Film & Visual Art

Farrin Abbas Zadeh in the Harvard Gazette

December 5, 2013

Work by Farrin Abbas Zadeh, a fellow in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (NELC), is on display through December 18, 2013 in the CGIS Knafel Concourse Gallery in an exhibit co-sponsored by NELC and CMES. The Harvard Gazette interviewed Abbas Zadeh about her work:

An adjunct professor at the Rhode Island School of Design, Abbas Zadeh credits nature as her primary artistic inspiration. “I grew up on a farm, so nature is in my blood,” she said. [...]

Her artwork echoes traditional Persian design,...

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Video: Drawing the Tunisian Revolution

November 14, 2013

Tunisian political cartoonist _Z_ made his first public appearance at Harvard in November 2013. This video is a synopsis of his talk, which told the story of his transition from architect to political cartoonist and dissident leading up to and during the 2010/11 Tunisian revolution.

Moroccan Studies Program hosts filmmaker Nabil Ayouch

September 27, 2013

In March 2013, acclaimed Moroccan filmmaker Nabil Ayouch visited Harvard to screen and discuss two of his films, the documentary film My Land (2011) and his most recent film, shown at Cannes in 2012, Horses of God (2012). Ayouch’s visit was organized by the CMES Moroccan Studies Program and co-sponsored by Dartmouth College. The screenings and discussions were attended by approximately eighty people, including Harvard students and faculty, as well as members of the Moroccan community from the Boston area.

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Office of International Education now accepting submissions for 8th Annual International Photo Contest

September 20, 2011

 

The Office of International Education is now accepting submissions for the 8th Annual International Photo Contest. All undergraduate students who have had an international experience in the past year are encouraged to participate. Best in Show, First, Second, Third and special regional prizes—including a CMES-sponsored prize for best photo taken in the Middle East—will be awarded.

Submissions are due by October 10, 2011.