A decade after City of Life and the state of ...

A discussion with Nora Razian (Head of Exhibitions at Art Jameel) about recent exhibition trends in museums and galleries, specifically how 'research based art' is presented and translated into a final piece of artwork.  The discussion includes questions about the proposition of ...  Show more

An interview with Ana Lily Amirpour about her latest film Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon, a fantasy adventure about a girl with unusual and dangerous powers who escapes from a mental asylum and tries to make it on her own in New Orleans. We discuss the film, how it relates to curre ...  Show more

In this episode I explore the world of film in the Arab world and talk to directors and producers who are pushing the boundaries. I speak to Jordan’s Tima Shomali, director of an Arabic language original Netflix series Al Rawabi School for Girls, a huge hit about teenage girls an ...  Show more

Mustafa Abbas is a pioneer in the Emirati film industry, as well as a multi-award-winning writer and director. His film Sunset State played in seven countries including the Dubai International Film Festival, which it premiered at. With his distinct style of filmmaking, Mustafa ha ...  Show more

When demolition began on the Plaza Cinema in 2015, something unusual happened; Dubai residents began visiting the site to collect mementos from the building's rubble. The cinema was almost as old as the UAE itself – a place which many people held an emotional connection to. In th ...  Show more

A captivating conversation with theater director and playwright Laila Soliman about theater, cultural discourse and decolonization across the Arab world. Using three of her major works – Zigzag, La Grande Maison and her first opera Woman at Point Zero – as reference, we discuss w ...  Show more