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Join us on ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿต๐˜๐—ต to celebrate ArteEastโ€™s 23rd year of presenting and amplifying creative voices from the SWANA region and diasporas, with special guest ๐— ๐—– ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ณ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ถ (@afeefness), while raising our glasses to toast to this yearโ€™s incredibly inspiring honorees ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ (@monachalabi) and ๐—›๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป (@hragv).

We are also very excited to feature special performances by visual artist/musician ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† (@maryamturkey) and drag sensation ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ (@mehmooni.nyc), with ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ต (@_babagamoush_) closing out the night as our dance party DJ.

Limited discounted โ€˜Early Birdโ€™ tickets are available nowโ€“going quickly! Link in bio for more info.

Special thanks go out to our eveningโ€™s supporters: venue friends ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป (@funoon.us) ; our generous food and drink sponsor family ๐—”๐˜†๐—ฎ๐˜ (@ayat.nyc), ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ (@backhomebeer), ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† (@bibibakerynyc) , ๐—œ๐˜…๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ (@ixsirwine), ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ (@pheasantnyc), ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€ (@tiptoppropercocktails), and ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฐ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ (@wildarcfarm); and this yearโ€™s media sponsor ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ (@menna.nyc)

To get a glimpse of whatโ€™s in store, we are sharing highlights from the 2024 and 2025 Annual benefits. 

Photo Credits: Mona Chalabi by Eva Vermandel (@evavermandel); Hrag Vartanian by Maya Shanlikian (@maya_shanlikian) by @arteeast
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Whatโ€™s on this ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ with ArteEast.

โœฆโœฆ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿด, ๐Ÿณโ€“๐Ÿด:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ๐—ฃ๐— : ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—œ๐— ๐— ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† at ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜†๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€. A 45 minute performance by Rawya El Chab weaving together ๐˜“๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข 19/85, ๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, and ๐˜๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ into a new theatrical composition. Three stories set across pivotal moments in modern Lebanese history are interrupted by two allegorical vignettes โ€” one drawn from the past, one imagined from the future โ€” tracing the hopes, contradictions, and collapse of the Lebanese left through one family. Performance followed by Artist Talk. Presented as part of ArteEastโ€™s HIKAYAT performance series and the 2026 Immigrant Artist Biennial.

๐Ÿ“ 24 Marcy Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211

๐Ÿ”— Tickets & info in bio by @arteeast
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โœฆ New Artist Spotlight: ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐˜†๐—ฎ ๐—˜๐—น ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฏ

Check out the interview with Rawya El Chab, a New York City-based theater maker and storyteller who weaves together archival research, poetry, and audiovisual technology to amplify voices from historyโ€™s margins. Her recent productions include โ€œLula 19/85 & the Pearl of the Bekaaโ€ at La MaMa and โ€œCrossing the Waterโ€ at The Brick.

Speaking with ArteEast, El Chab reflects on her practice, saying, โ€œI am a storyteller.โ€ Whether she is combing through archives or interviewing people, she sets official records against collective memory, countering the erasure of Lebanonโ€™s past.

Her new performance, The Immortals: Three stories. One unfinished history, is presented by ArteEast on October 8 at 7pm at Brooklyn Art Haus. Presented in partnership with the Immigrant Artist Biennial, this 45-minute work in progress follows one family across modern Lebanese history and the collapse of the Lebanese left through storytelling, shadow puppetry, projection, and spatial sound. Part of our HIKAYAT performance series, it will be followed by a conversation with the artist.

๐Ÿ“ 24 Marcy Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Learn more and RSVP at the link in bio ๐Ÿ”—

Co-organized with @theimmigrantartistbiennial | @rawyaelchab by @arteeast
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Artist/Hikayat Spotlight: Rawya El Chab is a New York based Lebanese theater maker. Her work transforms archival research, poetry, and memories of historical events into living narratives using shadow puppetry, projection, and sound. 

Premiering at The Immigrant Artist Biennial, the piece is an amalgamation of her trilogy on the Lebanese left developed with Jesse Freedman, Meta-Phys Ed. 

"Rawya El Chab. The Immortals: Three stories. One unfinished history" Performance and Artist Talk presented by ArteEast

October 8, 7-8:30PM. Tickets $18 in advance or at door.

Brooklyn Art Haus, 24 Marcy Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211

Follow the QR code to reserve your tickets. 

Director: Jesse Freedman (Artistic Director of Meta-Phys Ed)

Scenic and Projection Designer: Ettie Pin

Lighting Designer Jacqueline Scaletta

Music and Sound Designer: Omar Dewachi

#nyc #theimmigrantartistbiennial #TIAB2026IdentityCard taken in Brooklyn Art Haus by @arteeast
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We close the program with three films from ๐—™๐—ข๐—จ๐—”๐—— ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ž๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜, our Unpacking the ArteArchive program: ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ and ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ (๐˜˜๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ), streaming online September 15โ€“30.

๐ŸŽฅ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ Fouad Elkoury, Lebanon, 2001, 15 mins 
Captures the opening of a Robert Frank exhibition in Madrid in June 2001, filmed in a single day at a cocktail party and dinner with friends.

๐ŸŽฅ ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ (๐˜˜๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ) Fouad Elkoury, Lebanon, 1998, 13 mins 
Using archival photographs from the Arab Image Foundation and the voices of five women born in Palestine before 1948, the film recalls ordinary life before 1948 rather than violence and loss.

๐ŸŽฅ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ Fouad Elkoury, Lebanon, 2019, 18 mins 
Loss sits at the center of this video work, structured around Elizabeth Bishop's poem "One Art" and Samir Khaddaje's book The Book of Darkness, tracing Palestine, motherhood, and conviction.

Screening Online 
๐Ÿ“… September 15โ€“30, 2026 
๐ŸŒ Online Worldwide 
๐ŸŽŸ Free / $5 suggested donation 
๐Ÿ”— artearchive.org (link in bio)

๐—™๐—ข๐—จ๐—”๐—— ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ž๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ is part of ArteEast's legacy program Unpacking the ArteArchive. The full online program features a total of eleven films by the filmmaker spanning over two decades of his work.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. by @arteeast
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Next in the program, three films from ๐—™๐—ข๐—จ๐—”๐—— ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ž๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜, our Unpacking the ArteArchive program: ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ต, and ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ต, streaming online September 15โ€“30.

๐ŸŽฅ ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ต, 2005, 45 mins
A driven promenade through daily life in Beirut โ€” the hairdresser, the grocer, a motor show, a wax museum โ€” revealing a city both central and invisible on the map.

๐ŸŽฅ ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ต, 2004, 20 mins
Follows a family's separation over two days, as a mother and her children empty a house of its furniture while the father remains behind, alone.

Screening Online
๐Ÿ“… September 15โ€“30, 2026
๐ŸŒ Online Worldwide
๐ŸŽŸ Free / $5 suggested donation
๐Ÿ”— artearchive.org (link in bio)

๐—™๐—ข๐—จ๐—”๐—— ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ž๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ is part of ArteEast's legacy program Unpacking the ArteArchive. The full online program features a total of eleven films by the filmmaker spanning over two decades of his work.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. by @arteeast
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Premiering on Oct 8โ€”for one night onlyโ€”Rawya El Chab's spellbinding solo-show opens the third edition of The Immigrant Artist Biennial.

This moving 45-min piece traces the hopes, contradictions, and eventual collapse of the Lebanese leftโ€”and the ties to Syria and Palestineโ€”through intimate narratives that focus on family over destruction. 

"Rawya El Chab. The Immortals: Three stories. One unfinished history" Performance and Artist Talk presented by ArteEast

October 8, 7-8:30PM. Tickets $18 in advance or at door.

Brooklyn Art Haus, 24 Marcy Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211

Follow the QR code to reserve your tickets. 

Director: Jesse Freedman (Artistic Director of Meta-Phys Ed)
Scenic and Projection Designer: Ettie Pin, 
Lighting Designer Jacqueline Scaletta
Music and Sound Designer: Omar Dewachi

#theater #performance #hikayat taken in Brooklyn Art Haus by @arteeast
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Continuing the ๐—™๐—ข๐—จ๐—”๐—— ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ž๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ with three films that move through music, memory, and the aftermath of war: ๐˜™๐˜ฆ: ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ, ๐˜Š๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ, and ๐˜ˆ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด.

๐ŸŽฅ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ: ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ, 2013, 85 mins
Retraces the 2011 โ€œVisiting Tarabโ€ concerts organized by Tarek Atoui between Lebanon, New York, and Sharjah, alongside research into Arab traditional music.

๐ŸŽฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ, 2012, 19 mins
Set in the post-war period, following two pairs of figures as they reflect on the shared experience of shelling, running, and shelter.

๐ŸŽฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด, 2012, 14 mins
A slideshow following Yasser Arafat aboard a Greek ship carrying him from Beirut to Athens in Augustโ€“September 1982.

Screening Online
๐Ÿ“… September 15โ€“30, 2026
๐ŸŒ Online Worldwide
๐ŸŽŸ Free / $5 suggested donation
๐Ÿ”— artearchive.org (link in bio)

๐—™๐—ข๐—จ๐—”๐—— ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ž๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ is part of ArteEast's legacy program Unpacking the ArteArchive. The full online program features a total of eleven films by the filmmaker spanning over two decades of his work.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. by @arteeast
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Three films from ๐—™๐—ข๐—จ๐—”๐—— ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ž๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ explore correspondence, illness, intimacy, and memory: ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด aฬ€ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด aฬ€ ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ, and ๐˜–๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ, streaming online September 15โ€“30.

๐ŸŽฅ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด aฬ€ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ (๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ), 2002, 43 mins
Built from photographs taken during a two-year stay in Turkey, interwoven with images and conversations about the illness diagnosed upon Elkouryโ€™s return.

๐ŸŽฅ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด aฬ€ ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ (๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ), 2021, 49 mins
An intimate portrait of painter Huguette Caland, layering her reflections on emigration and artistic practice with Lebanonโ€™s 2019 crisis and the pandemic that followed.

๐ŸŽฅ ๐˜–๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ, 2019, 20 mins
An intimate journal of photographs, letters, and words addressed to a loved one during the 33-day war between Israel and Lebanon.

Both ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด aฬ€ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ and ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด aฬ€ ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ are part of Elkouryโ€™s ongoing trilogy of experimental letter films.

Screening Online
๐Ÿ“… September 15โ€“30, 2026
๐ŸŒ Online Worldwide
๐ŸŽŸ Free / $5 suggested donation
๐Ÿ”— artearchive.org (link in bio)

๐—™๐—ข๐—จ๐—”๐—— ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ž๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ is part of ArteEast's legacy program Unpacking the ArteArchive. The full online program features a total of eleven films by the filmmaker spanning over two decades of his work.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. by @arteeast
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Streaming worldwide September 15โ€“30 on artearchive.org.

๐—™๐—ข๐—จ๐—”๐—— ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ž๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ brings together eleven works spanning more than two decades, tracing war, memory, and intimacy through Elkoury's photography, text, and film.

As a child in 1960s Beirut, Fouad Elkoury picked up his father's camera and began taking pictures, an instinct that grew into a decades-spanning practice moving between still photography, text, and film.

๐ŸŽฌ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด aฬ€ ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ (๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ) (2021) 
๐ŸŽฌ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ (2019) 
๐ŸŽฌ ๐˜–๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ (2019) 
๐ŸŽฌ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ: ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ (2013) 
๐ŸŽฌ ๐˜Š๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ (2012) 
๐ŸŽฌ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด (2012) 
๐ŸŽฌ ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ต (2005) 
๐ŸŽฌ ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ต (2004) 
๐ŸŽฌ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด aฬ€ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ (๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ) (2002) 
๐ŸŽฌ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ (2001) 
๐ŸŽฌ ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ (๐˜˜๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ) (1998)

Screening Online 
๐Ÿ“… September 15โ€“30, 2026 
๐ŸŒ Online Worldwide 
๐ŸŽŸ Free / $5 suggested donation 
๐Ÿ”— artearchive.org (link in bio)

๐—™๐—ข๐—จ๐—”๐—— ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ž๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜ is part of ArteEast's legacy program Unpacking the ArteArchive. The full online program features a total of eleven films by the filmmaker spanning over two decades of his work.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. by @arteeast
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โœฆ New Artist Spotlight: ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—น๐—ธ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜†

Check out the interview with Fouad Elkoury, photographer, filmmaker, and co-founder of the Arab Image Foundation. Growing up in 1960s Beirut, Elkoury picked up his father's camera and began taking pictures, an instinct that grew into a body of work spanning civil war, displacement, and political uprising across the Middle East. Born in 1952 in Paris, his early photography became the landmark books Beyrouth Aller-Retour and Beirut City Centre.

In conversation with ArteEast team members Lila Nazemian and Thalia Bassim, Elkoury reflects on the relationship between his photography and films, saying, โ€œI think there must be one word that links them, and it is humanity.โ€ Across both media, he considers the human element to be at the center of his work, whether through still images or moving pictures.

His retrospective, streaming on ArteArchive starting September 15, gathers eleven films made between 1998 and 2021, including an ongoing trilogy of experimental letter films, soon to be joined by the forthcoming Lettres aฬ€ Etel, moving between Lebanon, Palestine, and Turkey through photography, text, and sound.

Read more about his work at the link in bio ๐Ÿ”— by @arteeast
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๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿต!
๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„!

For 23 years, ArteEast has created vital spaces for artists and filmmakers from Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) and their diasporasโ€”supporting their work, amplifying underrepresented voices, and bringing our communities together through art, film, performance, and storytelling.

Join us on November 9th to celebrate this milestone with a night of music, mezze, open bar, toasts, performances, dancing and more!  Stay tuned for additional details coming soon.

This year, we are thrilled to honor two extraordinary voices who have left an undeniable positive impact on our community: 

๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ โ€” writer, illustrator, and producer
๐—›๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป โ€” critic, writer, curator, artist, editor-at-large, and co-founder of Hyperallergic

๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿต, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ | ๐Ÿฒโ€“๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฃ๐— 
๐—™๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป | ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜, ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜†๐—ป, ๐—ก๐—ฌ

Go to the ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ for more info and to get your *ticket! 

Special thanks to this yearโ€™s Media Sponsor @menna.nyc  and to our supporting sponsor family @ayat.nyc , @backhomebeer , @bibibakerynyc , and @ixsirwine 
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*Proceeds from the benefit help sustain ArteEastโ€™s programs, keeping them accessible, while supporting artists and filmmakers from the region.

Canโ€™t join us in person? Please consider making a donation and sharing the event with your community. Every contribution makes a difference. by @arteeast
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