Friday 1 January 2010

Past Events - May 2010

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Wed 19 May 2010 1pm - 2pm
BABEL at Sadler's Wells - Lunch-time talk with Damien Jalet
Damien Jalet, co-choreographer of Babel (words) will give an exclusive insight into the background and his creative process.
Khan Lecture Theatre next to Lilian Baylis Studio
Sadler's Wells Theatre
Rosebery Avenue
London EC1R 4TN
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Tue 18 May 2010 7.30pm
Sadler's Wells dance performance: Babel (words)
Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui presents the UK premiere of Babel (words), the long-awaited final instalment of a triptych of works he started with FOI and Myth.
Sadler's Wells Theatre
Rosebery Avenue
London EC1R 4TN
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Tue 18 May 2010 6pm - 7pm
BABEL at Sadler's Wells - Pre-show live music with Yazid Fentazi
Garden Court Café
Sadler's Wells Theatre
Rosebery Avenue
London EC1R 4TN
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Tue 18 May 2010 5pm - 6pm
BABEL at Sadler's Wells - Pre-Show talk with Dr. Irving Finkel
Khan Lecture Theatre next to Lilian Baylis Studio
Sadler's Wells Theatre
Rosebery Avenue
London EC1R 4TN
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Mon 17 May 2010 7pm
The A.M. Qattan Foundation is pleased to announce the first annual Edward W Said London lecture at the British Museum
Lecture by Marina Warner: Oriental Masquerade
Fiction and Fantasy in the Wake of the Arabian Nights
Opening remarks Stuart Hall, Introduced by Jacqueline Rose
BP Lecture Theatre
British Museum
London WC1B 3DG
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Mon 17 May 2010 6pm
ART PANEL DISCUSSION: A PATCH ON MY EVIL EYE
Artists Yazan Khalili and Ruba Asfahani will join curator Juan Carlos Farah and Nora Razian from Tate Britain. The discussion will be hosted and moderated by renowned photographer and filmmaker Saeed Taji Farouky.
The Arab British Centre
1 Gough Square
London EC4A 3DE
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Mon 10 May 2010 7pm
Facilitate Global cordially invites you to:
Benefit Dinner at Noura Lounge
Our most distinguished guest speakers Ms Clare Short MP and Sir Geoffrey Bindman will address the theme of ‘State Impunity And The Rule Of Law’ in view of the last decade’s increased lawlessness to be followed by questions and answers.
Proceeds will be donated to the Lajee Centre in Bethlehem
Noura Lounge
Belgravia
17 Hobart Place
London SW1W OHH
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Thu 6 May 2010 7pm
Concert: ...And the Wind Whispered...
Featuring the amazing duo of Wissam Boustany on flute and Aleksander Szram on piano
St James's Church
Piccadilly
London W1J 9L
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Wed 5 May 2010 6.30pm
The A.M. Qattan Foundation invites you to
Private View: Bashar Hroub
Reflective Consciousness
Video, installation and photography
The Mosaic Rooms
The A.M. Qattan Foundation
Tower House
226 Cromwell Road
London SW5 0SW
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Past Events - April 2010

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Mon 26 Apr 2010 7pm
Frontline Club Screening - Shooting Under Firebook
Director: Sacha MirzoeffProducer: Context TV Gmbh, Berlin, 2005
Featured Photographer: Reinhard Krause, Reuters
Frontline Club
13 Norfolk Place
London W2 1QJ
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Sun 25 Apr 2010 4pm
Frontline Club Sunday Screening - Live From Bethlehem
Filmmakers: Matt Sienkiewicz and Joseph C. SousaDuration: 36 min Year: 2009
Frontline Club13 Norfolk Place
London W2 1QJ
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Fri 23 Apr 2010 7pm
Frontline Club UK Premiere Screening: American Jihadist
Winner of the 2010 Slamdance Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary.Duration: 72 mins. Director Mark Claywell
http://www.americanjihadist.com/
Frontline Club
13 Norfolk Place
London W2 1QJ
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Tue 20 Apr 2010 8pm
A Night of Comedy Music and Magic for Palestine
With Ivor Dembina, Jeremy Hardy, Ian Saville, Maureen Younger, and Music by The Amigans
The Dogstar
389 Coldharbour Lane
Brixton
London SW9 8LQ
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Sun 18 Apr 2010 2pm
The Chelsea Music Academy and the Leighton House Museum Presents:
Oriental Grooves: Come meet the instruments of the Middle East
The Leighton House Museum
12 Holland Park Road
London W14 8LZ
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Sat 17 Apr 2010 10am-5pm
ICAHD UK Day Conference and AGM ‘Hope from the ruins’
Speakers:
Judah Passow, winner of four World Press photo awards, presents a slideshow of his photography presentation ‘Shattered Dreams: Israel and the Palestinians’ – photos taken over 25 years.
Professor Avi Shlaim, renowned Oxford historian and Patron of ICAHD UK, will speak to ‘Shattered History: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations’, based on his latest book, ‘Israel and Palestine’.
Mohammed Mukhaimar, a psychologist with extensive experience working in Gaza, has entitled his talk ‘Shattered Minds: Healing the Generations’.
Mark Thomas, actor, comedian, author and TV and radio presenter, recently returned from walking on both sides of the separation barrier in Israel and Palestine, will speak to ‘Shattered Communities: A walk along the Wall’.
Mary HD, former model, now singer songwriter, will perform her latest recording ‘A New Day’.
All Hallows on the Wall Church
83 London Wall
London EC2M 5ND
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Thu 15 Apr 2010 6.30pm
Mosaic Rooms Film Screening: Shou Sar? (What Happened?)
a film by De Gaulle Eid
The Mosaic Rooms
A.M. Qattan Foundation
Tower House
226 Cromwell Road
London SW5 0SW
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Wed 14 Apr 2010 6.30pm
Mosaic Rooms Film Screening: Shou Sar? (What Happened?)
a film by De Gaulle Eid
The Mosaic Rooms
A.M. Qattan Foundation
Tower House
226 Cromwell Road
London SW5 0SW
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Wed 14 Apr 2010 7pm
Frontline Club talk: Neil MacFarquhar on the Middle East: dissidents, diplomats and Saudi sitcom writers
Frontline Club
13 Norfolk Place
London W2 1QJ
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