‘A Body’s Memory’ Talk artist Mania Akbari at Ashkal Alwan- Beirut
23rd June 2016 Memory is not the preserve of words and images. There is a physicality to memory. We feel it in objects and it is written… Read more »
Talks and Events
Poeticising the everyday – Seminar with Mania Akbari at Ashkal Alwan- Beirut
20 June 2016 “Everything Else is Ordinary” is a line that caps almost every entry in a found diary kept by an industrial worker in Delhi.… Read more »
Talk at Cambridge University
25th April 2016 One could guess there was a time in the history, when men and women had no idea about the meaning of equality or… Read more »
Political Animals: 21st Century Feminist Cinema At Whitechapel Gallery
5th March 2016 Marking International Women’s Day, and launching her major new study, writer and activist Sophie Mayer curates a global survey of feminist film-makers who… Read more »
The symposium by the artist academics and architects who are involved in EVOLUTION
23d of April 2015 A multi-disciplinary exhibition showcasing key aspects of Iranian art, architecture and culture across different time periods that could inspire and influence architects… Read more »
Global Thinkers Forum Roundtable: “Gender equality priorities in the MENA region “
16th October 2014 Internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker, actress, artist and writer Mania Akbari Egyptian journalist, Shahira Amin, former deputy head of Egyptian state-owned Nile TV and Souad Talsi MBE founder… Read more »