This week, The British Institute in Amman hosts a public lecture on “Women’s activism in Jordan from 1946 until 1989”, by Dr. Nicola Pratt from Warwick University. Drawing on interviews with women of different generations who have participated in public work in Jordan, the paper presented in this lecture examines women’s activism from national independence in 1946 until the onset of political liberalization in 1989 (Tuesday, 6:00 pm).
At Columbia University Middle East Research Center, professor Corinna Mullin will give a talk on “Rights, Justice and Democracy in Tunisia: Between Revolution and National Security”. The recent attacks at Tunisia’s national Bardo Museum have reinvigorated domestic and international discussions concerning the most effective means of ensuring national security. This talk seeks to think through some of the potential ramifications of these discussions for Tunisia’s democratic transition (Monday, 6:30 pm).
As part of the movie series “Global Music”, Goethe-Institut will screen the German 2014 documentary “Song from the Forest”. As a young man, the US American Louis Sarno is so fascinated by the polyphonous sounds of the Bayaka pygmies that he emigrates to the Central African rainforest and joins the Bayaka tribe. He spends 25 years living with the indigenous people, raises a family with a Bayakan and becomes a fully accepted member of the community. When his son Samedi is 13, Sarno takes him to New York to show the boy the world his father came from (Wednesday, 7:00 pm).
For a spring fusion music night, Laila Sabbagh & the Group will perform a “Latino Arabic program” at Blue fig. This one of a kind performance is a Latin Arabic Extravaganza of Spanish, Portuguese & Arabic music and rhythms, from Tango and Bossa Nova to Bachata, and from Classical Jazz, to traditional Arabic tunes. Ticket: 5 JDs (Monday, 9:00 pm).
Two art exhibitions will open in Amman this week. At Darat al Funun, the works of 24 will be exhibited in “Rituals of Signs and Transitions (1975-1995)”. The exhibition questions the significance history of art has in our region today, investigates the relationship between art works and political and historical transitions at the time, and looks at the exchange between art works with other forms of expression, such as literature, music, and cinema (Tuesday, 6:00 pm).
Opening on Tuesday as well, Georges Bassil’s “Love in a Time of Darkness” will take place at Orient Gallery. In a world that grows increasingly fanatical, Bassil escapes to the canvas where he can paint his own world, recreating his stories and the faces he sees (6:00 pm).
For more information on arts and culture events in Amman, visit 7iber’s cultural calendar. To add related events to our agenda, please write us at culture@7iber.com