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Rain Room, Sharjah
Sharjah Art Foundation presents Rain Room for the first time in the Middle East. The installation is permanently sited in Al Majarrah, Sharjah.
Random International
2012
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Sharjah Art Foundation presents Rain Room for the first time in the Middle East. The installation is permanently sited in Al Majarrah, Sharjah.
Random International
2012
These opening lines introduce The Interview, an indirect narration of the real-life story of Dr Abdul Nabi, an Iraqi doctor who came to the United States in 2008.
Işıl Eğrikavuk
2008
Iman Issa
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Abbas Kiarostami
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Maha Maamoun
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Samer Omran
2008
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Walid Raad and Adila Laidi-Hanieh
2009
Walid Raad discusses his 15-year project The Atlas Group, and Adila Laidi-Hanieh discusses the issues of culture and Arab modernities.
Mahmoud Refat
2009
A new music score will be presented live on stage for the 70s experimental Egyptian film ZAWGATI WAL KALB directed by Said Marzoiq 1971.
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Rabih Mroué
2009
What's important is the talk taking place after the work; the talk that describes the art-work to be an accomplished event.
When Mahmoud Yassin left the frame, the ladies couldn't stop watching the endless TV programme.
'When I was in Cairo last year, I was interviewing Egyptian actors for my new film'.
Raed Yassin
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2009
One of Japan’s most innovative contemporary designers and restaurateur, Shinichiro Ogata’s lecture explores the connections between design and sweet making.
The presentation of this rich archive through this programme offers endless potential for future artworks and research.
David Spriggs
2009
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Waheeda Malullah
2008―2009
Malullah works with installation, photography and video often investigating the new roles being adopted by contemporary Islamic woman.
Liu Wei
2009
The Artist documents the ‘new work’ of local farmers who have been forced to comb through suburban domestic refuse everyday in exchange for meager compensation to supplement their falling agricultural income.