BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:34818@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250802T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250802T170000 DTSTAMP:20250729T020813Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/a-cultural-majlis-the-aesthetics-of -solidarity-fabulation/ SUMMARY:A Cultural Majlis: The Aesthetics of Solidarity/Fabulation DESCRIPTION:WASHINGTON\, DC\n\n \;\n\nExplore the practices of artists who use their work to write against the archive\, awaken alternative histo ries and exceed representation.\n\nHow can visual art disrupt constraints of representation\, and offer sets of techniques for solidarity and fabula ting the future? How do diasporic artists from West Asia and North Africa draw from their personal and cultural histories\, iconography and practice s to create something new altogether?\n\nDrawing inspiration from traditio nal gathering spaces in the Middle East and North Africa where people exch ange news and socialize\, A Cultural Majlis: The Aesthetics of Solidarity/ Fabulation seeks to explore the intersecting practices of artists who use their work to write against the archive\, awaken alternative histories and exceed representation. Organized by arts administrator\, independent cura tor and arts researcher Laila Abdul-Hadi Jadallah\, the program will inclu de an introductory lecture from Haley Renee\, poetry reading by Lenna Jawd at\, a moderated panel featuring Ebtisam Abdulziz\, Hannah Atallah and Jac kie Milad\, performance art by Ebtisam Abdulaziz\, and an audience talk-ba ck. Guests will be invited to sit with the guest speakers on a majlis crea ted by artist Hannah Atallah.\n\nJoin us for an afternoon of dialogue\, re flection\, and exploration of new narratives and artistic territories. Ple ase note registration is required due to limited seating capacity.\n\nThis program was selected from Hamiltonian Artists open call\, which invites a rtists\, organizers\, and cultural workers to present professional present ations in our U Street gallery space.\n\n \;\n\nAbout the Organizer\n\ nLaila Abdul-Hadi Jadallah is a Palestinian-American arts administrator\, independent curator and researcher whose work spans museums\, non-profit s paces\, public art and cultural diplomacy. She is interested in the altern ative histories\, new visual languages\, practices of fabulation and contr ibutions of modern and contemporary diasporic artists from West Asia and N orth Africa and other diasporic communities from the global majority to th e cultural fabric of Washington\, D.C. and the broader art historical cano n.\n\nShe has curated and co-curated several exhibitions featuring West As ia and North Africa and its diaspora including More Than Your Eyes Can See : Contemporary Photography of the Arab World(2022)\, Perfume in Exile (202 5) and the forthcoming exhibitions Arab Pop Art: Between East and Westand Multitudes: Arab Women Artists/DC. Her work has been featured in the Washi ngton Post\, Canvas Magazine\, the National News and will be included in t he forthcoming anthology\, A Decolonial Guide to Palestine published by Du ke University Press.\n\nGET TICKETS HERE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 025/07/Screenshot-2025-07-28-at-10.08.04-PM.png CATEGORIES:Arab American,Community,culture,Discussion LOCATION:Hamiltonian Artists\, 1353 U Street Northwest\, Washington\, DC\, 20009\, United States GEO:38.917126;-77.031229 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1353 U Street Northwest\, W ashington\, DC\, 20009\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Hamilton ian Artists:geo:38.917126,-77.031229 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR