At a historical moment marked by colonial destruction and fragmentation, ‘DAAS in Sharjah’ cultivates communities grounded in affect and knowledge. The DAAS Public Programme brings together participants, guests, and the broader community for a week of collective conversations across Sharjah. From art and architecture to curatorial practices, hybrid identities, memory, resistance, and land, each session unfolds as a dialogue shaped by lived experiences and research. Through readings, discussions, and shared meals, the programme explores how sites, whether a camp, a city, a rooftop, or a piece of fabric, become methods of learning, resisting, and reimagining. The week culminates in open exchanges and a reflection on the art of conversation as both method and practice.
27- 28 – 29 OCTOBER
Conversations hosted by Mona El Mousfy, Shaden Almutlaq, Olfa Farhat, Zaynab Kriouech, Ida Bencke, Zarmeene Shah, Nadia Asfour, and Nihal Halimeh
1 NOVEMBER
Conversations hosted by May Al-Dabbagh, Zoe Butt, Charles Esche, and Shahram Khosravi
2 NOVEMBER
DAAS and the Art of Conversation hosted by DAAR