This week, don’t miss the screening of Mahmoud Al-Massad’s documentary “This is My Picture When I was Dead,” which premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam in 2010 and then won the Muhr Award for best documentary at the Dubai International Film Festival. It’s Al-Massad’s third feature-length documentary, and his previous documentary “Recycle” [...]

This week features lots of interesting music; Canadian rock group “The Last Supper” are performing tonight and tomorrow, after they cancelled their show in West Jerusalem which was scheduled for later this week (join the discussion on cultural boycott here). American folk/rock group the Fuuls are playing at Zara Expo on Wednesday. Jazz/Funk nights continue [...]

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 [...]

This is an exciting week as far as Amman’s events calendar goes; one of Germany’s leading rock bands, Die Toten Hosen, are playing in Amman this Saturday, with an opening performance by El Morabba3. The European Film Festival, which started yesterday, offers two screenings daily of some highly acclaimed films, along with some Jordanian short [...]

بقلم ريم المصري، تصوير منار حمارنة الفيديو من محمد القاق/خبيزة أماكن معينة أحب أن أذهب اليها كلما تضيق بي مدينة عمان و أضيق بها وأرغب بالتصالح معها. مساحات تضفي علي سكينة القلب بعيدة عن كل مظاهرالترف والإستهلاك و أجواء الصخب الخانقة. من هذه الأماكن حدائق الملك حسين المطلة من بعيد على هذا المشهد ذاته الذي [...]

Get ready for lots of local talent this week. The Amman Summer Festival kicks off today in the outdoor theater of Al Hussein Park, bringing you diverse performances by local artists every day, free of charge. A group called the Young Pen League is organizing an open poetry slam on Saturday at Mohtaraf Remal, so [...]

بقلم ريما الصيفي بدينارين فقط  نشتري بطاقات العرض الساعة الخامسة و النصف في أقصى سوق جارا، قبل مو عد العرض المنتظر بساعة. ننتهز هذه الفرصة لنعود ونلقي نظرة على المعروضات في السوق  ونستقر في منطقة الطعام لنطفىء ظمأنا بعصير بطيخ ونأكل بيتزا الحطب وتجاذب أطراف الحديث مع الأصدقاء. الساعة  السادسة و النصف، نقف على بوابة [...]

There’s lots of great music coming to Amman this week. Jazz lovers are in for a treat, with a group from Berlin playing at Al-Balad Theater tomorrow and a trio from Switzerland playing at Blue Fig on Tuesday. A special concert is taking place on Thursday as the Arab Group for the Protection of Nature, [...]

When you’re not watching the World Cup semi finals this week, you have a range of interesting events to enjoy and help you deal with football withdrawal. This month’s concert by the Amman Arab Music Ensemble features compositions by Sabah Fakhri, the Jordan Festival brings you Il Divo and Pink Martini, and a special little [...]

The start of the World Cup this Friday will mean that Amman will see less concerts and cultural events than it normally would in June, but if you compare it to the 2006 World Cup, you’ll find that there’s a lot still going on in the arts and culture scene this month. This week Columbia [...]