**ARTIST TALK: Conceptual Turkish Artist "Ayse Erkmen"
**THURSDAY 3/7 @ 5:00 PM
Al Ma'mal Foundation is hosting Turkish video/sculpture installation artist Ayse Erkmen at the Sakakini in order to share her expertise and expose her artwork to our audience. She is best known for dangling precious 15th century sculptures from a helicopter at the 1997 Sculpture Projects exhibition in Munster. This activity is part of the Artists in Residence Program of the Ma'mal Foundation.

**OPEN DAY OF ALGERIA
**SATURDAY 5/7 @ 7:00 PM
For the occasion of the Independence day of Algeria, the Centre has ceased the opportunity to celebrate this prominent Arab country and exhibit its heritage & culture throughout an extensive program that consists of a Algerian traditional costume exhibit, a photo exhibit and a film screening of a film entitled "Algiers Daily" in addition to a sale of CDs of Algerian music..
Everyone is welcome to join!
**This is part of a series of activities, which our Centre has initiated, to celebrate and introduce our public to the cultures and heritages of other fellow Arab countries.

**JOINT EXHIBIT OF ARTISTS: Mohammed Juha & Hazem Harb "Flowerpots & Stories"
**MONDAY 7/7 @ 7:00 PM
Mohammad Joha’s paintings exhibit his fascination with how children represent themselves, their feelings and their surroundings. The artist endeavors to return a period of naiveté. There is an overwhelming sense of melancholy and sadness in these portraits of children for whom it appears that innocence has been lost.
Hazem Harb presents his contemplation, on an everyday object from his immediate surroundings: a flower pot of herbs. The artist suggests that items that we often forget to acknowledge can become a source of inspiration in when we rediscover their inherent qualities. Both artists explore avenues towards abstraction. Mohammad Joha takes the route of returning to representations of children, while Hazem Harb chooses the genre of still life.
**Exhibit open daily from 10:00 am till 5:00 pm and until the 23/7

**PREMIERE FILM SCREENING: "A Number Zero- 3ala il Sifr" Dir. Saed Andoni
**SATURDAY 12/7 @ 8:00 PM
The filmmaker returns to his hometown of Bethlehem during the Israeli army invasion of the city in April 2001. He goes to a barber to cut his hair and finds that the barbershop represents a microcosm of the community, which comes to the shop in order to seek refuge from the warring world outside. The shop’s regular patrons strive for a measure of normalcy in their conversations and the enactment of their usual rhythms of life. Saed Andoni was born in Bethlehem in 1972. For seven years, he worked as film editor for many documentaries. In 2001 he gained an MA degree in documentary filmmaking from Goldsmith's College in London.
(Dir. Saed Andoni, Documentary, 27 minutes, Arabic Language – English Subtitles, 2002)
**Discussion will follow with Director.

**CHILDREN'S ACTIVITY: "Masroor" performed by Omar Al Jallad
**THURSDAY 17/7 @ 6:00 PM
This is an activity with a musical and singing twist, which also includes storytelling in a dramatic fashion with humanistic and artistic dimensions. Bring your children to attend this joyous activity that is filled with songs and many surprises performed by the experienced musician and performer Omar Al Jallad. –Free Activity-
**This activity is sponsored by Al Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum.

**EXHIBIT: Artist Khaled Horani
**SATURDAY 26/7 @ 7:00 PM
The artist Khaled Horani will exhibit collage, oil colors, and multi media paintings in an abstract fashion to a new collection that he has produced in the year 2003. In addition to a video installation that is constructed of a room of sand accompanied by the mirage of running water.
**The exhibit is open daily from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm until 14/8