Exhibition HIWAR
Darat al Funun
Jebel al Weibdeh, Amman, Jordan
9 November 2013 - 30 April 2014
Beit al Beiruti
A residential house from the 1930s that was restored in 2013 and opened for the first time to the public for HIWAR. It was built by the Lebanese Abdul Hafith Ghitani al Beiruti (called al Beiruti in reference to the city he came from). The house with its distinctive arches is a unique example in Amman of the city of Beirut's architecture. Queen Zein, mother of King Hussein, Sherif Nasser bin Jamil, his uncle, and princess Nafaa his sister, lived in the house in the 1930s.
HIWAR - Conversations in Amman is an exhibition, residencies, and talks program organized by Darat al Funun to celebrate 25 years of support for the arts. HIWAR brought 14 artists from the Arab world, Africa, Asia, and Latin America to Amman for residencies in September and October 2013, culminating in an exhibition in dialogue with works from The Khalid Shoman Collection.
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