The Indian embassy will remain closed on Thursday on the occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti, the mission said yesterday.
EAA Village to host sessions on key issues
Education Above All Foundation (EAA) will open its second EAA Village edition at the World Innovation Summit for Education (Wise) today.
The EAA Village at Wise will see a number of sessions and events which will bring to the fore key issues in the education field as well as showcase EAA’s work around the world.
The events will include a session moderated by EAA’s Al Fakhoora programme on the first day during which the importance of reconstruction of educational facilities in Gaza will be discussed. Nasser Faqih, from UNDP Palestine, Muneeb Abu-Ghazaleh from Islamic Relief Worldwide will be among the speakers.
A session dedicated to the important role of education in the lives of explorers, athletes and adventurers will take place on the second day of the summit at the EAA Village. Qatari athletes will participate in this multi-generational panel, where the importance of volunteerism and social responsibility as tools to fight poverty will be emphasised.
Other sessions will include discussions on the impact of armed conflict on education in sub-Saharian Africa, and in the Mena region, during which Dr Maryan Qasim, former minister of human development and public services, Somalia; Dr Tariq Cheema, president, World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists; and Dr Abla Amawi, country director, UNWOMEN Egypt; will participate.
Films and documentaries will also be screened at the EAA Village.
‘Confluence: Photographic-based Work from the Contemporary Middle East’ show by VCUQatar Gallery
The Gallery at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar (VCUQatar) is presenting an exhibition, “Confluence: Photographic-based Work from the Contemporary Middle East”, from tomorrow until December 24.
The exhibition brings together, for the first time in Qatar, the work of Atfal Ahdath, George Awde and Ali Cherri.
An opening reception and panel discussion will be held at 6pm tomorrow at the Gallery, VCUQatar. The event is open to the public.
The photograph is part of everyday life around the world and is used as a medium to preserve fleeting moments of the mundane, the personal and the intimate, as well as the monumental, the global and the public. This exhibition of contemporary photography and video installation from across the Middle East demonstrates this thematic diversity.
Beyond this, it explores the medium itself – the richness of possibilities, directions and journeys that are open to the artist who uses photography in its broadest sense as a starting point or confluence in his/her work.
“‘Confluence’ has been a hugely exciting show to curate,” said Caitlin Doherty, exhibitions and speaker curator. “Each of the artists uses the medium in new and dynamic ways and explores themes that are relevant to them personally but also to society in a broader sense. In this way, they invite us to participate in conversations and prompt us to challenge previously held notions of what photography is and what it can be.”
Awde, featured artist and assistant professor of photography at VCUQatar, said: “It’s an exciting time for photography in Doha - and across the region. This exhibition is a great opportunity to challenge notions of the medium here at VCUQatar. It’s also about bringing the broader community into this conversation of the possibilities of photo-based practices across disciplines.”
