Zaheer Ali, Oral Historian at Brooklyn Historical Society, leads a listening session featuring curated excerpts from the Muslims in Brooklyn oral histories collection. Read more »
Archives for March 2019
Dubai Cultural Majlis: Razmig Bedirian
Syrian-Armenian writer Razmig Bedirian reads from his short story Serop at the March 20, 2019 edition of Dubai Cultural Majlis. Read more »
Dubai Cultural Majlis: Samia Halaby
At the March 19th edition of the Dubai Cultural Majlis, Samia Halaby speaks about her journey “From Jerusalem to New York.” Read more »
Uncovering a lost Sudanese masterpiece
The groundbreaking 2001 exhibition The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa, 1945-1994 finally introduced non-Western modernities on a larger scale into leading Western museums. The exhibition included works by 50 or so artists, including El Salahi, a native of Sudan who was born in 1930 during the Anglo-Egyptian colonial era. Read more »
Dubai Cultural Majlis: Suheyla Takesh – Mahmoud Sabri’s Early Practice
At the first edition of Dubai Cultural Majlish, Suheyla Takesh, graduate of MIT master’s program in History, Theory and Criticism of Architecture and Art, speaks about Iraqi artist Mahmoud Sabri, exploring his political affiliations, concern with socio-political injustice, and his embrace of Realism. Read more »
NYC Cultural Majlis: Jess Rizkallah
Lebanese-American writer and illustrator Jess Rizkallah speaks at the March 2, 2019 edition of the NYC Cultural Majlis. Read more »