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AAU 4.1 Iraq nearly twenty years after its “liberation”

Published at 10 20,,, 22 2022

On September 26, our program Aula Árabe Universitaria will be back with this conference, at which Iraqi activist Haifa Zangana will explain the current situation in the country. We are just a few months away from the twentieth anniversary of the war in Iraq, launched by the US in March 2003, when it sent 160,000 soldiers with the support of the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland. According to the former president of the United States, George W. Bush, that invasion would lead to the “liberation of Iraq.” Two years later, during his speech at the Fort Bragg military base (you can watch the full speech in English by following this link), Bush argued that, as a pillar of his “war on terror,” eliminating terrorists who “know that as freedom takes root in Iraq, it will inspire millions throughout the Middle East to demand their freedom as well.” However, the reality in Iraq today is radically different, and the region, whose popular demands of 2011 have been silenced, is no better off politically, economically or socially. At this opening conference in the new Aula Árabe Universitaria 4 event series organized by Casa Árabe and held with the cooperation of the Master’s degree in Contemporary Arab and Islamic Studies (MEAIC) at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, analyst Hayder al-Khoei will be examining current event in this key country in the stability of the Middle East, in terms of the American concept of democracy, in a nation mired in internal struggles, fighting between armed militias, with a failed government plagued by corruption, and the state’s sovereignty violated on a daily basis. The author will be accompanied by Nieves Paradela, tenured lecturer in the Department of Arab and Islamic Studies at the Autonomous University of Madrid, and Karim Hauser, Casa Árabe's International Relations Coordinator. Presented by Cristina Juarranz, Programming Coordinator and Assistant Director of Casa Árabe. Hayder al-Khoei is the head of external relations at the Al-Khoei Institute in Iraq, where his work focuses on intra- and inter-religious dialogue in the Middle East region. Prior to this, he was a member of the Middle East and North Africa programs at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) and the European Council on Foreign Relations, where his research focused on political and security-related developments in Iraq and Syria. He earned a Master’s degree in International Studies and Diplomacy from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and another Master’s degree in Islamic Studies from the Islamic College of London. Further information: https://en.casaarabe.es/event/iraq-nearly-twenty-years-after-its-“liberation” Foto: Iraq (@USArmy en Flickr)

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Conference: "Tea with Nefertiti"

Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, the co-founders Art reoriented, a multidisciplinary curatorial platform based in Munich and New York, talk about their critically acclaimed exhibition Tea with Nefertiti, currently on show at IVAM, Valencia after a successful run at Mathaf, Doha and IMA, Paris. Through discussing the curatorial premise and methodology behind the show, they highlight the ways through which an artwork acquires different meanings and agencies when it travels through time and place. Through employing the Nefertiti bust as a metaphorical thread, and by interrogating the contested history of Egyptian Museum collections from the 19th century onwards, Bardaouil and Fellrath explore how an artwork can become a tool for the writing of much-contested narratives that serve as frameworks through which an image of another culture can be imagined and consequently fixed. More info: http://en.casaarabe.es/news/tea-with-nefertiti-the-creation-of-images-of-culture-through-the-arts

Published at 36 12,,, 14 2014
Conferencia: "En primera persona", por Afif Safieh [V.O inglés/español]

Ponencia inaugural de la Semana de Palestina en Casa Árabe, a cargo de uno de los diplomáticos palestinos más experimentados. Afif Safieh ha servido en las tres capitales de mayor importancia política: Londres, Washington y Moscú. Musa Amer Odeh, embajador de Palestina en España, y Eduardo López Busquets, director general de Casa Árabe, presentan el acto.

Published at 36 12,,, 14 2014
Ministerial Debate Forum on the Future of Tourism in the MENA Region

Casa Árabe and the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) organize a Ministerial Debate Forum on The Future of Tourism in the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA according to its acronym in English) with the cooperation of Casa Mediterráneo, as well as the support of IFEMA and Fitur 2014. The forum brings together the Tourism Ministers of the countries which receive the most tourism in the region and will be devoted to analyzing the future prospects of the tourism industry in the region. The official opening is presided over by the State Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Gonzalo de Benito Secades, the General Director of Casa Árabe, Eduardo López Busquets, and the Secretary General of the UN World Tourism Organization, Taleb Rifai. More: http://en.casaarabe.es/news/ministerial-debate-forum-on-the-future-of-tourism-in-the-mena-region-

Published at 36 12,,, 14 2014
Conference: "Microfinance in the Arab World", by Tawfiq Nassar

Conference given by Tawfiq Nassar. Since the earliest experiments carried out in the 1970's to provide small loans to people or groups with few economic resources (usually excluded from the traditional financial system), micro-loans have grown exponentially and have now become a sophisticated industry. However, experiences in the Arab region vary greatly from one country to the next. In terms of products, scale and inclusiveness, microfinancing still has a great deal of potential to be developed in this area. More: www.casaarabe.es/noticias-arabes/show/microfinanzas-en-el-mundo-arabe

Published at 34 12,,, 14 2014
Conference: "New Art Market Scenarios: The Emerging Scene in Saudi Arabia

What characterizes the emerging art scene in the Gulf region? What place does Saudi Arabia hold, and more specifically the cities of Riyadh and Jeddah, in its development? In what direction are the artists, collectors and managers who work in the region looking? Taking advantage of the special moment provided by the ARCO International Contemporary Art Fair and the exhibition by Ayman Yossri in Madrid, Casa Árabe and Madrid's Sabrina Amrani Gallery are organizing a round table discussion with role-players who have first-hand knowledge of this cultural reality, which is not commonly experienced within our country's art scene. Visual artist Ayman Yossri converses with collector Basma Al Sulaiman, the founder of Basmoca, Saudi Arabia's first virtual art museum, and with Sara Raza, an art curator and expert on art from Central Asia and the Middle East, with a great deal of experience in the Gulf region. More: en.casaarabe.es/news/new-art-market-scenarios-the-emerging-scene-in-saudi-arabia

Published at 34 12,,, 14 2014