The Arab Theater Festival kicks off this week, with 14 plays from different Arab countries, as well as seminars and a specialized book exhibition at the Royal Cultural Center. (Details of the seminars have not been announced yet, keep an eye on this space and we’ll update you as soon as we have the info). [...]

This week’s arts and culture features an exciting number of concerts by local, regional and international artists that cater to different tastes; you have Iraqi Oud player Khyam Allami, German musician Roger Reckless and his band, live Jazz by Yacoub Abu Ghosh Quartet, an evening of poetry and music by Zahi Wehbe and Macadi Nahhas, [...]

Words and photos by Andrea Garcia-Vargas Just when everyone thinks artists have exhausted experimental mediums, Jordanian artist Rawan Kakish takes the art of the collage and gives it a twist in her new exhibition “City|Thirdspace” this month at the Foresight32 Gallery, featuring mostly urban scenes. With a background in architecture from the Jordan University of [...]

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تصوير: سييرا وست| Photos by Sierra West From “Beyond Emptiness” – a solo exhibition by Dina Haddadin, at Zara Gallery/Grand Hyatt. Exhibition continues until March 28. من معرض “ما وراء الفراغ” للفنانة دينا حدادين، في زارا غاليري/فندق حياة عمان. يستمر المعرض حتى ٢٨ آذار/مارس

ضمن إقامة حبر في مكان، وقبل انطلاق معرض قاعة انتظار المطار اليوطوبية الذي اشتمل على مداخلات عامة لفنانين في أماكن مختلفة من عمان، خرجنا للشارع وسألنا بعض الأشخاص عما يعنيه لهم الفن في المساحات العامة. وأنتم، ما رأيكم؟ انضموا اليوم الى جلسة حوارية في مكان/جبل اللويبدة حول موضوع الفن العام، الساعة ٦:٣٠ مساء.

This week’s agenda has a high dosage of local young artists with two collective exhibitions opening; an Urban Art exhibition at Foresight32 featuring works by 22 artists, and a fashion art exhibition at Cafe des Artistes with works by 19 artists. Makan Art Space is screening Banksy’s film “Exit through the Gift Shop” on Monday [...]

This week’s agenda is packed, thanks mainly to the the Jordan International Theater Festival, which kicks off tomorrow and features at least four different plays daily from Jordan and abroad. You also have the long-awaited ballet performance of Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty in its Russian version, starting on Saturday and showing for a week at the [...]

Join 7iber at Makan this Wednesday for a screening and discussion of the film “10 Tactics for Turning Information into Action,” which documents stories from around the world on original and artful ways for rights advocates to capture attention and communicate a cause. This week also features two film festivals, Korean films at the Hussein [...]

عندما تعبر عن رأيك وأفكارك في حيز عام، هل تمارس رقابة ذاتية؟ ما هي أهم أسباب الرقابة الذاتية لديك؟ أسرتك؟ عملك؟ المجتمع؟ المخابرات؟ الدولة؟ ما هي المخاطر التي أنت مستعد لأخذها من أجل التعبير؟ ما هو الموضوع الذي تتمنى أن ترى تغطية وحوار عام حوله ولكنه غائب أو مغيب لأسباب تتعلق بالرقابة؟ ما هي أشكال [...]