by iwamag | Oct 5, 2016 | news
by iwamag Oct 5th, 2016 – The Arab Film Festival, the largest independent annual showcase of Arab cinema in the US, opens on Oct 7th its 20th edition. In these 20 years the Film Festival has grown with its audience, becoming what it is today: one of the most...
by iwamag | Sep 30, 2016 | news
by iwamag MALMÖ, Sep 30th 2016 – The 6th edition of one of the most influential film festival focusing on Arabic cinema, the Malmö Arab Film Festival, opens today. The MAFF is the largest film festival with an Arabic cinema focus outside the traditional Arab...
by iwamag | Sep 26, 2016 | news
BY IWAMAG NEW YORK, Sep 26th 2016 – Today at The Metropolitan Museum opens the new exhibition Jerusalem 1000-1400: Every People Under Heaven, that will run until next January 8th, 2017. The exhibition wants to underline the key role that Jerusalem, the Holy...
by iwamag | Mar 16, 2015 | news
Some extracts from Mahmoud Darwish’s poem Mural read through visual Arabic (self) portrayal art BY IWAMAG One day, I will be what I want to be. One day, I will be a bird, and will snatch my being out of my nothingness. The more my wings burn, the more I near my...
by iwamag | Mar 8, 2015 | news
by iwamag A couple of months ago we launched a survey, mainly about the interest in Islamic Art and Social Media use. During the survey we also asked some demographic questions: our aim was to understand our public. Who is interested in Islamic Art? What is his/her...
by iwamag | Feb 28, 2015 | news
The things we can’t ignore about this incredibly beautiful but war-torn country, from the eyes of three IRAQI artists. By Sara Ibrahim Iraq is widely considered the cradle of civilization: a place where not only the Islamic Caliphate and the Arab civilization...