The Network of Arab Alternative Screens (NAAS) has formally opened functions for the 2025–2026 NAAS Research & Curatorial Fellowship—a transformative 9 to 10-month program tailor-made for cultural practitioners, researchers, and curators from the Arabic-speaking world and its diasporas.
Scheduled to run from November 2025 to July 2026, the fellowship is an invite to discover and problem the dominant narratives in cinema, media, and visible tradition. Participants are inspired to pursue tasks that unveil marginalized histories, resurface missed archives, and reimagine curatorial practices in progressive and group-centered methods.
The fellowship is designed not solely as an area for analysis but additionally for public engagement. Fellows can be anticipated to provide a public-going through end result from their analysis, which may take the type of publications, exhibitions, screenings, digital tasks, or different inventive codecs. A specific emphasis is positioned on tasks that foster experimentation and broaden participation throughout the cultural discipline.
NAAS Program Benefits:
- A stipend to help your analysis and follow.
- Access to mentorship and peer suggestions from skilled students and curators.
- Monthly digital seminars to facilitate essential discussions and thought alternate.
- Two in-individual colloquiums that provide alternatives for deeper collaboration and presentation.
- An opportunity to publish your analysis in Malaffat, NAAS’s publication platform.
- Platforms to showcase interim and ultimate outcomes to a wider viewers.
Who Should Apply?
NAAS welcomes functions from people, duos, or collectives whose work critically engages with the themes of the fellowship. Eligible candidates embody:
- Researchers
- Curators
- Writers
- Programmers
- Cultural organizers
- Academics
The fellowship is good for these desperate to problem established canons, uncover hidden cultural narratives, and experiment with new types of curatorial storytelling.
Application Deadline
The final date to apply for the NAAS Research & Curatorial Fellowship 2025–2026 is August 22, 2025.
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