The Young Arab Theatre Fund (YATF) was founded in 2004, and was the precursor organization that was transformed into Mophradat in 2015. Its programs included the festival Meeting Points 1-7, the Informal Meetings 2006 to 2011, and various grant making programs from 2000 to 2014. Information about Meeting Points 1-7 can be found XXX, and some details of other programs are below.
Informal Meeting
The Informal Meeting took place from 2006 to 2011 and was conceived as a biennial gathering that brought together independent cultural spaces and programmers in the Arab world with the aim of establishing regional networks. The event acted as a forum for the discussion of practical issues and challenges including space management, organizational structure, audience diversification, funding, communication strategies, and legal frameworks.
Marseille 2011
The Informal Meeting was hosted at La Friche la Belle de Mai in Marseille, with the support of L’Institut Français Marseille-Provence 2013, with the following participants: Emad Mabrouk, Wael Shawky, Renata Papsch, Samah Hijawi, Raed Asfour, Kristina Kaghdo, Omar Rajeh, Mustapha Yamouth, Issam Bou Khaled, Sandra Dagher, Mia Jankowicz, Mohamed Allam, Moukhtar Kocache, May Ahmad al-Ibrashy, Ahmed El Attar, Mohamed Merhari, Aïcha El Beloui, Hassan Darsi, Hanan Wakem, Rima Issa, Khaled Salem, Muhammad AbdelMuti, Mohammad Amous, Khaled Hourani, Bouchra Khalili, Sofiane Ouissi, Julien Amicel, Driss Ksikes, Racha Salah, Peter Fares, Christophe De Keyser, Mona Michael, Selwa Abou El Aazm, Sarah Enany Günther Hasenkamp, Julien Chenivesse, Claudine Dussollier, and Hanan Kassab Hassan
Alexandria 2009
The Informal Meeting 2009 was hosted in partnership with the Jesuits Cultural Center in Alexandria, with the following participants: Brahim Bouakhaden, Latifa Yaakoubi, Emad Mabrouk, Kaspar Howald, Mohamed Siam, Père Francis, Reem Hassan, Renata Papsch, Alaa Younes, Dina Abu Hamdan, Samah Hijawi, Abdallah Al Machnouk, Christine Tohmé, Hania Mroué Jana Saleh, Kinda Hassan, Monika Borgmann, Mustapha Yamout, Nadia Al Issa, Nagy Souraty, Omar Rajeh, Rasha Salti, Samar Kehdy, Ashraf Kenawy, Awadhi Hafid, Dalia Suleiman, Karim Shalaby, Mia Jankowicz, Mohamed Abdullah, Mohamed Allam, Moukhtar Kocache, Shahira Issa, William Wells, Mike Van Gran, Aadel Saadani, Ghita Triki, Hassan Darsi, Khalil Amr Chraïbi, Majid Jihad, Abir Boukhari, Delphine Leccas, Hannibal Saad, May Sefan, Yara Nseir, Nicolette du Plessis, Victoria Holt Takamine, Hanan Wakeem, Cato Litangen, Nora Razian, Magdalena Moreno, Doris Difarnecio, Isabel Juárez Espinoza, Mario Bronfman, Kelley Lindquist, Natacha Melo, Elena Tupyseva, Joy Mboya, Alison Bernstein, Clyde Valentin, Judilee Reed, Judy Barsalou, Karen Phillips, Marcial Godoy, Nicholas Constantakis, Orlando Bagwell, Roberta Uno, Fazette Bordage, Abed Al Joubeh (Moti), Hafez Omar, Khaled Ellayan, Khaled Hourani, Mahmoud Abu Hashhash, Sally Abu Baker, Samar Martha, Ziad Khalaf, Lori Pourier, Ismail Suleiman, Léa Morin, Malek Sebai, Walid Mtimet, Afif Riahi, Mohamed Habib Bel Hedi, Michael Kaiser, and Dea Vidović
Alexandria 2007
Informal Meeting 2007 was hosted in Alexandria at the Jesuits Cultural Center with the support of the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for Dialogue Between Cultures, the European Cultural Foundation, and Ford Foundation, with the following participants:Mahdi Al-Masri, Fanny Bouquerel, Nicky du Plessis, Khadija El Bennaoui, Rania Elias, Fatin Farhat, Lama Hazboun, Alia Kdeih, Gregory Kehailia, Moukhtar Kocache, Luc Mayitoukou, Alia Rayyan, Ferdinand Richard, Mohamed-Salah Omri, Nermin Serhan, Mohammed Yousri, Mohamed Merhari, Mahmoud Refat, and Haisam Yahia
Tangier 2006
The Informal Meeting 2006 was hosted in Tangier with the collaboration of Cinémathèque de Tanger, the EU Delegation in Damascus, Ford Foundation, and IETM, with participants from: Townhouse Gallery (Egypt), The Garage Theatre (Egypt), El Genaina — Al Mawred Al Thaqafy, Windows Theatre (Palestine), Al Sawy Cultural Center (Egypt), Contemporary Image Collective (Egypt), Makan Egyptian Centre for Culture and Art (Egypt), Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum (Egypt), Zico House (Lebanon), Ashkal Alwan (Lebanon), SHAMS — the Lebanese cooperative for Youth in Theatre and Cinema (Lebanon), Beirut Arts Center (Lebanon), Beirut D.C. (Lebanon), Cinémathèque de Tanger (Morocco), Makan, Masrah al Balad (Jordan), El Teatro (Palestine), Ness El Fen (Tunisia), Al Hamra (Syria) and Mad’art (Tunisia)
Grant making
Partner Spaces Grants 2014
Makan (Jordan), Beirut Art Space (Egypt), 100COPIES (Egypt), Association L’Art Rue — Dream City (Tunisia), and Medrar (Egypt)
Grants for Arts & Culture Spaces 2000 to 2014
Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum (Egypt), Association Les rencontres de la Danse (Morocco), Batroun Projects (Lebanon), Beirut (Egypt), Beirut Art Center (Lebanon), Contemporary Image Collection (Egypt), Cinematheque de Tanger (Morocco), Espace Darja (Morocco), Factory Space (Egypt), Filmothèque El ManarArt (Tunisia), Al-Hoash (Palestine), La Source du Lion (Morocco), Al Mahatta Gallery (Egypt), Makan (Jordan), MASS Alexandria (Egypt), Masrah Beirut (Lebanon), Maqamat Dance Theatre (Lebanon), Medrar for Contemporary Art (Egypt), Megawra — Built Environment Collective (Egypt), Metro AlMadina (Lebanon), Metropolis Cinema (Lebanon), Ness El Fen (Tunisia), L’Atelier L’Observatoire (Morocco), Sada Iraq (Iraq), Shashat (Palestine), Studio Al Madina (Egypt), The Garage Theatre (Egypt), The House (Jordan), Windows Theatre (Egypt), Zoukak (Lebanon), 98 Weeks (Lebanon), and 100COPIES (Egypt)
Production & Touring Grants 2000 to 2014
2014 Mahmoud Khaled (Egypt), Bissane Alsharif (Syria), Adelita Husni-Bey (Italy/UK)
2013 Mohamed Abdelkarim (Egypt), Nancy Naous (Lebanon), Zaher Omareen (Syria), Ma3azef (Jordan), Saout Radio (Lebanon), Bissane Alsharif and Mohamad Omran (Syria), Wael Ali (Syria/France), and Mohamed Shafiq/Stampa cie (Egypt)
2012 Samandal Comics Association (Lebanon), Wael Kodeih (Lebanon), Doa Aly (Egypt), Basel Abbas (Palestine), Toleen Touq (Jordan), Maha Maamoun and Ala Younis (Egypt/Jordan), and Oussama Ghanam (Syria)
2011 Mohamed Shawky (Egypt), Alia Hamdan (Lebanon), Office Of Public Affairs, Middle East (Lebanon), Laila Soliman and Ruud Gielens (Egypt/Belgium), Sarah Enany (Egypt), Eyad Houssami (Lebanon), Majdi Al Sayed Moustapha (Egypt), and Raed Yassin (Lebanon)
2010 Dictaphone group (Lebanon), Mahmoud Khaled (Egypt), Jananne Al-Ani (Iraq), Roy Dib (Lebanon), Iman Issa and ACAF (Egypt), Atfal Ahdath (Lebanon), Basel Ramsis (Egypt), Makan (Jordan), Mohamed Allam (Egypt), Ashkal Alwan (Lebanon), Compagnie Vent de Sable (Spain), Rania Ezzat (Egypt), and Kamilya Jubran and Werner Hasler (Palestine/Germany)
2009 Samah Hijawi (Jordan), Hassan Khan (Egypt), Yazan al Khalili (Palestine), Maha Maamoun (Egypt), Labo Beckett (Morocco), Oraib Toukan (Jordan), Adham Hafez (Egypt), and Eka3 (Egypt)
2008, Caroline Hatem (Lebanon) and Yasmeen Ayyashi (Jordan)
2007, Raed Yassin (Lebanon), Adham Hafez (Egypt), Danya Hammoud (Lebanon), Rawya El Chab (Lebanon), Khaled Yassine (Lebanon), Kristof Persyn and Shadi El Dali (Egypt), Khouloud Nasser (Lebanon), and Cie Chahta (Tunisia)
2006 Ahmed Khaled (Egypt)
2005 Muzaq (Tunisia) and Hassan Khan and Mahmoud Refat (Egypt)
2004, Joumana Mourad (Lebanon), Lotfi Abdelli (Tunisia), Dalia El Abd (Egypt), and Reem Hegab (Egypt)
2003, Amal Kenawy (Egypt), Sherif El Azma (Egypt), and Omar Rajeh with Bassem Adly (Lebanon/Egypt)
2002, Omar Rajeh (Lebanon), Beatrice Kombe and Karima Mansour (Ivory Coast/Egypt), and Khaled Hafez (Egypt)
2001 Issam Abou Khaled (Lebanon), Karima Mansour (Egypt), and Ahmed El Attar (Egypt)