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  • Hikayat: Yalda 2024 – The Longest Night of the Year
    Hikayat: Yalda 2024 – The Longest Night of the Year

    Announcing the initial Lineup for ArteEast’s first Hikayat program! Yalda 2024 – The Longest Night of the Year Join us for a magical night of storytelling, poetry, performance, music, and art as we celebrate our first Hikayat event: Yaldā  Night, an ancient winter solstice festival that honors the longest and darkest night of the year […]

  • THE FILMS OF JOCELYNE SAAB
    THE FILMS OF JOCELYNE SAAB

    Retrospective: THE FILMS OF JOCELYNE SAAB December 6-12, 2024 at Anthology Film Archives Program Details and Tickets Here The filmmaker Jocelyne Saab (1948-2019) was born in Lebanon and trained as a war reporter for French television, becoming one of the few women producing politically-committed documentaries across the Middle East and North Africa. This retrospective traces […]

  • Announcing HIKAYAT: Yalda 2024 – The Longest Night of the Year
    Announcing HIKAYAT: Yalda 2024 – The Longest Night of the Year

    ArteEast is thrilled to announce the launch of our new program: Hikayat Save the date for the launch of HIKAYAT: Yalda 2024 – The Longest Night of the Year Friday, December 20th at Brooklyn Art Haus! HIKAYAT, which means “stories,” “tale,” or “narrative” in Arabic, Armenian, Persian, and Turkish, is a series of themed events […]

  • We are thrilled to invited you to ArteEast’s 21st Anniversary Benefit and Auction!
    We are thrilled to invited you to ArteEast’s 21st Anniversary Benefit and Auction!

    Date: November 18th, 2024 Location: 202B Plymouth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Time: 6:00 PM – 10:30 PM EDT Get your tickets here We are thrilled to invite you to ArteEast’s 21st Anniversary Benefit, celebrating over two decades of commitment to elevating the voices of artists of Middle Eastern and North African heritage, engaging with US and global […]

  • Music and Poetry with acclaimed translator Haleh Liza Gafori
    Music and Poetry with acclaimed translator Haleh Liza Gafori

              ArteEast is thrilled to co-presents a night of words and music featuring poetry by Rumi with acclaimed translator Haleh Liza Gafori   Date: Tuesday, October 22 · 7:30 – 9pm EDT Location: Bowery Poetry Club Address: 308 Bowery New York, NY 10012 Tickets: $20 Purchase Tickets HERE A night of […]

  • Join us for the launch of BEIRUT, a new graphic novel by Barrack Zailaa Rima
    Join us for the launch of BEIRUT, a new graphic novel by Barrack Zailaa Rima

    “Full of rewarding fissures and detours, embracing every complication and every contradiction that comes up. A brilliant political portrait of a city.”—Michael DeForge, author of Birds of Maine Date: October 12, 5:30pm EDT Location: Storm Bookstore Address: 118 Norman Ave. Brooklyn, NY, 11222 Free w/ RSVP Co-presented with Storm Bookstore Reserve Your Spot HERE     Beirut is […]

  • IMAGES HIJACKING SCREENS FOR LIBERATION
    IMAGES HIJACKING SCREENS FOR LIBERATION

    IMAGES HIJACKING SCREENS FOR LIBERATION Snapshots Reflecting Palestine (1973-2023) Featuring: Mustafa Abu Ali, Basma al-Sharif, Arab Loutfi, Sami Al Salamoni, Mary Jirmanus Saba, and Tareq Rantisi.  Curated by Ali Hussein AlAdawy Screening Online: October 11 – 25, 2024 RSVP: artearchive.org Available worldwide FREE / $5 suggested donation In-Person Screening: October 30, 6:45 PM Address: Weis […]

  • SUDANESE FILM GROUP, THEN AND NOW
    SUDANESE FILM GROUP, THEN AND NOW

    ARAB FILM SERIES PRESENTS SUDANESE FILM GROUP, THEN AND NOW (PART I & II) Screening Online: Part I: September 16 – 26, 2024 Part II: November 11 – 21, 2024 RSVP: arabfilmseries.org FREE / $5 suggested donation Available Worldwide Founded in April 1989 by Ibrahim Shaddad, Eltayeb Mahdi and Suliman Elnour, just months before Omar Albashir’s military […]

  • ON LANDSCAPES, RUINS AND PATTERNS OF REMEMBERING
    ON LANDSCAPES, RUINS AND PATTERNS OF REMEMBERING

    ON LANDSCAPES, RUINS AND PATTERNS OF REMEMBERING Featuring work by: Basma AlSharif, Coleman Collins, Sky Hopinka, Emily Jacir, Joe Namy, and Oraib Toukan Curated by Fawz Kabra Screening Online: September 19 – 29 RSVP: artearchive.org FREE / $5 suggested donation Available Worldwide Screening in-person: Tuesday, September 24, 7 pm e-flux 172 Classon Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11205 […]

  • Screening Three Promises by Yousef Srouji + our songs were ready for all wars to come by Noor Abed
    Screening Three Promises by Yousef Srouji + our songs were ready for all wars to come by Noor Abed

    Join Us at Brooklyn Commons Park with Three Promises by Yousef Srouji + our songs were ready for all wars to come by Noor Abed   Date: Wednesday, August 14, 2024 Location: Brooklyn Commons Park, 5 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Admission: FREE with RSVP Tickets : FREE W/ RSVP Event Schedule: 7:30 PM: Seating […]