Ruba Hattar

Managing Editor, Al Bawaba English

Ruba holds an MSc. in public relations and a B.A. in English Literature and Italian Language and has a long experience in communications, international and cultural affairs.

Ruba Hattar's articles

Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, the festival this year will be electronic with the performers sharing live videos from their own countries at the festival’s official page.

September 23rd, 2020

International Konya Mystic Music Festival in Turkey Takes Place Virtually

The live hour of remembrance through texts and music was “a ceremony of peace and hope to honor the memory of our lost and loved,” the organizers announced.

September 22nd, 2020

#RecollectBeirut Concert: Tribute to the Victims of the Blasts

The exhibition, which runs from 19 September 2020 to 10 April 2021, centers around experimental and innovative musical forms and offers audiences opportunities to learn about and explore instrument-making, compositional structure and musical collaboration

September 21st, 2020

Tarek Atoui: Cycles in 11, a Major Solo Exhibition in UAE

ASHTAR looks at theatre as an important tool for social change, resilience and development, and believes that each and every person has the right to see plays.

September 20th, 2020

ASHTAR Theatre in Ramallah: Streaming Performances to Sustain Itself

"In Jordan’s Sufi realms, you cannot separate between past and present, they are intersected, neither between the logical sensory world and the invisible other, nor stand at geographic boundaries of the state.” From the book.

September 15th, 2020

Mysteries of the Sufi Path: New Book by Dr. Mohammad Abu Rumman

Building Reopens to the Public on 26 September 2020 with New, Site-Responsive Installation by Lindsay Seers and Keith Sargent

September 13th, 2020

Sharjah Art Foundation Completes Renovation of Iconic Brutalist Building, ‘The Flying Saucer’

The distinctive edge of this Festival lies in the recognition of various talents involved in the making of a film: direction, script-writing, editing, photography and acting.

September 7th, 2020

Jordan’s First International Film Festival: a Review

The annual International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) is given to a novel in Arabic which IPAF's judges consider to be the best of that year.

August 31st, 2020

Calls to Make the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (Arabic Booker) Independent

Abu Radwan brought back his knowledge of music from France to Palestine and established AlKamanjati center

August 30th, 2020

The Different Stages of Resilience: The Story of Ramzi Abu Radwan

Luckily there are great minds who work independently to encourage this type of creation that is not driven by commercial goals like merchants but rather a great sense of giving back to the collective of art and literary community in MENA at large.

August 23rd, 2020

Meet the Masterminds Behind the Barjeel Poetry Prize 2020

Such programs and awards included the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, the Booker Prize for book writers, Kalemah translation program in Abu Dhabi and Point of View 8 art exhibit by the Sharjah Art Foundation.

August 16th, 2020

Boycotts and Withdrawals from UAE Cultural Award Programs in Response to Normalization with Israel

Festival had to find a creative alternative method through three drive-in cinemas in New Abdali area and one open-air theatre at the Royal Film Commission, in addition to a hybrid format – physical and online – for the industry activities of the Festival.

August 10th, 2020

First Amman International Film Festival, to Open this Month, Announces its Schedule