SOAS Middle East Institute Art and Culture

The SMEI engages in research and outreach on all aspects of art and culture pertaining to the Middle East and North Africa region in collaboration with practitioners from diverse backgrounds across the globe.

Our public programming engages with visual art, photography, film, music, performance arts, and digital arts as creative and critical modes of expression that testify to the richness of the Middle East and North Africa.

Picture credit: Denise Metz via Unsplash

Director, SOAS Middle East Institute

Professor Lina Khatib

Dr Lina Khatib is an internationally renowned authority on the Middle East and Director of the SOAS Middle East Institute.

Research Associate, SOAS Middle East Institute

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi is a Research Associate at the SOAS Middle East Institute. He is columnist and researcher on social, political, and cultural affairs in the Arab Gulf states.

Lecturer in Islamic Arts

Dr Natasha Morris

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14 November 2022

The revolutionary movement in Iran and the media

Film screening and panel discussion. The panel will explore the new revolutionary movement in Iran and its media.

8 November 2023

Memories of Displacement: The Story of an Arab Jew and a Palestinian Arab

A conversation between Professor Shlaim and Dr. Karmi on their latest books, Three Worlds: Memoir of an Arab-Jew and One State The Only Democratic Future for Palestine-Israel.

9 May 2024

Bahman Maghsoudlou Film Festival: Life in Fog (Zendegi Dar Meh) and Ardeshir Mohasses: The Rebellious Artist

This session of the Bahman Maghsoudlou Film Festival is a double bill of two screenings.