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Visual and Performing Arts Resources in the The following resources have been compiled to provide users with starting points in exploring the richness of the Arab cultural and artistic output. It is by no means a comprehensive listing of resources, but rather a sampling of websites that are informative, interesting and ultimately, only partially representative of the vast creativity and beauty of the artistic Arab world. While certainly many of these arts draw on centuries of artistic traditions, the focus here is predominantly on contemporary visual and performing art, with a special emphasis on Palestinian contributions. Arab American Artist Websites Mona El-Bayoumi: www.monaart.com Khalil Bendib: www.studiobendib.com Doris Bittar: www.dorisbittar.com Rajie (Roger) Cook: www.rajie.orgNihad Dukhan: www.ndukhan.com Samia Halaby: www.art.net/~samia/samia.html Nabila Hilmi: www.foundry-gallery.org/Hilmi/hilmi.html Emily Jacir: www.alexanderandbonin.comZahi Khamis: www.zahiart.com Leila Kubba: www.leilakubba.com Rania Mattar: www.raniamatar.com Nabil Muaadi: www.absolutearts.com/portfolio/n/nabeel/ Arab-American Cultural Centers, Arts Organizations and Foundations The Arab Cultural and Community Center, Levantine Cultural Center, Arab American Cultural The Arab-American Cultural and Community Center, The Arab Alif Institute, Mosaic Foundation, Zenith Foundation, Arab-American Cultural Institute. www.aaci-us.org Zawaya. www.zawaya.org Film Resources First Run/Icarus Films. www.frif.com Arab Film Distribution. www.arabfilm.com Women Make Movies. www.wmm.org mec film (Middle Eastern Cinemas). www.mec-film.de Falafel Daddy Productions. www.philistinefilms.org Dreams of a Nation. www.dreamsofanation.org Filmakers Library. www.filmakers.com RayMar Educational Films. www.raymarfilms.org Zeitgeist Films. www.zeitgeistfilms.com Sindibad Films. www.sindibadfilms.co.uk Galleries and Museums in The Jerusalem Fund Gallery. www.thejerusalemfund.org/gallery Alwan for the Arts. www.alwan.org Sudan Artists Gallery (virtual). www.sudanartists.org The The Freer-Sackler Gallery. www.asia.si.edu The Galleries and Museums in the Arab World Darat al Funun, Shoman Foundation. Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. Sharjah International Biennial. Sharjah, UAE. www.sharjahbiennial.org Cultural Foundation, www.sharjah-welcome.com/html/ch_art_museum.htm Al A.M. Qattan Foundation. www.qattanfoundation.org Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre Foundation. www.sakakini.org Al-Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art. The Paltel Virtual Gallery. Birzeit, Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art. Ashkal Alwan. Online Resources for Artists Mizna, Inc. www.mizna.org Al Jisser. www.aljisser.org Resistance Art. www.resistanceart.com ArteEast, Inc. www.arteeast.org Arab Art Resources and Training (AART). www.aart.ws Cultural and Visual Arts Resource/International Council for Women in the Arts. Icwa2@aol.com ArtSchool Palestine. Ramallah, Al-Jadid. www.aljadid.com Comedy Maysoon Zayed. www.maysoon.com Dean Obeidallah. www.deanobeidallah.com Aron Kader. www.aronkader.com Ray Hanania. www.hanania.com Ahmed Ahmed. www.ahmed-ahmed.com Theater Groups The Ajyal Theatrical Group. www.arabamericantheater.com Arab Theatrical Arts Guild (ATAG.) www.arabtheater.org Golden Thread Productions. www.goldenthread.org Nibras. www.nibras.org Silk Road Theatre Project. www.srtp.org Music Resources (to be updated soon!) Traditional Palestinian Arts and Crafts and other Palestine-themed Goods Palestine Children’s Welfare Fund. www.pcwf.org United Palestinian Appeal. www.helpupa.org Mashrabiya. www.mashrabiya.com Sunbula. www.sunbula.org Sabeel. www.sabeel.org |
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