Exploring Poetry through Performance Workshop with George Abraham and Fargo Tbakhi
6 p.m. ET Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021 Exploring Poetry through Performance Workshop with George Abraham and Fargo Tbakhi In-person at AANM Russell J. Ebeid Library & Resource Center OR virtual via Zoom Purchase in-person tickets Museum Members: $12 General Public: $15 Students: $10 OR register for FREE virtual attendance Although
The Ground and the Sky: Creative Writing Workshops for Youth with Ibtisam Barakat & Naomi Shihab Nye
2 p.m. ET Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021 AND 2 p.m. ET Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021 The Ground and the Sky: Creative Writing Workshops for Youth with Ibtisam Barakat & Naomi Shihab Nye Online via Zoom FREE with RSVP What are we rooted in? What can we imagine? Come ready to
Read Woke with Cicely Lewis & Malaka Gharib
2 p.m. EST Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021 Read Woke with Cicely Lewis & Malaka Gharib FREE with RSVP or suggested donation RSVP for streaming link Join AANM and Dearborn Public Library for a conversation about representation, race and identity with Cicely Lewis and Malaka Gharib! Gharib is an NPR editor
Alternative Archives: Digital Forays: Archives & Activation // Artists & Access
Image: Under the Ceiling (film still), Nidal Al-Dibs, 2005. Alternative Archives: Discourses and Disruptions AANM, ArteEast and NYU’s Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies are excited to come together to present Alternative Archives: Discourses and Disruptions, a series of events that will explore themes of storytelling, archiving and evolving
Protest/Protect: A Sukoon Live Reading
Image: Arab American Institute President James Zogby (third from right) joining hands with civil rights leaders Al Sharpton (far right), U.S. Congressman John Lewis (fourth from right) and Coretta Scott King (second from left) at the 40th Anniversary of the March on Washington, August 23, 2003. AANM Collection 2006.11.05. 6
Drawing in the Diaspora: Comic Art & Graphic Novels by Leila Abdelrazaq
Image: Detail from Abdelrazaq’s graphic novel Baddawi November 12, 2016 – April 19, 2017 Lower Level Gallery EXHIBITION GALLERY Leila Abdelrazaq’s comics and illustration fuse art and activism. Her experiences as the daughter of a Palestinian refugee have informed her work throughout her artistic career, shaping her subject matter and
The Far Shore: Navigating Homelands
Image: Syrian Migration #9 by Helen Zughaib Nov. 10, 2018 – April 28, 2019 Main Floor Gallery EXHIBITION GALLERY This exhibition features five Arab American visual artists with brand new work responding to five Arab American poets, all dealing with themes of displacement and survival. It coincides with the 100th
Windows/Shababeek: A Sukoon Virtual Reading
2 p.m. EDT Saturday, June 6, 2020 AANM presents a Sukoon bilingual live reading around the theme of Windows/Shababeek, curated and hosted by Sukoon founding editor Rewa Zeinati, and featuring an incredible lineup of Arab writers and poets: Zeyn Joukhadar, Zeina Hashem Beck, Philip Metres, George Abraham, Sahar Mustafa, Zeina
Signature Events
AANM proudly hosts a variety of annual presentations and events, from the immersive culinary experience of Yalla Eat! Tours to the JAM3A music and arts festival. AANM works with our partner institutions and community organizations to create unique and exciting Signature Events that span all art forms.
Artists + Residents
The Arab American National Museum's Artists + Residents program is a platform for established and emerging artists to cultivate and grow their practices while immersed in a supportive environment that encourages artistic collaboration and civic engagement in metro Detroit. The residency welcomes diverse local, national and international artists with creative