. Qattan 10am-4pm; free Gulf Stage k discussion on Egyptian Public Domain k The Three Disappearances Foundation See Sat 9 4-5.45pm; free cinema. The weekend 10am-5pm; free Shopopolis kk of Souad Hosnik at Arab See box p6 Presented by LIFT, British Council, includes his films ‘The See Tue 12 and box p13 Times vary; free 7pm; £6, £5 Contemporary Mosaic Rooms, 226 The Bidoun Library k Digital Theatre, Ministry of Culture, Sparrow’, ‘Cairo Station’ See Mon 4 and box p9 Presented by Serpentine Gallery Cromwell Rd, SW5 0SW 10am-6pm; free Arts and Heritage (Qatar) and and ‘Alexandria… Why?’. Noureddine Daifallah k Rania Stephan presents Choreography (020 7370 9990) See Tue 12 The Cultural Development Centre Free Word Centre, 60 11am-6.30pm; free Hala Elkoussy k her documentary on the life Earl’s Court at the Qatar Foundation Farringdon Rd, EC1R See Mon 4 8.30am-6pm; free and death of the Egyptian July 22 & 23 From Facebook A screening of ‘You… Me… 3GA (020 7324 2570) See Mon 4 actress Souad Hosni, who Sadler’s Wells Contemporary to Nassbook The Human…’, joint Farringdon Rania Matar k died in a fall from the See listings p14 Arab Culturek kkkkk winner at the 2010 Gulf 11am-4pm; free Al Bab k balcony of a friend’s London Presented by Arab 6.30pm; £5, concs £3 10am-6pm; prices vary Co-operation Council Youth Easternisms k See Mon 4 and box p6 10am-4pm; free flat in 2001. Co-presented New Trends Limited See Mon 4 (some events free) Theatre Festival in Doha. 7.30pm; £7, £5 See Sat 9 with Ashkal Alwan: The Two acclaimed See Mon 4 There is also a behind-the- Presented by Six Pillars A Day of Contemporary Lebanese Association of performers return to Hassan Daoud: scenes documentary and Acoustic and electronic Arab Culturekkkkk The Bidoun Library k Plastic Arts, Beirut. the UK for Shubbak. In Conversation k The Knowledge: Stop 3 – a panel discussion with the music by pianist-composers 12noon-12midnight; £5, 10am-6pm; free Gate Cinema, 87 Notting Radhouane El 6.30pm; £5, concs £3 Alexandria (Egypt) kkk creative team of the digital John Kameel Farah, of free before 7pm See Tue 12 Hill Gate, W11 3JZ Meddeb of Tunisia Presented by Free Word 10am-6pm; free art project ‘Gulf Stage’. Palestinian descent, and Presented by Land in Focus (0870 704 2058) performs ‘I dance and Respected novelist and See Mon 4 ICA, The Mall, SW1Y London-based Amir A one-day mini-festival From Facebook Gate i feed you with it’ on journalist Hassan Daoud, 5AH (020 7930 3647) Sadeghi Konjani from Iran, celebrating the diversity to Nassbook kkkkk July 22, which includes born and based in Beirut, Public Domain k Charing Cross as his alter-ego Brenda. of Arab contemporary 10am-6pm; prices vary In the Penal Colony k making couscous for gives his perspective on 10am-5pm; free DJing by Fari B of culture, with live music, (some events free) 7.45pm; £10 the audience: culture and politics in the See Tue 12 and box p13 Egyptian Cinema: Resonance 104.4FM. talks, workshops, an See Mon 4 See Mon 11 ‘Between tomato, Middle East . Youssef Chahine kk Café Oto, 18-22 Ashwin exhibition and Arabic food. courgettes, carrots Free Word Centre, 60 Noureddine Daifallah k 6.30pm; £5, concs £3 St, E8 3DL (020 7923 Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal The Knowledge: Stop 3 – Spoken Easternisms k and cinnamon: a leap, Farringdon Rd, EC1R 11am-6.30pm; free Presented by the Free Word Centre 1231)Dalston Green Rd, E1 6LA. Alexandria (Egypt) kkk 8-9pm; free a glance, a suspension 3GA (020 7324 2570) See Mon 4 A tribute to the pioneering Junction Liverpool St 10am-6pm; free Presented by Six Pillars or a rupture.’ Farringdon Egyptian director Youssef See Mon 4 A week of radio debates on On July 23, Algerian Rania Matar k Chahine, who died in 2008. In the Penal Colony k In the Penal Colony k the arts and the Arab world, Nacera Belaza On the Importance of 11am-6pm; free His niece, the filmmaker 7.45pm; £10 2.45pm and 7.45pm; £10 Public Domain k with guest chairs including performs ‘Le Cri’ (‘The Being an Arab k See Mon 4 and box p6 Marianne Khoury, leads a See Mon 11 See Mon 11 10am-5pm; free Venice Biennale curator Scream’), which wowed 7.30 & 9pm; £12, concs £10 French critics on its Presented by LIFT On the Importance of Egyptian Cinema: debut in 2008. There A multimedia theatre piece Being an Arab k Youssef Chahine kk is a pre-performance by Cairo-based Ahmed El 8pm; £12, concs £10 6.30pm; £5, concs £3 talk and discussion on Attar, who reveals his life See Thur 14 See Fri 15 ‘Preconceptions and in diaries, love letters, Identity in the Arab documents, phone World’, featuring the recordings and video two artists and British captures, including recent choreographers and material from Tahrir SATURDAY SUNDAY moderated by a Square. The piece explores sociologist from SOAS, how social influences JULY 16 JULY 17 which examines the affect the artistic process. West’s perceptions of ICA, The Mall, SW1Y Shopopolis kk Shopopolis kk The Arab Spring: A Literary Perspective Times vary; free Times vary; free In the Penal Colony this part of the world. 5AH (020 7930 3647) SOAS Young Vic Charing Cross See Mon 4 and box p9 See Mon 4 and box p9

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Rania Matar k 10am-6pm; free Free Word Centre, 60 A display of the shortlisted The Arab Spring: Burj Khalifa, Dubai 11am-6pm; free See Mon 4 Farringdon Rd, EC1R artists and designers in this A Literary Perspective k Photography exhibition, RIBA See Mon 4 and box p6 3GA (020 7324 2570) year’s Jameel Prize, which 6.30pm; free Public Domain k Farringdon recognises work inspired by Presented by Arab British Centre Forward Thinking k 10am-5pm; free Islamic art, craft and desgn with CAABU 6.30-8.30pm, then reception; £8.50 See Tue 12 and box, right New Arab Films k traditions. Until Sept 25. Three Arab authors talk Presented by Nous 7pm; £8, concs £6 V&A, Cromwell Rd, SW7 about the events of the See box, opposite Noureddine Daifallah k See Tue 19 and box p6 2RL (020 7942 2000) Arab Spring and the RIBA, 66 Portland Place, 11am-6.30pm; free implications for literary life W1B 1AD (07758 961 See Mon 4 Spoken Easternisms k in their respective home Amina Annabi Leighton House 029) Regent’s Park 8-9pm; free The Knowledge: Stop 3 – countries. Tripoli-born Rania Matar k See Mon 18 Alexandria (Egypt) kkk Giuma Bukleb, Egyptian New Arab Films k 11am-6pm; free 10am-6pm; free Khaled al-Berry and Georges Rabbath and 7pm; £8, concs £6 See Mon 4 and box p6 See Mon 4 Syrian author Ghalia writerMalu Halasa, and Presented by A.M. Qattan Qabbani are the guest speakers including poet Foundation In the Penal Colony k Public Domain k speakers. and writer Fadi el Abdallah. See box p 6 2.45pm and 7.45pm; £10 THURSDAY 10am-5pm; free Khalili Lecture Theatre, Broadcast on Resonance Mosaic Rooms, 226 See Mon 11 See Tue 12 and box, right SOAS, Thornhaugh St, FM, 104.4FM in London Cromwell Rd, SW5 0SW JULY 21 WC1H 0XG. Nous architecture (020 7370 9990) Contemporary Noureddine Daifallah k Russell Square Earl’s Court Arab Poetry kk Shopopolis kk 11am-6.30pm; free he recent dramatic events in the Middle East 6.30pm; free (booking essential) Times vary; free See Mon 4 New Arab Films k Tmight have made international headlines, but In the Penal Colony k Presented by Poet in the City See Mon 4 and box p9 7pm; £8, concs £6 what are the wider ramifications of the political TUESDAY 7.45pm; £10 Entitled ‘The Gulf: Oral Rania Matar k See Tue 19 and box p6 upheaval? Two debates presented by London- See Mon 11 Traditions in Poetry’ the Hala Elkoussy k 11am-6pm; free based architecture and design consultancy Nous JULY 19 evening features Iraqi-born 8.30am-6pm; free See Mon 4 and box p6 In the Penal Colony k and the Royal Institute of British Architects will Spoken Easternisms k writer Basim Alansar See Mon 4. 7.45pm; £10 address the issues affecting current and future Shopopolis kk 8-9pm; free looking at nomadic culture Amina Annabi + See Mon 11 architectural projects in the Arab states. Both Times vary; free See Mon 18 in literature. Al Bab k Simo Lagnawi k talks are followed by a reception. See Mon 4 and box p9. The Chamber, City Hall, 10am-4pm; free 6.30pm; free Spoken Easternisms k For the first talk, Public Domain: Public and The Queen’s Walk, SE1 See Sat 9 Presented by Leighton 8-9pm; free Civic Spaces in the Arab World (July 12), a high- Hala Elkoussy k 2AA (07908 367 488) House Museum See Mon 18 profile panel of speakers, including Nadim 8.30am-6pm; free London Bridge The Bidoun Library k Tunisian singer-songwriter Khattar, design director of Middle East projects See Mon 4 WEDNESDAY 10am-6pm; free Amina Annabi performs at Austin-Smith:Lord, and Michel Mossessian, Little Atoms: Comedy in See Tue 12 her unique fusion of world principal at Mossessian and Partners, will Al Bab k JULY 20 the Middle East kk styles taking in jazz, Arabic discuss changes in architectural design, as well 10am-4pm; free 6.30pm; £5, concs £3 From Facebook song, rai, chaabi, reggae FRIDAY as the impact of the internet and of recent events See Sat 9 Shopopolis kk Presented by the Free Word Centre to Nassbook kkkkk and jungle. Support comes on the use of public spaces. The talk marks the Times vary; free What role has satire played 10am-6pm; prices vary from Simo Lagnawi, a JULY 22 opening of a photography exhibition with the The Bidoun Library k See Mon 4 and box p9 in the unprecedented moves (some events free) master of gnawa, a same title (July 12-September 30), showing 10am-6pm; free for democracy across the See Mon 4 traditional musical form Shopopolis kk images of the region that present an alternative See Tue 12 Hala Elkoussy k Middle East? Is there such a brought to Morocco from Times vary; free view to recent news coverage. The exhibition is 8.30am-6pm; free thing as ‘Arab comedy’? The Jameel Prize 2011 k sub-Saharan Africa. See Mon 4 and box p9 supported by Austin-Smith:Lord and Demotix. From Facebook See Mon 4 event is led by the Resonance 10am-5-45pm; free Leighton House, 12 The second, Forward Thinking: Discussions to Nassbook kkkkk FM show Little Atoms. Presented by V&A Rd, W14 Hala Elkoussy k on the Future of Architecture in the Arab World 10am-6pm; prices vary Al Bab k 8LZ (020 7471 9153) 8.30am-5.30pm; free (July 19), looks ahead to the next two decades (some events free) 10am-4pm; free High St Kensington See Mon 4 and promises to be a thought-provoking evening. See Mon 4 See Sat 9 An expert panel will consider how cutting-edge Ahmed Bouanani k The Bidoun Library k technology and building materials might result in The Knowledge: Stop 3 – The Bidoun Library k 6.30pm; £5, concs £4 10am-6pm; free new buildings and how political developments Alexandria (Egypt) kkk 10am-6pm; free Presented by Tate Modern See Tue 12 might impact upon the region’s architecture and 10am-6pm; free See Tue 12 Short films by Moroccan design. Speakers include Ahmed Al-Ali and Farid See Mon 4 filmmaker, poet, writer and From Facebook Esmaeil, principals of X-Architects in Dubai, From Facebook editor Ahmed Bouanani to Nassbook kkkkk Aidan Chopra of Google and Salmaan Craig, Public Domain k to Nassbook kkkkk (1938-2011), admired for 10am-6pm; prices vary environmental design analyst at Foster + Partners. 10am-5pm; free 10am-6pm; prices vary his films of urban life from (some events free) For more information, and to buy tickets for the See Tue 12 and box, right (some events free) the 1960s onwards. See Mon 4 above events, see www.nouscollaborative.com. See Mon 4 Starr Auditorium,Tate RIBA, 66 Portland Place, W1B 1AD (07758 961 Noureddine Daifallah k Modern, Bankside, SE1 Jameel Prize 2011 k 029) Oxford Circus. Talks/receptions £8.50, Ahmed Bouanani 11am-6.30pm; free The Knowledge: Stop 3 – Tate Modern 9TG (020 7887 8888) 10am-5.45pm; free exhibition free. See Mon 4 Alexandria (Egypt) kkk Southwark See Thur 21

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The Knowledge: Stop 3 – donated to Save the Serpentine Gallery, Patterns & Pixels k V&A, Cromwell Rd, SW7 Alexandria (Egypt) kkk Children in Egypt. Kensington Gardens, 10am-5pm; free 2RL (020 7942 2000) 10am-6pm; free Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane W2 3XA (020 7298 Presented by V&A South Kensington See Mon 4 Terrace, SW1X 9DQ 1515) Lancaster Gate A chance for visitors (age (020 7730 4500) 6+) to create designs Noureddine Daifallah k Public Domain k Sloane Square A Glimpse at Arab inspired by the shapes, 11am-6.30pm; free 10am-5pm; free Contemporary colours and materials of See Mon 4. See Tue 12 and box p13 A Night in Tahrir Squarek Choreography kk the Islamic Middle East. 7.30pm; £25-£12.50 8pm; £15 V&A, Cromwell Rd, SW7 In the Penal Colony k Noureddine Daifallah k Presented by Barbican Presented by Arab New Trends 2RL (020 7942 2000) 2.45pm and 7.45pm; £10 11am-6.30pm; free Music and poetry played See box p10 South Kensington See Mon 11 See Mon 4 a significant part in the Lilian Baylis Studio, incredible events of Tahrir Sadler’s Wells, Rosebery Public Domain k New Arab Films k Rania Matar k Square. The evening’s Avenue, EC1R 4TN (0844 10am-5pm; free 7pm; £8, concs £6 11am-6pm; free line-up features artists 412 4300) Angel See Tue 12 and box p13 See Tue 19 Interference See Mon 4 and box p6 who all helped create the soundtrack to Egypt’s Drop-in Design kk A Glimpse at Arab July 8-10 Pre-Islamic Yemen k revolution, including street 10.30am-5pm; free Contemporary ICA 1.15pm; free music groupEl Tanbura, Presented by V&A Choreography kk See listings p6 Presented by British Museum Azza Balba (representing SATURDAY A workshop taking kids 8pm; £15 Presented by the A talk by curator poet Ahmed Fouad Negm), (age 4+) on a ‘voyage’ to the Presented by Arab New Trends ICA and Mathaf: Alexandra Porter. singer, composer and oud JULY 23 Islamic Middle East for See Fri 22 and box p10 Arab Museum of Room 34, British Museum, virtuoso Mustafa Said inspiration and then back to Modern Art (Doha) Great Russell St, WC1B and singer-songwriter Shopopolis kk the studio to create beautiful Providing a social and 3DG (020 7323 8181) Ramy Essam. Times vary; free windows and geometric critical space for the Tottenham Court Rd Barbican Hall, Silk St, See Mon 4 and box p9 tiles. Daily until August 7 . first Shubbak weekend, EC2Y 8DS (020 7638 V&A, Cromwell Rd, SW7 SUNDAY Interference examines Ahmed Bouanani k 4141) Barbican The Bidoun Library kk 2RL (020 7942 2000) art, agency and 7pm; £5, concs £4 10am-6pm; free South Kensington JULY 24 agitation in and beyond Presented by Tate Modern In the Penal Colony k See Tue 12. The day the Arab world. Through Part of a two-night tribute 7.45pm; £10 includes a Saturday The Artist’s Place in Shopopolis kk artist talks, screenings, to Moroccan filmmaker, See Mon 11 Seminar by acclaimed Kensington k Times vary; free workshops and poet, writer and editor Egyptian feminist writer 10.45am; £5 See Mon 4 and box p9 discussions, it looks at Ahmed Bouanani, with a Spoken Easternisms k and activist Nawal El Presented by Leighton reclaiming Arab history, screening of his film 8-9pm; free Saadawi (3pm; free). House Museum The Bidoun Library k as part of art practice ‘Mirage’, a classic of See Mon 18 A walking tour. Meet at the 10am-6pm; free and as a political act. experimental cinema. Jameel Prize 2011 k tube station. See Tue 12 On July 8 at 8pm Tate Modern, Bankside, The Bidoun Library 10am-5.45pm; free High St Kensington, there is a screening of SE1 9TG (020 7887 Park Night k See Thur 21 W8 5SA. High St Jameel Prize 2011 k ‘Microphone’ (Egypt, 8888) Southwark or 8pm; £5, concs £4 Kensington 10am-5.45pm; free 2010), plus a Q&A with London Bridge Presented by Serpentine Gallery The Knowledge: Stop 3 – See Thur 21 the director Ahmad A Shaabi Music Wedding Alexandria (Egypt) kkk Celebrating the Jameel Abdalla. New Arab Films k Dance Party of readings 10am-6pm; free Prize 2011 k The Knowledge: Stop 3 – The Interference 7pm; £8, concs £6 set to loud music. See Mon 4 11am-4pm; free Alexandria (Egypt) kkk Conversations (July 9) See Tue 19 and box p6 Presented by V&A 10am-6pm; free considers the role of The Bidoun Library Performer and storyteller See Mon 4 institutions (1.30pm), Concert for the Serpentine Gallery Xanthe Gresham presents objects (3.30pm) and Children of Egypt k a piece inspired by the Patterns & Pixels k artists (5.30pm) as 7.30pm; £37.50, £30, £22, £12.50 Jameel Prize 2011. Hassan 10am-5pm; free instigators of social Presented by Musicstage Hajjaj talks about his See Sat 23 change, followed by the Promotions photographic work on the Interference Party at Pianist Amira Fouad plays Gnawa musicians, Drop-in Design kk 9pm, with special guest David Heath’s new concerto accompanied by Simo 10.30am-5pm; free DJ Raed Yassin. ‘El Hedeiya’ with the Lagnawi (2-3.30pm). See Sat 23 On July 10, there are English Chamber two workshops, Can Orchestra. David Heath Any of Us Be Non- conducts, and the Stay in touch with Shubbak… Orientalists? (1pm) programme also includes www.twitter.com/shubbakfestival and Reanimating Bach, Mozart and Gamal www.facebook.com/shubbakfestival Histories (4pm). Abdel-Rahim. Proceeds www.flickr.com/groups/shubbakfestival from the concert will be

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