Palestine Events at
Shubbak Festival 2013 │ A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture
22 June – 6 July
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kissing the heat 1 –
neW PLayWrights from PaLestine
27 June
19.30
The Mosaic rooMs
226 Cromwell Road SW5 0SW
£10, £8 Concessions
Tel: 020 7370 9990
[email protected] www.mosaicrooms.org
Produced in association with the Royal Court Theatre
Caitlin McLeod directs a reading of Dalia Taha’s keffiyeh/Made in china, in association
with the Royal Court Theatre.
‘Taha’s work … makes us feel the huge lack of horizon which every Palestinian
experiences … she paves a new and original feminine way for Arab theatre’ Mohamed
Kacimi.
Taha is one of ten international writers participating in this Summer’s Royal Court
International Residency for Emerging Playwrights.
McLeod has directed three critically acclaimed sell-out productions at the Finborough
Theatre. She won the prestigious Buzz Goodbody award for Best Director, and was Trainee
Director at the Royal Court Theatre from 2011-2012
http://shubbak.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Shubbak-Festival-Guide-2013.pdf
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narrating gaza
28 June
13.00 – 14.00
ica
the studio, The Mall SW1Y 5AH
£5, Free for ICA members
Produced by The Mosaic Rooms
New Voices from gaza
Gaza-based authors Ali Abukhattab and Samah al Sheikh discuss their work as writers
and promoters of new literature. These authors’ outputs have been featured in various
anthologies and collections. Al Sheikh’s first novel will be published by Saqi Books this
year.
The narrating gaza online initiative will also be introduced.
Run by the A.M. Qattan Foundation, it is an incubator for diverse written and visual narratives from or about the
besieged Gaza Strip.
The event is a platform to discuss contemporary literary practices of Gaza’s young creative generation. The authors will perform readings of their work. Presented by Omar Al-Qattan
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the Lady from teLaViV
1 JuLy, 18.30.
Doors open at 18.00
foyLes bookshoP, 113 – 119 Charing Cross Road WC2H 0EB
Admission free.
Booking not required. First come, first seated.
www.arabbritishcentre.org.uk/events/lady-tel-aviv
Produced by The Arab British Centre with support from English PEN and Telegram Books
Join the arab british centre in celebrating the english translation of rabai al-Madhoun’s ‘
the Lady from tel aviv’.
This work, shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2010, is both
a meditation on the nature of fiction and an incisive exploration of the effects of
occupation on a people and what it is to be a Palestinian.
A Palestinian writer and Israeli actress meet on a plane bound for Tel Aviv. Their
interactions exposes the chasm between them in the land they both call home.
The English translation is by Elliot Colla.
Born in Palestine in 1945, Al-Madhoun is one of the Arab world’s prominent literary
figures.
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kissing the heat 2 – neW PLayWrights from PaLestine
3 JuLy, 19.30 the Mosaic rooMs,
226 Cromwell Road SW5 0SW
£10, £8 Concessions
Tel: 020 7370 9990
[email protected] www.mosaicrooms.org
Produced in association with The Royal Court Theatre
Caitlin McLeod directs a reading of sabra by Ismail Khalidi.
It is August 1982 and Beirut is under siege. In the Sabra refugee camp the spectre of a
massacre looms as the Akawi family receives an unexpected visitor that brings the past
rushing back and alters the course of events to come.
Ismail Khalidi is a playwright, actor and author. His plays include Truth Serum Blues,
Tennis in Nablus and Final Status. Tennis in Nablus premiered at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre
in 2010, where it was nominated for a Suzi Bass Award, and will have its New York City
premiere in 2013 at the Culture Project. Khalidi is currently co-editing an anthology of
Palestinian plays.
Caitlin McLeod has directed three critically acclaimed sell out productions at the
Finborough Theatre. She was the winner of the prestigious Buzz Goodbody award for Best
Director, and Trainee Director at the Royal Court Theatre from 2011- 2012.
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borderLess beats
6 JuLy 20.00
the fLyoVer, 3 – 5 Thorpe Close W10 5XL
£10 Advance, £12 Door
Produced by One Taste
cLosing night of shubbak.
Showcasing New Palestinian Hip-Hop and Roots Music.
This renowned London-based music and poetry collective is bringing together inspiring
young Palestinian artists from the USA, UK and both sides of the Jordan river. Their style is
a fresh blend of Arab hip-hop, soul and reggae
See traditional Palestinian dance performed to dub beats, remixed Palestinian folk songs
and the poetic rhymes of Palestine’s sharpest hip-hop emcees.
A full-blown party follows, featuring Moroccan Gnawa dance music, Mozambique/
Carribean hip-hop and grooves, and DJs spinning their latest underground African/Middle
East dance cuts.
Featured artists include
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