Hekayah | The Story brings together poets, singers, and musicians.
What does home mean to you? Your country, your city, your family? Celebrate UAE National Day with a lineup of poets, spoken word artists, musicians, and storytellers from diverse backgrounds and cultures coming together for the 8th annual Hekayah | The Story.
Date: 28 November
Time: 7:30pm
Tickets: free of charge, but online reservation is required
A one-of-a-kind event that showcases the beautiful diversity of the UAE; A diverse group of artists explore their heritages and cultural performances. Presented live on The East Plaza, this year’s edition is MC’d by Maryam Alshehhi and features the following artists:
- Samar Abdeljaber – Spoken word poetry (Palestine)
- Maitha Alsuwaidi – Spoken word poetry (UAE)
- Fatema Al Fardan – Spoken word poetry (UAE)
- Ali Al Zaabi – Spoken word poetry (UAE)
- ZigZag Ghanim – Music (Egypt)
- Danabelle Gutierrez – Spoken word poetry (Philippines)
- Nathalie Handal – Poetry (USA/France/Palestine)
- Moving Mudras – Spoken word poetry (India/Sri Lanka/Singapore/Malaysia)
- Bea Laszlo – Music (Hungary)
- Dorian Paul Rogers – Spoken word poetry (USA)
- Monika Pawlowska – Spoken word poetry (Poland)
- Jiire Smith – Music (Nigeria) – Find him on Instagram
- Amal Waqar – Music (Oman/Columbia)
- Marion Wrenn – Spoken word poetry (USA)
The lineup of performers was selected through a collaborative curatorial process, by key players in the cultural, poetry, arts, and writing communities across the UAE, including: Farah Chamma, Osama Motassem, Noor Alsuwaidi, Maryam Khalifa Alshehhi, Dorian Paul Rodgers, and Bill Bragin.
Image Credit: NYUAD Arts Center
Age
9+
Price
Free
Telephone number
+971 2 628 4000
Links
Address
Abu DhabiThe Arts Center NYUAD Campus Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi.