The Synaptik + Felukah | Shubbak Festival Commission Blog 1 Oct 2021 Hip Hop stars The Synaptik and Felukah collaboration commissioned by Shubbak sees the release of two singles, videos and a…
Reflecting on Shubbak Festival 2021 Blog 27 Jul 2021 This has been a moving and often emotional festival. Eckhard Thiemann, CEO and Artistic Director reflects on Shubbak Festival 2021.
DJ Nooriyah’s Shubbak Festival playlist Blog 16 Jul 2021 Enjoy DJ Nooriyah's Shubbak Festival playlist. A Middle Eastern specialist DJ, she will be headlining Fierce Voices on the last…
Curating for the North African arts scene: in conversation with Toufik Douib Blog 15 Jul 2021 By Nourhan Tewfik “A year of creative struggle can lead to a cultural democratisation.” abdellah hassak Those words mark the…
Selma Dabbagh talks about We Wrote in Symbols Blog 13 Jul 2021 Selma Dabbagh talks to Fadi Zaghmout about We Wrote in Symbols, a priceless collection of 100 pieces of prose and…
Shubbak Festival artist spotlight | Abdulisms Blog 6 Jul 2021 Abdulisms is a London based British born Iraqi/Irish creative director and digital producer for IRAQ-A-FELLA radio and part of Sawa,…
Shubbak Festival Artist Spotlight | Hadeel Eltayeb Blog 1 Jul 2021 Hadeel Eltayab is one half of Fadaa (Space) who have curated When the World Closed, five events in five cities…
Niqabi Ninja | an audio drama Blog 29 Jun 2021 Sara Shaarawi in conversation with Katie Goh about Niqabi Ninja, and adapting the two-hander to an audio drama which audiences…
Playlist #37 | MARSM celebrates 10 years of music at Shubbak Festival Blog 29 Jun 2021 Listen to MARSM latest playlist #37 celebrating its collaboration with Shubbak over the last 10 years.
Shubbak Festival artist spotlight | Rayan Elnayal Blog 29 Jun 2021 Rayan Elnayal is the curator and moderator of Creating While Black: in the SWANA region and its diaspora, an event…
The Consensus of Seasons Blog 23 Jun 2021 Abstracted beyond comprehension, the Afro-Arab is an elastic figure. She is whoever we need her to be. She is disappeared…
Shubbak Festival artist spotlight | Ahaad Alamoudi Blog 20 Jun 2021 Ahaad Alamoudi is one of the artists featured in Image & Movement, a specially curated selection of works by female,…
Humanitarian aid for Occupied Palestine Blog News 24 May 2021 There are a number of organisations accepting donations and running appeals to provide emergency relief to Occupied Palestine.
We are recruiting Blog Opportunities 19 May 2021 Shubbak is looking to appoint a CEO to develop and shape the organisation's strategic vision for the next 5–10 years.
Shubbak Festival: the first ten years Blog News 30 Mar 2021 Jumana Al-Yasiri in conversation with Shubbak's Artistic Director, Eckhard Thiemann
خلف زرايب العبيد Behind ‘The Slave Yards’ Blog What’s on(line) 30 Mar 2021 Sawad Hussain interviews Najwa Bin Shatwan about her novel The Slave Yards for the Against Disappearance series.
Confronting the Age of Disappearance Blog 27 Jan 2021 Confronting the idea of preserving collective memory in the face of tangible and intangible destruction.
