100% FREESharing the Sensitive — a choreographed majlis about art and society
Join a two-hour dialogue curated by artist Moataz Nasr with Simon Njami, Julie Banâtre and Jenny Mbaye. Speakers take turns guiding the conversation and changing places, making the majlis itself part of a performance about art, resistance, memory and shared experience.
Speaker Simon Njami at the Festivaletteratura Wikiafrica workshops in 2007, photographed by lettera27. Historic participant portrait; this is not a photograph of the 2026 Dubai majlis.
Al Quoz, Dubai · The Yard, Alserkal Avenue, 4 17th Street, Al Quoz, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
When to go
Sunday 15 November 2026, 16:00–18:00 on the organiser’s Eventbrite listing. Alserkal’s programme still marks the 16:00 start TBC: confirm the time on your booking before travelling.
Registration required. Check the organiser for remaining spaces.
Who can go
Age guidance not published; confirm child suitability · Free General Admission · advance booking · confirm time and child suitability
The current original programme, organiser Eventbrite event and public ticket selector state no numerical age limit. No all-ages or whole-family entitlement is inferred.
Check age guidanceWhat’s free & what to know
- Reserve a free General Admission place using the organiser’s Eventbrite link. The public ticket selector showed a zero total and enabled registration at the check; availability can change and no place is guaranteed.
- Eventbrite advertises 15 November, 16:00–18:00. Alserkal’s original detail page still labels the 16:00 start TBC. Confirm the booked start time before travelling.
- No purchase, paid companion, membership or paid follow-on service is stated as an entry condition. This is a standalone cultural programme.
- Numerical age guidance is not published. Confirm child suitability with the organiser; the discussion includes art, resistance and social questions.
- The Yard, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai. No food, drinks, gifts or parking are promised.
Sources & photo credit
Last successfully checked 10 Nov 2026. Availability can change; check with the organiser before travelling.
10 November 2026: The current Alserkal programme and its linked organiser ticket page confirm a two-hour dialogue with Moataz Nasr, Simon Njami, Julie Banâtre and Jenny Mbaye at The Yard, Dubai. The public ticket selector showed free General Admission, a zero total and registration available. Eventbrite lists 15 November, 16:00–18:00; the venue still marks the start TBC, so the time must be confirmed when booking. No purchase or membership is an admission condition, and numerical age guidance is unpublished. The licensed photograph shows Simon Njami at a different event in 2007, as captioned.
Alserkal Avenue — Sharing the Sensitive: Majlis TalksAlserkal Avenue — live free General Admission, date, duration and venue
Current Alserkal Art Week full programme
Photo: lettera27 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Public Commons thumbnail converted and compressed to WebP; small variant resized to 640 pixels wide. Composition retained; derivatives retain CC BY-SA 2.0.