Composing this bricolage of most frequented places is to identify with the environment. Each of the works in this exhibition strives to enliven such connections by looking anew and afresh. Whether considering the lives lived in the temporal or spatial shadows cast by unrest, migration, and industry, or taking a long view of history or an attentive approach to an immediate setting, new relations are found.
London-based curator Maya El Khalil is joined by Lebanese artist Maha Nasrallah for a discussion about El Khalil’s vision for Perceptible Rhythms, Alternative Temporalities, exploring climate and sustainability in the Middle East featuring the works of 12 artists. The short Q&A will address the exhibition’s themes of sustainability, migration and exile in Nasrallah's work, as well as the power of the arts to raise awareness on those issues. The panel will be moderated by MEI Arts and Culture Center Director Lyne Sneige. Program
Join us for a conversation about the climate crisis in the Middle East; its impact on resources and communities; and the role that regional artists and civil society actors are playing in helping encourage greater public awareness and activism. Panel speakers will provide an overview of the challenges facing the region and the urgent need for action, as well as explore how the region's arts communities are addressing questions of climate change and the need for greater sustainability to help impact positive change.
Join the Middle East Institute's Arts and Culture Center & Rola DC Comedy for an unforgettable night of hilarity, music, dancing, and food celebrating Arab-American Heritage Month. Stand-up comedians from the Middle East diaspora explore through jokes and laughter topics of family, identity, politics and more. The comedy show (in English) will be followed by Dabke and DJ Remi spinning your favorite Arabic beats. This uplifting night of humor and music also includes pop-ups of your favorite Middle Eastern food & inspired cocktails.
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