The debut play by Tariq Jordan and directed by award winning Kerry Kyriacos Michael MBE, Ali and Dahlia is a Palestinian-Israeli story of love, sacrifice, and redemption. This play is on from 26th Mar 2019 to the 14th Apr 2019 at The Pleasance Theatre, London. Tickets are available from https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/ali-and-dahlia and 020 7609 1800. ” Having been accused of…
DetailsDear All Some of you are, I know, already aware that the American Center of Oriental Research in Amman (ACOR) has had my photographic archive for a couple of years, and a dedicated team has been hard at work digitizing all the medium format transparencies and 35mm slides – of Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq,…
DetailsThe AJS has asked Bashar Tabbah if he would let us know if and when he comes to London so that we can advertise the event on our website – I will keep you updated but meanwhile you may wish to purchase the book via the link below https://www.mapandlens.com/essays/to-new-beginnings
DetailsOur Members may wish to go on The Mosaic Rooms website and view their up and coming events, some of which look very interesting. www.mosaicrooms.org
Nationwide previews and a live Question and Answer with Tracey Edwards MBE on Thursday 7th March. Maiden is the inspirational story of how Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989. Tracy’s dream was opposed on…
DetailsHere is a selection of photographs from the AJS Afternoon Tea. Thank you to all those members who came along to support the event.
Pam Pulling Smith sent the AJS this picture and some wording (below) to accompany it. Pam and her sister’s trip to Jordan is not through any monies raised from the AJS, it is something that Pam organises herself and she agreed to share her story with us, thank you Pam. A very big thank…
DetailsJordan Dead Sea Tragedy Twitter Messages Twitter Message from HRH King Abdullah II “My grief and pain are immense, matched only by my anger towards those who failed to take the necessary measures that could have prevented this painful incident from happening,” King Abdullah said in a rare tweet on Friday. “I condole myself and…
DetailsNew Albukhary Foundation Gallery of the Islamic World to open in 2018. ‘Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam’ is awarded the ISESCO-OCIS Prize for Educators. The Albukhary Foundation is providing significant support for a major new gallery to redisplay the collections of the Islamic world at the British Museum. The Albukhary Foundation Gallery of…
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