We at afikra are honored to announce the Shubbak Festival x afikra Rountable Series taking place in the days and weeks leading up to this year's festival which starts on 20th of June, 2021. The series of 4 events will feature candid conversations with key figures from the Shubbak team and will highlight some of the artists and themes on display during this year's festival. All events will take place on Zoom, will be free and open to all, and discussions will be in English.
Event Title: "Generational Encounters in Arab Cinema" with SAFAR
Featuring: Amani Hassan (Programme Director at Arab British Centre) & Rabih El Khoury, (Curator SAFAR 2021 Film Festival). Moderated by Mikey Muhanna (afikra Founder & Executive Director).
Date: Saturday, June 19th
Time: 12PM NYC | 5PM London | 7PM Beirut
Amani Hassan, Programme Director at Arab British Centre
Amani joined the Arab British Centre in 2015 and is responsible for developing the organization’s cultural programme. She is passionate about MENA Arts & Culture and earned her MA Degree in Enterprise and Management for the Creative Arts where her research focused on Arab women’s presence in the Middle East art scene. Prior to joining the Arab British Centre, Amani was a project specialist in the Strategic Cultural Relations department at Qatar Museums in Doha, managing the Years of Culture programme (Qatar-UK, Qatar-Brazil, and Qatar-Turkey).
Rabih El Khoury, Curator SAFAR 2021 Film Festival
Rabih holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the Lebanese American University in Beirut and a Masters of Arts in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship from Goldsmiths University here in London, where he was studying when he attended the first SAFAR back in 2012! He has been working with the Metropolis Association, which manages Metropolis Art Cinema, the only art-house cinema in Lebanon, since its inception in 2006 as administrator and then as Managing Director. He has also worked for the cultural association Beirut DC for the promotion of Arab Cinema as general coordinator for its Arab film festival The Beirut Cinema Days since 2006. He has organized over 20 Arab film weeks in the Arab World and Europe.
About Shubbak Festival
The Shubbak Festival is the UK's largest biennial festival of contemporary Arab culture, bringing new and unexpected voices alongside established artists to London every two years. The festival returns this summer with an ambitious programme that connects audiences and communities with the best of contemporary Arab visual arts, film, music, theatre, dance, literature and debate.
About afikra
afikra | عفكرة is a grassroots movement that has evolved into a global media and educational platform focused on the history and culture of the Arab world. The organization hosts events publishes media, and designs educational experiences designed to cultivate curiosity in the region's history - encouraging the 50,000+ members globally to proactively question the dominant narratives about the history and culture of the region.