Shawati' Issue 58

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Shawati’ 58

Jameel Arts Centre Jaddaf Waterfront, Dubai, UAE JAMEELARTSCENTRE.ORG #jameelartscentre Art Jameel Shop Shop here. Support art everywhere @jameelartscentre @jameelartsctr

HE Hend Al Otaiba with representatives from CCI International, Mouvement des Entreprises de France and Region Hauts-de-France discussing economic relations between France and the UAE. © Twitter / HendAlOtaiba.

Jameel Arts Centre is Dubai’s contemporary art museum, dedicated to engaging communities through exhibitions, film screenings, learning initiatives, research and commissions. It houses desert gardens, Jaddaf Waterfront Sculpture Park, Jameel Library, Art Jameel Shop and Teible , a bakery and local-seasonal eatery. Exhibitions ‘Taus Makhacheva: A Space of Celebration’ The first survey show in West Asia by the Moscow-born artist ‘Fahd Burki: Daydreams’ The artist’s first major international solo exhibition Unfolds across the Jameel Lobby with around 60 photographs illuminating Dubai’s architectural ambitions of the late 1970s - exhibition guides available in Hindi, Malayalam and Urdu ‘Artist’s Rooms: Samson Young’ Reasonable Music , a new, site-specific installation, creating a sonic interactive environment Commissions Park Projects at Jaddaf Waterfront Sculpture Park Nahla Tabbaa and Trevor Yeung The artists respond to the exteriors of the Jameel ‘O ff Centre / On Stage’ Curated by Todd Reisz

لا نرى الكثير من الأطفال الإماراتيين يلتحقون بمــدارس فرنســية فــي الإمــارات العربيــة المتحـدة، أو يتقنـون اللغـة الفرنسـية. مـا الـذي حفّز هذا الاختيار للغة والمنهاج؟ هـذا صحيـح ولكننـا فـي طور التحسـن. لقد أصبحت عضــوا 2018 الإمــارات العربيــة المتحــدة منــذ عــام مشـاركاً فـي المنظمـة الدوليـة للفرانكوفونيـة. وأكثـر ألــف طالــب مدرســة يتعلمــون ويمارســون 600 مــن اللغـة الفرنسـية حاليـاً فـي مـدارس الإمـارات العربيـة المتحدة الحكومية والأهلية. في المقابل، اتخذت فرنسا والإمارات أيضاً مبادرات لتعزيــز تعليــم اللغــة العربيــة فــي فرنســا كمــا تجلــى ذلـك فـي الاتفاقيـة الأخيـرة بيـن معهد العالـم العربي ومركــز أبوظبــي للغــة العربيــة للتعــاون علــى صعيــد شهادة باللغة العربية. اللغــات هبــات تتيــح للنــاس والعقــول التواصــل وتعميق التفاهم المتبادل. ويسرني أن أرى الإمارات العربيــة المتحــدة تعطــي الأولويــة للغــات فــي المناهج الدراسية. 2022 فـي الختـام، مـا أكثر مـا تتطلعين إليه في وما الذي تأملين تحقيقه هذا العام؟ تدخــل الإمــارات العربيــة المتحــدة مرحلــة جديــدة مــن تاريخهــا، وهــي حقبــة جديــدة مــن مســارها التنمــوي ودورة جديــدة مــن النمــو الاقتصــادي والسياســي والاجتماعــي. وســنعمل يــداً بيــد لبنــاء أقـوى اقتصـاد حيويـة فـي المنطقـة. فجوهر نجاحنا يكمــن فــي تســامحنا. وســندعو دائمــاً إلــى الســام والتوافق عبر الحوار. فتعزيز الاستقرار في منطقتنا . وخارجها سيبقى ذو أولوية هامة.

f lexibility and tolerance, which are at the core of our diplomacy and communication. I feel honoured to have been given the opportunity to represent the UAE internationally. It is not often that we see Emirati children attend French schools in the UAE and become fluent in French. What motivated this choice of curriculum and language? This is true, but we are improving. Since 2018 the UAE has been a participating member of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie [OIF]. Today, more than 60,000 schoolchildren are learning French in UAE public and private schools. Conversely, France and the UAE have also taken initiatives to strengthen the teaching of Arabic in France, as il lustrated by the recent agreement between Institut du Monde Arabe and the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre co-operating on an Arabic language certificate. Languages are a gift, allowing people and minds to connect and deepening mutual understanding. I am delighted to see the UAE prioritise languages in the school curriculum. Finally, what are you looking forward to the most in 2022 and what do you hope to achieve this year? The UAE is entering a new phase of its history, a new era of its development path, and a new cycle of economic, political, and social growth. We wi l l work hand in hand to bui ld the most dynamic economy in the region. The essence of our success is our tolerance. We will always call for peace and harmony through dialogue. Promoting stability in our region and beyond will remain an important priority. .

Library Circles: Salma Serry

Jameel Library presents the filmmaker and writer’s exploration of regional menus as a site of confluence Artist’s Garden: Desert is a Forest Namrata Neog and Sunoj D Online 17-year Cicada Sarnath Banerjee ‘On Palestine’ A reading list from the Jameel Library, featuring books that dwell on the storied history of Palestine ‘O ff -Site: A Map of What You Never See’ A bibliography presented by 2021-22 Youth Assembly member Shama Nair on memory, material and the built environment ‘Parsing an Analog Experience From a Digital One’ 2021-22 Youth Assembly member Alexis Javero selects a collection of books and texts that investigate the boundaries between the o ff line and the online, the analog and the digital

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