Arab Origami Center
Egypt
Performing Arts,Visual Arts
The Arab Origami Center was established in Alexandria in 2011 by a group of friends from different artistic backgrounds who shared a passion for origami and the desire to decontextualize it as “art” and transform it into a means of expression and an instrument of change. Origami has the versatility to adapt to and become incorporated into diverse visual and performing arts, offering the potential for new and constructive artistic products in the cultural scene in Egypt, the Arab region, and beyond. The center advocates origami as a powerful tool for interactive processes in education, artistic creativity and social development activities that foster active citizenship and the development of innovative proposals and solutions to daily challenges. The center aims to enable artists, teachers and trainers in Egypt to use origami to develop the public and civic educational curricula and artistic content as well as to facilitate the acquisition of creative thinking skills.

Arab Origami Center
Egypt
Performing Arts,Visual Arts
The Arab Origami Center was established in Alexandria in 2011 by a group of friends from different artistic backgrounds who shared a passion for origami and the desire to decontextualize it as “art” and transform it into a means of expression and an instrument of change. Origami has the versatility to adapt to and become incorporated into diverse visual and performing arts, offering the potential for new and constructive artistic products in the cultural scene in Egypt, the Arab region, and beyond. The center advocates origami as a powerful tool for interactive processes in education, artistic creativity and social development activities that foster active citizenship and the development of innovative proposals and solutions to daily challenges. The center aims to enable artists, teachers and trainers in Egypt to use origami to develop the public and civic educational curricula and artistic content as well as to facilitate the acquisition of creative thinking skills.

Grantee

Abbara
Abbara Top-up Grant
2021

Grantee

Abbara
2020

Participant

Tandem Shaml
Partner Forum
2016
Representative: Oussama Helmy

Grantee

Tandem Shaml
Projects Phase
2016
Fold Your World - Personal Freedom And Political Responsibility In Egypt And Germany Project - a partnership between Lydia Ziemke representing suite42 Berlin, and Ossama Helmy representing Arab Origami Center
Growing up, exploring one's limits and freedom, making decisions in life needs to be a conscious, strong process. The workshop series and performance FOLD YOUR WORLD uses stories of young people in Germany and Egypt as a starting point to inspire youth audiences to be the agent of their fate.