In memory of the founder of the Maqam Museum of Contemporary Art, Cesar Nammour, the Dar Tabet Art Forum hosts for the second time this year five foreign plastic artists from Switzerland, India, Tunisia and Jordan, as well as five Lebanese artist as part of an art residence project in the city of Kesruan Ajaltun, starting “Wednesday Now” and ending next Monday.
At the end of the art residency on July 26 (Q: 16:30), an art exhibition called “Vernissage” will be held at the Sherif Tabet Gallery (Beirut) and Dar Tabet will give the public the opportunity to meet these artists in Villa Tabet (Ajaltoun) next Monday and Tuesday evening (question: 17:30) to get to know them better and see their professional experience in a musical environment. This project was attended by: Ali Zenadi (Tunisia), Sumana Malakar (India), Kamal Abu Halawa (Jordan), Diyala Sen Bhalla (India), Abdel Razak Hammuda (Switzerland), as well as the Lebanese Joseph Falugui, Randa de Chadarvian , Philip Farhat, Charles Khoury and Neven Matar.
* Exhibition opening day: Tuesday, July 26 – Question: 16:30 – “Sherif Tabet Gallery” (Al Quarantina – Beirut). For inquiries: 71/854000
Souls walk in Beirut
On July 28, for three days, the Opera Gallery (Beirut) will host an art exhibition “Living Souls”. Sponsored by the NGO Kreative-Call, the event aims to reward artists with autism, behavioral disorders, and visual impairments. The exhibition was attended by Sharbel Khoury, Shahi Kandirjyan, Javad Matar, Mohamed Hammoud, Souad Youssef, Salim Suleiman and others.
* Exhibition “Living Souls”: from Thursday 28 to Saturday 30 July – from five in the afternoon to eight in the evening – “Opera Gallery” (Phuha street – opposite the Beirut naval base). For inquiries: 01/971471
Greetings from Yantar Nawal El Saadawi
The “Anbar Culture and Art Festival” continues its activities in the “Professions of Adham in Damascus” (Ashrafiyeh) and pays tribute to the late Egyptian writer, physician and feminist activist Nawal El-Saadawi, Tomorrow Thursday Night (1931). – 2021 / image). In the evening, Nadim Mohsen and Kholud Al-Dimashki will perform. In relation to Al-Akhbar, the latter said that she would touch on Saadawi’s influence on her as an Arab woman and the importance of Saadawi’s thinking in the life of every person.
She added that her speech criticizes the narrow framework in which Nawal is classified as a feminist writer because “this woman’s thinking is universal and transcends all gender boundaries. Al-Saadawi fought for human rights in general. Also, his works have been translated into different languages, and everyone can see his ideas, affecting the bitter reality that we live every day in the Arab world.” Al-Dimashki will also talk about the social delusions that Saadawi tried to destroy and combat. As for Nadeem Mohsen’s speech, he will focus on what makes Nawal El Saadawi different from other pioneers of the feminist movement, his unique approach to social issues such as child sexual abuse, and some of the environment influenced by him. The upcoming day will also feature a film by American director Mark Lettie titled Sham El-Nessim (2021), which deals with an important issue raised by the author of My Documents… My Life (1995). is the problem of female genital mutilation, which still exists in some countries, including Egypt.
* Greetings Nawal El Saadawi: Tomorrow, Thursday – Question: 20:00 – “Professional Adham Al-Dimashki” (Achrafiyeh – Al-Jitawi – opposite the Lebanese-French Bank / Beirut). open invitation.
Follow the scent of lavender
Next Sunday, lovers of fragrant plants will hold a second “Follow the Scent” event at Chouf Cedar Reserve, this time dedicated to lavender.
Participants will learn how lavender is harvested and distilled and then used in the aromatherapy and aromatherapy process. The participants will also meet with a panel of experts who will share their experience and knowledge with the attendees: Jumana Bustani of Cedar Mount Aromatics, Barbara Massad of Slow Food Beirut, Nada Rafael and Joel Sfeir of Turleb, Bruno Tabbal of Snoonow and Mohamed Zuhair Haffar. from Javar.
*Follow the scent: Sunday, July 24 – 8 am to 7 pm – Shuf Cedar Reserve (Mount Lebanon). For inquiries: 70/484545
Source: Al-Akhbar
