{"id":30327,"date":"2023-12-08T09:48:48","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T07:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/?p=30327"},"modified":"2023-12-08T09:49:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T07:49:39","slug":"world-picks-from-the-editors-dec-9-dec-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldmarkaz\/world-picks-from-the-editors-dec-9-dec-22\/","title":{"rendered":"World Picks from the Editors: Dec 9 \u2014 Dec 22"},"content":{"rendered":"
TMR World Picks are selected by our editors. Send your suggestions to
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Sharjah Film Platform 6 (various locations)<\/strong><\/p>\n

8 Dec. \u2014 17 Dec. more info<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The sixth edition of Sharjah Film Platform (SFP6) features a range of independent cinema and experimental filmmaking. The annual film festival foregrounds the transformative role of cinema in the region’s culture and community. The SFP6 Competition section features 30 documentary and fiction films vying for the Sharjah Film Platform Awards. These films have been nominated by a special committee of filmmakers and industry professionals, who practise in different parts of the world. All UAE premieres, the films will be followed by Q&A sessions with the directors.<\/p>\n

SFP6 also offers a series of screenings that highlight noteworthy films produced in and around the region. This Out of Competition section includes Amjad Al Rasheed\u2019s fiction feature Inshallah a Boy<\/em> (2023) and Sonia Ben Slama\u2019s documentary Machtat<\/em> (2023). The Director in Focus section for SFP6 honours the late pioneer Safi Faye, whose films shed light on women\u2019s voices in rural Senegalese communities.<\/p>\n

Presented in parallel with the film screenings, a series of public programmes provides an opportunity for learning and gathering as a community. This year\u2019s programme focuses on ideas of solidarity and resistance, empowered by the medium of cinema.<\/p>\n

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Palestinian poet Farah Chamma and Brazilian music producer LIEV featured at the Mosaic Rooms, London.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Moving sonically and poetically in dark times<\/strong><\/p>\n

DEC 9, Mosaic Rooms, London \u2014more info<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Creating a space for poetic reflection, sonic encounter and reverberation of positivity in dark times, Palestinian poet\u00a0Farah Chamma<\/strong>\u00a0and Brazilian music producer\u00a0LIEV<\/strong>, otherwise known as\u00a0cham\u00e6leon<\/strong>, will walk the audience through spoken word poetry and musical textures, diving into unknown depths, highlighting our search for belonging and taking us into an alternative universe where we contemplate our identities.<\/p>\n

As a prelude to the performance\u00a0Christina Hazboun<\/strong> (and Farah Chamma) will speak about the use of sounds and music as a counter-hegemonic tool in the Palestinian context, and reflecting on how a multitude of ways to \u201csound out\u201d, \u201cspeak up\u201d and \u201cincrease the volume\u201d can bring attention to the under-heard.<\/p>\n

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PEN American Town Hall event<\/a> Dec. 11, 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PEN America Town Hall: Conversation Amid Crisis, Sustaining Dialogue in Divided Times<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dec 11, New York \u2014 more info<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

At PEN America\u2019s Annual General Meeting, a panel of diverse thinkers will explore moral and creative imperatives of writing today. The panel discussion will examine not the conflict in the Middle East per se, but rather its ripple effects on the cultural, academic, and literary ecosystem back home. This conversation will endeavor to cultivate a space where writers and thinkers can navigate fraught topics by demonstrating a willingness to listen, engage, learn, and even narrow differences if possible.<\/p>\n

The panel of experts, includes award-winning fiction and nonfiction writer Zaina Arafat; journalist and translator Yair Rosenberg; journalist, editor, and cultural critic Judith Shulevitz; writer and former Director of the Arab-Israeli Project at the International Crisis Group Nathan Thrall; and author, lawyer, and equity advocate Kenji Yoshino. The audience will be able to join the discussion and continue the conversation in a post-event reception.<\/p>\n

The event will be live-streamed for remote audiences and will have ASL interpretation.<\/p>\n

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Voices From Gaza<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Voices From Gaza<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dec 15, London \u2014 more info<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Amos Trust<\/a> in association with PalArt<\/a> Collective, Passion Pit Theatre and Theatro Technis, presents Voices from Gaza in which Palestinian writer Ahmed Masoud and UK playwright Justin Butcher curate an evening of verbatim testimonies from Gaza with live music and readings. The line-up includes Brian Eno (artist, musician and activist), Harry Baker (British spoken word artist, author and poet), Dizraeli (British rapper, poet and musician), Saied Silbak (Palestinian composer and oud player), Iyad Sughayer (renowned Palestinian pianist), Rosalind Nashashibi (Turner-nominated British-Palestinian artist), and acclaimed actors Will Keen and Amaka Okafor.<\/p>\n

All proceeds will go to the Amos Trust emergency Christmas appeal for Gaza.<\/p>\n

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Arabian Days Festival: International speakers, artists, and performers to take the stage for the inaugural Arabian Days festival in celebration of UNESCO Arabic Language Day<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dec 15 \u2014 Dec 18, Abu Dhabi, UAE \u2014 more info<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n