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  • WHO WE ARE
    WHO WE ARE

    Posted: May 11, 2023

    ARAB FILM SERIES PRESENTS: WHO WE ARE                                                                Online Screening: April 27-30 Free / $5 suggested donation RSVP at arabfilmseries.org. Available in the United States […]

  • TWENTY YEARS AFTER THE INVASION OF IRAQ: SADA IN CONTEXT
    TWENTY YEARS AFTER THE INVASION OF IRAQ: SADA IN CONTEXT

    Posted: Feb 23, 2023

    TWENTY YEARS AFTER THE INVASION OF IRAQ: SADA IN CONTEXT Curated and introduced by Ali Hussein arteeast Film screening and discussion: March 16, 2023, 7 pm     Address: e-flux Screening Room 172 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205 US Admission starts at $5 Get tickets here Join us at e-flux Screening Room on Thursday, March […]

  • WALID RAAD’S FESTIVAL OF GRATITUDE
    WALID RAAD’S FESTIVAL OF GRATITUDE

    Posted: Jan 10, 2023

    WALID RAAD’S FESTIVAL OF GRATITUDE USES BIRTHDAY CAKES TO EXAMINE WORLDWIDE FASCISM Don’t miss Walid Raad’s Festival of Gratitude NFTs, a  series of computer-generated and lavishly decorated birthday cakes for global dictators, sheikhs, presidents, tyrants and controversial world leaders. A number of these NFT cakes and slices are currently live and available for acquisition! The […]

  • Arab Film Series October special: Mohammed Shebl’s 1981 film Fangs (Anyab)
    Arab Film Series October special: Mohammed Shebl’s 1981 film Fangs (Anyab)

    Posted: Sep 30, 2022

    This month on Arab Film Series:  Mohammed Shebl’s 1981 film Fangs (Anyab) “Weaved into its camp aesthetics, horror genre tropes and 80s disco numbers, Anyab provides a running commentary on the social situation in Egypt, from youth unemployment to class struggle, while intersecting sexual politics into the mix. ” (Gasworks) Online Screening: October 27-30, 2022 […]

  • Walid Raad’s NFT Drop
    Walid Raad’s NFT Drop

    Posted: Sep 7, 2022

    Save the date: September 24 is the next drop of artist Walid Raad’s Festival of Gratitude NFT: slices from Ayatollah Khomeini’s birthday cake! Learn more about the Festival of Gratitude collection, a series of computer-generated birthday cakes for global dictators, strongmen and strongwomen, kings and queens, princes and princesses, emirs, sheikhs and sheikhas, sultans, shahs, […]

  • Bloody Beans + Talkback
    Bloody Beans + Talkback

    Posted: Jun 27, 2022

    Bloody Beans + Talkback Online Screening: July 28-31, 2022 Free / $5 suggested donation RSVP at arabfilmseries.org Available Worldwide This July, in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Algerian Independence, Arab Film Series presents Bloody Beans, an experimental take on the Algerian War by Narimane Mari. This program is accompanied by a recorded discussion […]

  • Apply to be a NNAAC fellow with ArteEast!
    Apply to be a NNAAC fellow with ArteEast!

    Posted: Jun 3, 2022

    Apply now to become a NNAAC Transformative Leaders Fellow working with ArteEast!   The NNAAC Fellowship program is a leadership development training program that has been developed through the National Network for Arab American Communities. The program is designed for Arab American undergraduate juniors or seniors or graduate level college students, or recent graduates. Fellows […]

  • Artwrld NFT platform features artist Walid Raad’s new digital artwork benefitting ArteEast!
    Artwrld NFT platform features artist Walid Raad’s new digital artwork benefitting ArteEast!

    Posted: Mar 16, 2022

    Check out Artnet’s article on the launch of Artwrld NFT platform featuring artist Walid Raad’s new digital artwork benefitting ArteEast! “First up is a project by Artwrld’s third co-founder, artist Walid Raad. Called Festival of Gratitude, the project comprises a series of computer-generated birthday cakes for global dictators, sheikhs, presidents, and other 20th-century rulers. It’s set […]

  • MOHAMAD SOUEID RETROSPECTIVE
    MOHAMAD SOUEID RETROSPECTIVE

    Posted: Feb 17, 2022

    MOHAMAD SOUEID RETROSPECTIVE Screening Online: March 3-13 RSVP at artearchive.org Free/ Suggested donation $5 Video pioneer, cinema auteur, and television producer Mohamed Soueid has collected stories from his compatriots for most of his adult life. Widely regarded as Beirut’s first video artist, Soueid films defy categorization. Soueid has also worked as a film critic and […]

  • ARTEEAST AUDIENCE SURVEY
    ARTEEAST AUDIENCE SURVEY

    Posted: Jan 28, 2022

    We’d love to hear from you! As we plan for the future, we invite you to share your thoughts about ArteEast: what programs have you loved, what would you like to see, whether you are ready to attend events again in person. Please take a few minutes to take our audience survey, we look forward to […]