Culture Resource is pleased to announce the participants in this year’s Imkan workshop for the empowerment of cultural leaders in the Arab region, scheduled to take place in Lebanon from 2 till 9 September 2018.

The Imkan program aims to contribute to enabling young cultural leaders, activists and managers in the Arab region to play an effective and central role in supporting the cultural sector and in promoting independent cultural activity in the Arab region by helping to develop their knowledge, skills and capacities. The program also seeks to provide opportunities for networking and dialogue.

 

Participants:

Abdelaziz Hamdi (Algeria): Director of the “Making of Prod” film production company and member of the Algerian Group for Cultural Policy.

Amr Gad (Egypt): Director of Public Relations and Community Space, DECA ADEF.

Areej Abou Harb (Lebanon): Director of the Me‘zaf initiative.

 Assia Moussei (Algeria): Director of Al Ikhtilef publishing house.

Aysha Abdulmajeed AlKooheji (Bahrain): Director of the Continuing Social Education Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Faculty of Arts.

Beshoy Adel Makram (Egypt): Executive Director, Dawar El Fnoon.

 Brahim Er-Rami (Morocco), Director of the Souss Massa Center for Cultural Development.

 Deng Utuel (Sudan): Journalist and director of Al-Amal (Hope) association.

 Eman Al-Magedi (Yemen): Founding member of the initiative “It’s Possible in All Colors”.

 Ghassen Labidi (Tunisia): Director of the Liber’Thé culture cafe.

Hatem Tahhan (Palestine): Program and Projects Director, Palestinian Art Court – AlHoash

Gallery.

Hazem Abu-Helal (Palestine): Projects coordinator at the Popular Art Centre.

Houssni Al Moukhlis (Morocco): Artistic Director for the Théâtre de l‘Opprimé company, Casablanca, and general coordinator for the El-Korara Arts and Culture Association.

Hussein Mohamed Mahmoud Mohamed (Egypt): Volunteers program officer for Mahatat for Contemporary Arts.

Nassim Touati (Algeria): Cultural operator and member of the Algerian Group for Cultural Policy.

Othman Nejmeddine (Morocco): Assistant Director and Director of Production for the Visa for Music Festival.

Said Abdelmalek Chaoui (Algeria): Coordinator and trainer with Artwatch Africa Project, which is part of Arterial Network.

Yassine Ouddo (Morocco): Cultural activist and mediator.

Yusra Eshaq (Yemen): Director of the Yemen Art Base foundation and executive director of the Qomra media production company.

 

We received more than 274 applications this year and they were evaluated by a jury consisting of:

Fatin Farhat, cultural researcher and cultural policies expert (Palestine)

Abdullah Al Kafri, cultural manager, trainer, and playwright (Syria)

Hanane Haj Ali, theater actress, trainer and cultural manager (Lebanon)

Basma El Husseiny, cultural manager, trainer and cultural policies expert (Egypt)

Seifeddine Jelassi, Imkan alumnus, cultural activist and founder of the Artist Against All Odds initiative (Tunisia).