| Fellowship Participant – Alia Alzougbi |
Fellowship Participants Alia Alzougbi Artistic Director & CEO Alia Alzougbi is the Artistic dDirector & CEO of Shubbak Festival, Europe's largest festival of contemporary Arab arts. She is a cultural strategist, artist and facilitator working at the intersection of art and social & environmental justice. She has worked with national and international organisations as an artist and storyteller to create critical encounters in education and the arts towards collective liberation, from local corner shops to world-renowned museums. She is actively engaged in anti-racist, anti-ablist and anti-colonial work, particularly in moving organisers along from rhetoric to practice. She also has an established practice in coaching individuals and organisation. She is Chair of Maslaha, an organisation which seeks to change and challenge the conditions that create inequalities for Muslim communities in areas such as education, gender, criminal justice, health, negative media coverage and a continued climate of Islamophobia. She is also a trustee at Tamasha, a dedicated home for both emerging and established Global Majority artists. Alia is a Chevening Scholar, a Clore Fellow, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Prior to joining Shubbak, she was Director of the global citizenship education organisation Global Learning London. >>View Alia's member profile (member sign-in required) Thank you to ISPA’s Global Fellowship + Diversity Fund donors for their generous support of the Global Fellowship Program. Learn how you can support ISPA Fellows. |
