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Omar Qais Anani, owner of award-winning restaurant Saffron de Twah, is hosting a pop-up at Batch Brewing Company on Wednesday, June 9, to benefit the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, a U.S.-based focused on providing free medical care to sick and injured Palestinian children.
Fighting between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas escalated drastically in the first few weeks of May 2021, resulting in the deaths of both Palestinians and Israelis. A cease fire took effect on May 21.
The pop-up is the latest in a series that has showcased Moroccan cuisine and street tacos, and celebrated the retirement of the east side bistro’s fried chicken sandwich. Pop Up For Palestine: Dinner and Dabke Benefit will include Anani’s family recipes for falafel, mousakhan, and Nabulsi kanafe. Food service begins at 5 p.m and a dance troupe will perform at 7 p.m.
The Middle East Institute Arts and Culture Center is proud to host a panel exploring migration and relocation through the photography and art practice of three of the most exciting young Yemeni contemporary women artists practicing today; Shaima Al-Tamimi, Thana Faroq, and Yasmine Nasser Diaz, who are joined by the New York City-based Yemeni chef/storyteller Akram Said.
Dana Farouki
Dana Farouki is a curator and patron, specializing in Middle East contemporary art. Farouki was the first member of the Guggenheim Museum Abu Dhabi curatorial staff, serving as Assistant Curator until June 2010. She received her bachelor’s degree in History of Art and Architecture from Brown University in 2003, and completed her master’s degree in the History and Theory of the Art Museum at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London in 2005. She also held a one-year fellowship at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. She is currently a Trustee of MoMA PS1, the leading New York museum committed to emerging art and artists. Farouki also serves on the Board of Trustees for Creative Time, New York’s foremost public arts projects organization. She is the founding Chair of The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation’s Middle East Circle and sits on the board of Bidoun Projects. A great advocate of regional cultural initiatives, she oversaw the largest commissioning based prize i
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