Dubai Culture hosts Simar Halawani in its Artist in Residence programme 12 hours ago Features Writer Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) has announced it is hosting Lebanese artist Simar Halawani at Al Safa Art and Design Library, as part of its Artist in Residence programme. Dubai Culture has allocated a workshop space for Halawani, who obtained a cultural visa, at Al Safa Art and Design Library, starting from July 1, for a period of six months. Halawani specialises in visual arts, and she will work on a project titled ‘Change and Transformation,’ which deals with people’s relationships with the sea in terms of migration and mobility, transformation and adaptation, and change. She will be producing thirty five paintings that will culminate in an exhibition in the library, that would highlight her creativity. The show will continue for a period ranging from four to six months.