Decolonizing the Page: A Forgotten Golden Age of Arabic Book Arts (1950s–80s)

A launch at Mosaic Rooms for an online exhibition on Arabic book arts, with presentations, conversation, a short film screening and a participant show-and-tell.

The launch presents an online exhibition and archival resource about Arabic book arts during decolonization across the Arab world. The programme includes presentations by researcher and curator Zeina Maasri, Sophie Demay, Jana Traboulsi (joining remotely), Erik Hartin and Daniel Lowe; a conversation chaired by Venetia Porter; a screening of Kais al-Zubaidi’s 18-minute film Testimony of Palestinian Children in Wartime (1972); and a book show-and-tell curated with Maqam Books, followed by refreshments.