Arab Women Artists Now (AWAN) is no stranger to presenting boundary-breaking works. First founded in 2015 to showcase art by Arab women, the annual grassroots festival brings together a whole host of musicians, filmmakers, artists and comedians every March, to coincide with International Women’s Day.
And its 10th year promises yet more thought-provoking, genre-bending works, with a programme boasting highlights such as a Jazz night at the Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Room, a panel with five Arab women publishers, a showcase of electronic DJs, two concurrent exhibitions featuring Palestinian artists, and the premiere of Emirati director Amal Al-Agroobi’s trailblazing new short film, British-Arab horror, Ladies Coffee.
