Sunday Program
11 am – Doors open; Art Souq and exhibition viewing throughout
11:10 am – Film I Amussu, dir. by Nadir Bouhmouch, in the Arab Film House (1 hr 40 min)
12 pm – Art Party, featuring Aida Murad and DJ Farouq, outside
1 pm – Film II Gevar’s Land, dir. by Qutaiba Barhamji, in the Arab Film House (1 hr 17 min)
2:30 pm – Film III School of Hope, dir. by Hohamed El Aboudi, in the Arab Film House (1 hr 18 min)
3:45 pm – Art Party ends
4 pm – Doors close
“Aida Murad is an Arab US based Spiritual & Impact Artist whose mission is to help people feel seen, heard and loved through art. She paints with her fingers due to a past health trauma that left her being semi-paralyzed for 4.5 years. Today, Aida combines her expertise as a Reiki master, Intuitive, Coach and Artist to create fine art by painting with her fingers to both beautify people's physical spaces and bring healing (each art piece is infused with reiki). Her work has been featured globally including at TED, Voice of America, Reuters, TRT World, Al Jazeera, and the United Nations. She is named as the 2022 Georgetown University Artist in Residence to create healing art for the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her work has been published in the University of Cambridge's first journal on refugees in collaboration with Ai Weiwei. She has also collaborated with Grammy Award winning artists including the drummer from The Doors, John Densmore, to use art for social good. Her paintings have been acquired globally including by the previous Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi, previous Board Member of Manchester United, previous Deputy Minister of Culture of the U.A.E, Qatar America Institute for Culture, Board Member of the National Museum of Mexican Art and the previous Chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights under Obama's administration at a historical landmark in Chicago. She is a BMW Foundation Leader and has received numerous awards for women in impact. ”
Aida Murad
The Mokha Institute
“DJ Farouq Murad has been DJing from the age of 13 starting in Jordan at private events, 5-star hotels, and brands in Jordan including W Hotels and RedBull, becoming one of the youngest DJs in the country. Farouq is currently the resident DJ at 5 of the largest clubs in Washington DC.”
DJ Farouq Murad
“Nadir Bouhmouch is a 27-year-old filmmaker and producer based in Marrakech. In 2011, Nadir directed his first work, 'My Makhzen & Me', a web documentary about Morocco’s February 20th uprising. Nadir’s other works include 'Timnadin N Rif' (2017), a short documentary, and 'Paradises of the Earth' (2017-), a web series on the environmental causes of the Tunisian revolution. In addition to his work in film, Nadir is also a researcher, photographer and writer focusing on indigenous land rights and environmental issues in Morocco’s marginalised interior regions. Some of his work has been published by Al Jazeera, Middle East Eye and Le Monde.”
Nadir Bouhmouch, Director, "Amussu"
“Qutaiba Barhamji was born in Damascus, Syria, and speaks four languages fluently, Arabic, Russian, English and French. He has worked as a movie editor on several feature documentary films including 'The Magic Mountain' (Andrei Schtakleff, 2015), 'Guests' (Alexey Sukhovey, 2015) and 'Film-me' (Lera Latypova, 2015). His first short film 'Wardé' (2016), which was produced by Arte France, won several awards and obtained the CNC state grant.”
Qutaiba Barhamji, Director, "Gevar's Land"
“Mohamed El Aboudi was born in Morroco and currently resides in Finland, where he was awarded in 2006 by the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE in connection with the 10th anniversary of its multicultural services. His feature documentary, ‘Dance of Outlaws’, had its world premiere at Locarno International Film Festival, where it received the prize Premio Zonta Club Locarno. The film has also received several other prizes, including the Human Rights Award at DokuFest in Kosovo and Grand Prix of Mediterranean Issues at Primed in Marseille. Other works of Mr El Aboudi include the documentaries ‘Fight of Fate’ (2009) and Netizen Mo (2015).”
Mohamed El Aboudi, Director, "School of Hope"