 library library admin tue 2182025 950 the common library is open from monday to saturday 10am5pm for information on readings artist talks and workshops in the common library see our upcoming events photo credit christopher baaklini arab image foundation library catalog this catalog is an online database of our physical library it holds over 2300 books journals and documents related to photography art and the mena region the library is an essential resource for anyone with an interest in photography and visual culture library s related works the common library located at the arab image foundation is shared with dawawine public works and archive books together we house an extensive collection of publications on a range of themes from photography and art to critical theory and feminism from cinema and theatre to history and urbanism whether you want to delve into the works of renowned photographers or explore the intricacies of the city or even calligraphy our library offers a critical and diverse range of books and ephemera housed within space fostering community and cultural exchange if you are seeking a quiet space to study or work an environment to discuss or organise or a place to simply charge your phone and cool down from the heat you are welcome to visit the common library recent acquisition 3 april 2024 acquisition title author acquired from donated by brief description  3 april 2024 acquisition title author acquired from donated by brief description featured publication selection focus 1 traduction مختارات مسار ١ الترجمة by dawawine beirut book recommendation 2 selected by dawawine focus 1 translation the second book recommendation has been compiled by dawawine as part of their focus series for the common library at the arab image foundation focus 1 translation is a selection of books and writings that look at translation not for its capacity to deliver equivalent texts and words in another language rather it is where we halt over the unequivalences using them as opportunities to diffract significations to reveal the bits and parts where one can appropriate meaning while keeping away from the burden of betrayal to take measure of the partial understanding we might have of the depth of the languages we utter to witness how languages have long been prone to interferences and again ourselves interfere lovingly nervously delightfully mona kareem marwa helal iman mersal  among a sea of influences qalqalah  sorry i didn t understand can you say that again  yassine temlali et tiphaine samoyault  entre les langues conferences carmelo bene gilles deleuze  صموئل بكت ترجمة ديك الجن dimitri gutas traduit de l anglais par abdesselam cheddadi  pensee grecque culture arabe  john taylor  harsh out of tenderness  ilias petropoulous  kaliarda  marwan kaabour  the queer arab glossary don mee choi  dmz colony naventure soh bejeng ndikung  pidginization as curatorial  عبد الفتّاح كيليطو  fassl n5 assia djebar ivan canu giacomo benelli laura cangemi and roberta scarabelli  the illustrated survival guide  auditorium beside the common library is an auditorium screening room the room features a professionalgrade dcp projector provided by the cooperative of cinema professionals and cinema chairs contributed by dawawine while members of the cooperative have access to the screening room and its facilities we also hire out the space to other professionals our hope is to create a hub for varied programming and screenings whilst also establishing a selfsustaining economic model that covers any maintenance and operational costs contributing to the economy we share with our collaborators for information on programmes and screenings in the auditorium screening room see our upcoming events collaborators dawawine is a cultural entity specialised in film dance theatre and music it will using the library and auditorium for its public programmes but also jointly programme with one or multiple entities in the space on topics of shared interest the common library holds around 900 books from dawawine public works is a research and design studio that critically tackles urban and social issues public works has contributed around 200 books to the common library archive books is a polycentric publishers cooperative with bases in milan berlin and dakar the common library at aif is one of their new centres the cooperative is a community of practitioners collaborating across regions and sociopolitical environments as a result their work is deeply rooted in a sustained scrutiny of the role of languages visuality and archives in the perpetration of the coloniality of knowledge the cooperative of cinema professionals is a collective of industry professionals spanning cinematographers colourists sound engineers animators set designers and filmmakers  