The making of a mural Blog 21 Nov 2019 Get an insight into Mehdi Annassi’s process for his Shubbak 2019 public mural commission on St Mark’s Road, Ladbroke Grove...
Eckhard Thiemann interview Blog 25 Jun 2019 Read the latest #HumansofShubbak interview with our artistic director Eckhard Thiemann
Mehdi Annassi interview Blog 16 Jun 2019 Shubbak talks to Moroccan visual artist Mehdi Annassi in the third of our #HumansofShubbak mini interviews
Najwa Aarras interview Blog 14 Jun 2019 Shubbak talks to Taekwondo champion & acrobat Najwa Aarras, member of Moroccan acrobatic collective Groupe Acrobatique de Tanger
Tania Saleh interview Blog 3 May 2019 Shubbak talks to Lebanese singer-songwriter Tania Saleh – the first in our new series of mini interviews
Tarek Yamani Trio @KingsPlace – Review Blog 3 Jul 2017 Following his show @KingsPlace, London, I met with Tarek Yamani to discuss his career so far, his latest album, and…
Interviewing Najwa Benshatwan Blog 2 Jul 2017 Interviewing Najwa Benshatwan: The Libyan female author 'Under The Radar' speaks to Nahla Al-Ageli for Shubbak An ugly shadow side…
King of Cups – Rasha Abbas Blog 1 Jul 2017 I shuffle the deck of tarot cards and deal three of them onto the table. The first one has a…
Nahla Al-Ageli Interviews Saleem Haddad About ‘Guapa’ Blog 21 Jun 2017 For Shubbak, Nahla Al-Ageli reviews Saleem Haddad’s ‘Guapa’ and interviews the author before he participates in the Literature Programme Living…
An Interview with Masasit Mati of Top Goon Blog 15 Jul 2015 Holding up a Mirror to the International Community In this interview with the Shubbak Blog, Masasit Mati talk about their…
A Collaborative Home Video for ‘Shahba’: An Interview with Hello Psychaleppo Blog 13 Jul 2015 In this interview, Samer Saem Eldahr (aka Hello Psychaleppo) talks about his new video for Shubbak entitled Shahba; his upcoming…
A Dream-like Nightmare and a Painful Joy: An Interview with Badke Blog 13 Jul 2015 The Shubbak blog caught up with Badke’s dramaturg Hildegard De Vuyst ahead of their performance at the Southbank Centre on…
The Art of Imagineering: An Interview with Khalid Shafar Blog 8 Jul 2015 Khalid Shafar is a pioneer of Emirati design. Born in Dubai, the American University in Dubai business graduate studied furniture…
Forming a Harmonious Collective: Zahed Sultan Discusses his Barbican Residency Blog 8 Jul 2015 The multimedia artist Zahed Sultan on his upcoming live set especially created for the Barbican Art Gallery as part of Doug…
From the Soul and the Heart: An Interview with Karima Skalli Blog 7 Jul 2015 One of the first events for the Shubbak Festival, and the opening event for the festival’s music programme at the…
An Awakening Blog 1 Jul 2015 Sevan K. Greene on his play Nahda, whose characters are modern Middle-Easterners from the real world Nahda is an interesting…
