July at The Mosaic Rooms: 20% Bookshop Discount, Private View Invite & NEW Events

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Contemporary Culture from the Arab World www.mosaicrooms.org WHAT'S ON      SHOP       VENUE HIRE       RECORDED TALKS       BLOG       VISIT US   Exhibition / book Launch Exhibition Closing Party & Catalogue Launch Saturday 28 June, 12pm FREE, RSVP HERE The Mosaic Rooms and aria invite you to the launch of our Intervening Space exhibition catalogue and exhibition closing party. This is your last chance to see the show, join us from 12pm to celebrate with drinks and nibbles! Read more. BOOK LAUNCH / Discussion Syria: From the Great War to Civil War Thursday 3 July, 7pm FREE, RSVP HERE Syria has become the greatest humanitarian and political crisis of the 21st century. Why has it proved so fragile, and why has the international community been so powerless? Join John McHugo and Jonathan Fryer in a discussion about this tragedy, and McHugo's new book which traces the country's history. Read more. SCREENING Electro Chaabi: Screening + Q&A Wednesday 9 July, 7.30pm Tickets £5, BOOK NOW Join us for a special screening of Electro Chaabi, a feature documentary about Mahragans - a new form of electro music born under the cultural revolution that swept over Egypt. Followed by Q&A with the films director Hind Meddeb. Read more. POETRY 179° – Zoë Skoulding & Samira Negrouche Thursday 10 July, 7pm FREE, RSVP HERE Experience an encounter between language and sound in a special performance by Zoë Skoulding and Algerian poet Samira Negrouche which combines electronic sound collage and poetry. In collaboration with Literature Across Frontiers. Read more. Exhibition My Sister Who Travels 18 July - 30 August 2014 Tuesday - Saturday, 11am - 6pm, FREE The Mosaic Rooms summer exhibition My Sister Who Travels presents new perspectives in Mediterranean landscapes. This group show, curated by Martina Caruso, features the work of six internationally exhibited contemporary women artists. Their images are presented alongside photographs by Victorian archaeologist Esther Van Deman. Read more. Private View: 17 July, 6.30-8.30pm RSVP HERE TALK My Sister Who Travels: Artists' Round Table Saturday 19 July, 12pm FREE, RSVP HERE Join Martina Caruso, curator, for an introduction to the show followed by a discussion between exhibiting artists Jananne Al-Ani, Halida Boughriet, Ursula Schulz-Dornburg, Corinne Silva and Paola Yacoub. Chaired by independent curator Rebecca Heald. Read more. TALK New Visual Languages: Landscape, Politics & The Lens Thursday 24 July, 7pm FREE, RSVP HERE How is landscape interpreted in contemporary photography? Join My Sister Who Travels artist Corinne Silva and scholar Eugenie Shinkle, as they discuss the themes in the exhibition. Read more. TALK With a Seamstress Tape and a Smile Thursday 31 July, 7pm FREE, RSVP HERE Join Dr Caroline Goodson to discuss the work of Victorian archaeologist Esther Van Deman, whose photographs are included in My Sister Who Travels, and other pioneering women archaeologists working in Italy and North Africa in the early 20th Century. Read more. BFI: discover arab cinema Inspiring contemporary and classic films from the Arab region. See what's on here. For general information and enquiries contact: info@mosaicrooms.org www.mosaicrooms.org You are on our events list! The Mosaic Rooms opened in 2008. A.M Qattan Foundation was established in 1994 and is a registered UK charity no. 1029540 and is a charitable company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales No. 2171893