March 8th this year marks the 100th International Women’s Day, and there are numerous cultural and artistic events taking place in Amman to mark the occasion. Check out  Lana Nasser’s multidisciplinary theater performance “Taman Banat” (arabic for Eight Girls) on Monday and Tuesday at Al-Balad Theater. Listen to novelist Ibrahim Nasrallah at Readers Bookshop talk about his latest book which …

This month will feature the official launch of “Aat” – the network of women artists in Jordan. (In Arabic, Aat comes at the end of plural nouns and renders them feminine.) They’re organizing a number of exciting events to commemorate International Women’s Day. The first is an exhibition featuring the work of eight emerging women artists, at Nabad Gallery. The …

This week’s highlight is Amman’s home-grown comedy festival featuring 14 young local comedians. You also have a great variety of live music throughout the week, and a number of lectures, book events, and film screenings.
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There’s lots of live music going on around town this week; from jazz by Chapter 11, to hip hop by Jordanian band 962 Street and American band Havikoro , to classical Arabic music and Tarab by Bayt Al-Ruwwad and by Ayman Tayseer and Moroccan singer Fayrouz, to Western classical by the Amman Symphony Orchestra.
You also have standup comedy shows, films …

Watch films from Arab and Latin women directors every evening this week at the Royal Film Commission’s Film House. Get Rana Husseini to sign you a copy of her book “Murder in the Name of Honour”. Listen to an interesting art talk by critic Sybille Omlin at Darat al-Funun. Enjoy live jazz by Chapter 11 twice a week. See Ghannam …

Music is the highlight of this week in Amman – so many concerts and gigs taking place. A group of local artists and musicians put together an event titled “Exit to School” to support the children of Gaza, and saturday’s show features performances by al-Hannouneh group, Autostrad, Tareq Al-Jundi, Sahar Khalifeh, Arabic rappers Samm and Psycholas, and a new band …

This week’s highlights are two interesting documentaries: the first is “As the Poet Said,” which premiered last month at the Dubai Film Festival and which takes viewers on a journey through the life of late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. The second is “12 Angry Lebanese,”  winner of First prize Muhr Arab Award – Documentaries. The film documents a play performed …

In commemoration of the war on Gaza, the Royal Film Commission is screening a collection of excellent films on Gaza for three days starting today. Films include the documentary “The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall” which recounts the true story of the shooting of the young British photojournalism student and activist, Thomas Hurndall, in the Gaza strip in 2003 by an …

If you’re interested in architecture and urban planning, you’re in for a treat this week; there are two very interesting lectures taking place – the first by renowned architect and writer Michael Sorkin titled Eutopia Now, and the second by Columbia University Professors Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner, on their past experiences directing the SLUM Lab project in parts of …

It’s a new year, and a new decade. Even though cultural and artistic events have slowed down a little bit in the past couple of weeks, we at 7iber are optimistic that Amman’s culture and art scene will continue to grow rapidly and become more dynamic and diverse. And we’ll be keeping an eye on it, but we need you …