Personal highlights of 2023 including my art work and film screenings I worked on. theculturist.com/home/personal-…

Favorite artworks and exhibitions of 2023 theculturist.com/home/favourite…

Favourite new films and repertory screenings, and my cinema going experience this year. theculturist.com/home/favourite…

Swimming Through a short film by Samantha Sanders about three women in Chicago who had a ritual of swimming in Lake Michigan throughout the winter of 2021 during the pandemic. theculturist.com/home/swimming-…

Traversing Landscapes, a new program of short films that foreground landscapes as poignant locales of memory. Screening on Jan 20 Jameel Arts Centre, part of Night School 2024: There You Are seminar+events led by @toddreisz. Free to attend. theculturist.com/home/jameel-ar…

Recent posts on theculturist.com Pics from Night School Film Night Marina Abramovic’s “I don’t feel like having dinner with either of them” RIP Norman Jewison Closure of Hindu Temple in Bur Dubai Film Workers for Palestine - Solidarity Statement Panel talk at LitFest

Next edition of The Culturist Film Club: THE WITCHES OF THE ORIENT (Julien Faraut, 2021) On Tuesday, June 11 at 8pm Alliance Française Dubai. Details here theculturist.com/home/the-cultu… If in Dubai, please join us.

UAE - this Saturday 9th November: A The Culturist Blog + Film Club film club screening of Terra Femme (dir. Courtney Stephens) at Kutubna Cultural Center, Dubai Kutubna Cultural Center with post-film discussion between Hind Mezaina and Tamreez Inam theculturist.com/home/the-cultu…

The Culturist is 15 years old 🎉 Wrote a few words about it here theculturist.com/home/the-cultu…

New on the blog: Best of 2024 - End of Year Lists Posts include round ups of cinema going experiences in Dubai and elsewhere., theculturist.com

Big thanks to Hind Mezaina for featuring ‘Passports and Identity Documents in the Hands of Artists’ in the Favourite Exhibitions and Artworks of 2024 listicle theculturist.com/home/2024/12/2…

Next edition of The Culturist Film Club, a second screening of TERRA FEMME (Courtney Stephens, 2021) paired with a book discussion - THREE CENTURIES OF TRAVEL WRITING BY MUSLIM WOMEN March 8 Jameel Arts Centre at 9pm. Free attend. More info here: theculturist.com/home/the-cultu…

Exhibitions to visit in Dubai this season theculturist.com/home/exhibitio…

Recent updates on the blog that I’ve not had a chance to post here. —> theculturist.com

Next edition of The Culturist Film Club, April 13 at 11am Alliance Française Dubai: Joy House / Les Félins (René Clément, 1963) starring Jane Fonda and Alain Delon Details ➡️ theculturist.com/home/the-cultu…

Save the dates, The Culturist Film Club at Jameel Arts Centre between June 21-August 5. Four programmes of themed short films with intros + post screening discussions with filmmakers and invited guests. Free to attend. More info here: theculturist.com/home/the-cultu…