3/7/2011
Shubbak
Different venues, London
A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture. A wide-ranging programme of visual arts, film, music, theatre, dance, literature, architecture, lectures and discussion
A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture. The Mayor of London presents Shubbak, the capital's first ever celebration of contemporary culture from across the Arab world, showcasing over seventy events in more than 30 venues throughout the city. Shubbak (Arabic for 'window') offers a wide-ranging programme of visual arts, film, music, theatre, dance, literature, architecture, lectures and discussion. The festival will feature work by contemporary Arab artists, writers, filmmakers, musicians, choreographers and architects based in London and around the world including Algeria, Bahrain, Canada, Egypt, India, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, USA. Among the highlights of the programme are: Monday 4 July a Musical Revolution into the Arab World, a free concert to open the Festival at The Scoop featuring three of the hottest new generation stars of the Middle East's music subcultures: Zeid Hamdan from Beirut, Tamer Abu Ghazaleh from Palestine, and Maryam Saleh from Egypt. Until 23 July: A Girl in her Room, an exhibition of photo works by highly acclaimed Lebanese/American artist, Rania Matar, at the Mosaic Rooms, one of London's leading centres for Arab contemporary arts. Friday 22 July: A Night in Tahrir Square presented by the Barbican Centre featuring a line-up of artists who helped to create the soundtrack of Egypt's revolution including street music group El Tanbura, Azza Balba, oud virtuoso Mustafa Said and singer-songwriter, Ramy Essam.