Free online Italian teachers training course
July 13 & 14, 2021 11am-12:30pm & 6:00pm -7:30pm GST Our Institute is delighted to offer a free online training course directed to all Italian teachers in the UAE, organized in collaboration with Language Didactics Center (LaDiLS) of the Department of Linguistics (Ca’ Foscari University, Venice). The course includes: 6 hours of in-person training; handouts […]
Read moreDIVA! Italian Glamour in Fashion Jewellery
Promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, ‘DIVA!’ features 200 pieces of Italian fashion jewellery, from the 1950s to today. The exhibition was curated by Alba Cappellieri, Professor of Jewellery Design at Politecnico di Milano University (Italy), and Codirector of the Vicenza Museum of Jewellery. The official preview took place on […]
Read moreScientific Seminar: “Drop by Drop, Life Falls from the Sky: Water, Islam and Art”
Sharjah Museums Authority (SMA) is delighted to invite our public to a seminar highlighting the multidisciplinary roles and aspects of water and its continuity from the past, to the present and into the future. The guest speakers will discuss the historical development of the roles played by water, while at the same time presenting the artistic […]
Read moreDrop by Drop, Life Falls from the Sky: Water, Islam and Art
Building on the strong bilateral ties between the United Arab Emirates and Italy,Sharjah Museums Authority (SMA) has teamed up with Fondazione Torino Musei to launch an exhibition that explores the relationship and the intricate developments between Islam and water in the first ever collaboration between Sharjah and Turin. This joint effort seeks to […]
Read moreAMARCORD
Explore Italian Cinema and the films of Federico Fellini with “Amarcord” (I Remember) an Oscar winning, mischievous, elegiac, satirical and often moving masterpiece filled with its carnivalesque portrait of provincial Italy and the timeless music of Nino Rota making it one of cinema’s enduring treasures. Bring your friends and RSVP now at: http://bit.ly/2S60E3M
Read moreEUNIC: Europe Day
May 9 marks Europe Day, celebrating peace and unity in Europe. The UAE’s EUNIC cluster (European Union National Institutes for Culture) presents short contributions from artists about their idea of Europe and their wishes.
Read morePavillionaire 1
“Pavillionaire 1: the journey of Emirati Art at the Venice’s Biennale”. Laila Binbrek, coordinating Director (National Pavilion United Arab Emirates), and Naz Shahrokh, artist and educator (Zayed University Abu Dhabi) in dialogue on the first 10 years of the UAE Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. In English. Live streaming on our Institute’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/IICabudhab […]
Read moreThe White Sheik
Explore the cinema of #FedericoFellini with “THE WHITE SHEIK” (Lo sceicco bianco) newly and beautifully restored, a magical romantic comedy of a newlywed couple’s honeymoon that turns into disaster when the bride runs away in search of her hero, a soap-opera actor who fulfils her naïve romantic ideals starring Alberto Sordi, Brunella Bovo, Leopoldo […]
Read moreI Vitelloni
Discover the cinema of Federico Fellini with “I Vitelloni”, presented by Cinema Space in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Abu Dhabi and the Embassy of Italy to the UAE. An Oscar nominated, beautiful and unforgettable masterpiece starring Alberto Sordi, Franco Interlenghi, Franco Fabrizi, Leopoldo Trieste and Riccardo Fellini as a group of small-town […]
Read moreWaiting for International Women’s Day – The woman in the Qur’an
1. In Italy and in general in Europe, the “issue of women in Islam” is often under debate. Muslim women’s status is always discussed in heated tones, frequently with commiseration. In doing so, most people refer to the Qur’an, a Book oft-mentioned although little-known, and don’t distinguish between the Qur’anic commandments and the customs or […]
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