https://umamahamido.org Umama Hamido Thu, 24 Jun 2021 14:59:41 +0000 https://umamahamido.org en https://umamahamido.org/Main-page Thu, 24 Jun 2021 14:59:41 +0000 Umama Hamido https://umamahamido.org/Main-page <img width="3000" height="3000" width_o="3000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bc03abfb60a648cc3fd82e4595704f2525d258f19718355ac62e4b4e8d5f9a55/logo1.png" data-mid="112896599" border="0" data-scale="10" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bc03abfb60a648cc3fd82e4595704f2525d258f19718355ac62e4b4e8d5f9a55/logo1.png" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img width="3360" height="2100" width_o="3360" height_o="2100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2fbce4c1fb6cbff4057ae06e0156089ad9e583b56e54d77617ae766deec0454c/Screenshot-2021-07-01-at-12.35.18.png" data-mid="112797400" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2fbce4c1fb6cbff4057ae06e0156089ad9e583b56e54d77617ae766deec0454c/Screenshot-2021-07-01-at-12.35.18.png" /> HIND In the summer of 2014 Umama Hamido travelled from her city Beirut to the Bekaa Valley, visiting villages on the borders of Lebanon and Syria. She was drawn by the beauty of the people and a way of life much removed from the one she was accustomed to in the capital city. Read more... 2015 Live Performance <img width="1280" height="718" width_o="1280" height_o="718" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/39a9a446bf99098685b77fa21593d32aac7e568c8c50b9500b1eed5446c6c757/Still-from-film-image-3.png" data-mid="112724989" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/39a9a446bf99098685b77fa21593d32aac7e568c8c50b9500b1eed5446c6c757/Still-from-film-image-3.png" /> ON AKKA’S SHORE On Akka’s Shore is a fictional memoir of Umama and her friend Tareq Al Jazzar based on hallucinations, dreams and out-of-body experiences, scenes slip between Akka in Palestine, a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, Hamido’s city of birth, Beirut and London, their current home. Read more... 2019 Film <img width="1280" height="730" width_o="1280" height_o="730" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bea5a2010f3e900921195a8f5170609178f446ad8cb83e6385f1f64c3ba218c9/Here---There.jpg" data-mid="113648040" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bea5a2010f3e900921195a8f5170609178f446ad8cb83e6385f1f64c3ba218c9/Here---There.jpg" /> HUNA WA HUNAK Shubbak Festival and Artsadmin co-present an installation of Umama Hamido’s recent works, including a new film made at the time of the October Revolution in Lebanon in 2019, reflecting on the feeling of being both here, and there, as well as writing developed over lockdown through her work with the Cotton Tree Trust charity. Read more... 2021Audio-visual installation <img width="850" height="480" width_o="850" height_o="480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fe4c714d01ed400211a4ac4e6cff0f7623e2453689b90ccafbf4fcd1f3f44667/Fatme-3.jpeg" data-mid="112724017" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/850/i/fe4c714d01ed400211a4ac4e6cff0f7623e2453689b90ccafbf4fcd1f3f44667/Fatme-3.jpeg" /> FATHME An interactive contemporary dance performance explores the aesthetics of music appreciation within Arabic culture and how it manifests as body expression among the Arab youth today, particularly in relationship to Beirut, a focal point for many young Arab artists and art appreciators. Read more... 2014 Dance Performance