Arab Women Artists Now Festival

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Poetry Main Space, 5pm Fatima Matar’s postgraduate studies in Law never could divert her attention from her first love, art. “I paint in order to understand, I write in order to survive”, she explains. Indeed, the sacrality of art as an expression of God is one of her core beliefs. Now residing in Coventry, UK, with her ten-year-old daughter Jori, Fatima explores a wide variety of artistic mediums, with canvas painting, performance poetry, mural painting, and stained glass work. Music Venue 1, Fourth Floor, 6pm Selected by the BBC as one of the most inspiring 100 Women globally, Bushra El- Turk’s music has been both performed and broadcast on radio and television worldwide, including collaborations with the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. She has performed in distinguished venues internationally. She is now artistic director and leader of Ensemble Zar, a fresh, fearless, and experimental cross genre ensemble whose mission is to express the Middle Eastern artistic temperament in its rawest form. Ensemble Zar performed for the Metta Theatre production of ‘Arab Nights’ (Soho Theatre) and played the live score to the world’s first feature -length silent film animation, ‘The Adventures of Prince Achmed’ at the Southbank and Barbican - to much critical acclaim. Listen out for Ensemble Zar’s recording in the new feature animation film of Gibran s ‘The Prophet’. 9
Installations (All Day, Venue 2, 4th Floor) Michael Mogge © The Forgotten (Installation) Venue 2, Fourth Floor, All Day Hala Yamlika is a contemporary visual artist, born in Aleppo, Syria and based in London. Educated at the University of Aleppo and Birkbeck, Hala’s artwork crosses multiple art mediums including photography, drawing and installation. She often focuses on human psychology and taboo social issues, and uses these as conceptual basis for her contemporary pieces. She is trying to explore the exchange between viewers and the extraordinarily provocative presence of her artworks utilizing a site‐specific approach to culture and history. Hala is an innovative user of material and incorporates uncommon objects into her pieces, sending powerful messages. Hala remains a respected art critic and has participated in numerous London exhibitions. Joumani © The Newspapers Dress + From East to West Venue 2, Fourth Floor (All Day) and Main Space 11.55am Fadila Aalouchi is a fashion designer working in Belgium. Her installation, The Newspapers Dress, is entirely made out of personally collected newspapers, flyers and documents about Palestine from 2009 to 2015. Once you have seen it, you cannot unsee it. Certain events are written on your skin. 10
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