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Arabic Culture Weekend
19 & 20 October

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Leiden University and Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde invite you to a weekend filled with Arabic language and culture.
Sit yourself down on a comfortable cushion in our Arabic tent, have some tea and a snack and listen to Arabic music, a tale from '1001 Nights' or the ins and outs of Middle Eastern hiphop.
You can also participate in speed courses of  Arabic by Leiden University students, get a henna tattoo and do or learn much, much more.

The performers and specialists of this weekend are:
Sabine Baer & Zeynep Polat - Crash course in Arabic language
Rian Evers & Tijs Huys - Arabic song & tale
Sattar Al Saadi - Nay
Sinsia van Kalkeren - lecture on Middle Eastern hip hop
Murteda Alkaabi - Middle Eastern architecture, art and calligraphy

Program Saturday 19 October

Time
12.30 hrs
13.00 hrs
13.00 hrs
13.30 hrs
14.00 hrs
14.00 hrs
14.30 hrs
14.30 hrs
15.00 hrs
15.00 hrs
15.30 hrs
Activity
Crash course in Arabic language
Arabic song & tale
Workshop 'Make your own Arabic star pattern'
Nay (Arabic flute)
Lecture Middle Eastern hip hop
Story about the Ka'ba
Arabic song & tale
Lecture 'Architecture and Art from the Middle East'
Nay (Arabic flute)
Workshop 'Make your own Arabic star pattern'
Crash course in Arabic language
Location
tent
tent
museum, Kabinet 1st floor
tent
museum, Theatre
museum, Medina room
tent
museum, Theatre
tent
museum, Kabinet 1st floor
tent

date and time
Saturday 19 October - 12.00 till 17.00 hrs
Sunday 20 October - 10.00 till 17.00 hrs

location
Rijksmuseum Volkenkunde, museum and museumgarden, Steenstraat 1, Leiden

Other
-the tent in the museumgarden is freely accessible
-activities inside the museum are free of charge. Regular museum entrance fee applies

Questions?
please use our contactform

The Arabic Culture Weekend is brought to you
by Saudi Aramco
Ongoing activities throughout the day:
tent: tea ritual, water pipe, henna tattoo*
museum: 'Make your own Ka'ba' (Museum Cafe, ground floor), documentary 'Journey of a Lifetime' (Museum Theatre, 1ste floor)


Program Sunday 20 October

Time
10.30 hrs
11.00 hrs
11.30 hrs
12.00 hrs
12.30 hrs
13.00 hrs
13.30 hrs
14.00 hrs
14.00 hrs
14.30 hrs
14.30 hrs
15.00 hrs
15.00 hrs
15.30 hrs
16.00 hrs
16.00 hrs
Activity
Arabic song & tale
Nay (Arabic flute)
Lecture Middle Eastern hiphop
Arabic song & tale
Crash course in Arabic language
Workshop 'Make your own Arabic star pattern'
Nay (Arabic flute)
Lecture Middle Eastern hip hop
Story about the Ka'ba
Arabic song & tale
Calligraphy of the Middle East
Nay (Arabic flute)
Workshop 'Make your own Arabic star pattern'
Crash course in Arabic language
Arabic song & tale
Story about the Ka'ba
Location
tent
tent
museum, Theatre
tent
tent
museum, Kabinet 1st floor
tent
museum, Theatre
museum, Medina room
tent
museum, Kabinet, 1st floor
tent
museum, Kabinet 1st floor
tent
tent
museum, Kabinet 1st floor
Ongoing activities throughout the day:
tent: tea ritual, water pipe, henna tattoo*
museum: 'Make your own Ka'ba' (Museum Cafe, ground floor), documentary 'Journey of a Lifetime' (Museum Theatre, 1ste floor)


* a small fee applies to these activities