Video 

Ruya Shop: Fouad El Khoury’s Welcome to Beirut (2005)

This week the Ruya Shop is screening the film Welcome to Beirut (2005) by Lebanese artist Fouad El Khoury. “Welcome to Beirut is about daily life: driving in the city, going to the hairdresser, discussions with the grocer, visiting a motor show, a wax museum, dining out. […] More ironic than sarcastic, the film reveals…
Cartoon 

‘The Culture of Violence’: March Cartoon

The Baghdad-based cartoonist Khudair Alhimyari’s series on culture and Iraq continues. This month’s theme addresses Iraq’s culture of violence. Toy Shop Practical Life Experience In the cartoon below, a man reads a book entitled The Culture of Violence. In the cartoon below, a parent tells his child “I’ve told you a hundred times not to…
News 

Ruya sponsors the 3 Minute, 3 Days Film Festival in Baghdad

The Ruya Foundation is proud to be a sponsor the third edition of the 3 Minutes, 3 Days Film Festival in Baghdad. The festival is organised and programmed by Dr. Hikmat Al Baydhani, director of Art City Film and TV Productions, the largest independent film and television production studio in Iraq. Over the course of…