The Mosaic Rooms participated in Shubbak, London’s first ever celebration of contemporary culture from across the Arab world, showcasing over seventy events in more than 30 venues throughout the city from 4 – 24 July 2011.
Presented by the Mayor of London, Shubbak (Arabic for ‘window’) offered a wide-ranging programme of visual arts, film, music, theatre, dance, literature, architecture, lectures and discussion. The festival featured work by contemporary Arab artists, writers, filmmakers, musicians, choreographers and architects based in London and around the world including Algeria, Bahrain, Canada, Egypt, India, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and the USA.
In the photo (Getty Images), key members of the Shubbak festival pose for a photograph in front of an artwork at the launch of the festival 'Shubbak’. On the far right: Omar Al-Qattan, film director and producer and Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the A. M. Qattan Foundation.
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