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Jun 2021
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Generational Encounters in Arab Cinema [...

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We talked to Amani Hassan (Program Director at Arab British Centre) and Rabih El Khoury (SAFAR) on the 2021 edition of SAFAR curated around the theme of Generational Encounters in Arab Cinema as part of the Shubbak Festival x  afikra Roundtable series. This collaboration between Shubbak and SAFAR will be showcasing contemporary and classic films with emergent youth, familial disparities, and societal tensions at their center. 

Created & Hosted by Mikey Muhanna, afikra 

Edited by: Ramzi Ramman

Theme music by: Tarek Yamani https://www.instagram.com/tarek_yamani/

About the Shubbak Festival x afikra Roundtable Series:

Taking place in the days and weeks leading up to this year's festival which starts on the 20th of June, 2021, the series of 4 events will feature candid conversations with key figures from the Shubbak team and will highlight some of the artists and themes on display during this year's festival.  All events will take place on Zoom, will be free and open to all, and discussions will be in English. Join the live audience: https://www.afikra.com/rsvp   

About Shubbak Festival:

The Shubbak Festival is the UK's largest biennial festival of contemporary Arab culture, bringing new and unexpected voices alongside established artists to London every two years. The festival returns this summer with an ambitious program that connects audiences and communities with the best of contemporary Arab visual arts, film, music, theatre, dance, literature, and debate.‎ 

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afikra is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region- past, present, and future - through conversations driven by curiosity.

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