Dubai: Arab Fund for Arts and Culture is an initiative in the Arab world that seeks to fill shortages in support of creative expression and artistic and cultural production. It was established in 2007 and is an independent initiative providing financial and professional support for artists and cultural institutions in the fields of film, music, performing arts, visual arts and literature. It also encourages cultural cooperation between artists of the Arab states and the institutions and international artists.
The measurable impact of AFAC’s work ranges from Arab filmmakers screening their films at international film festivals; to translations of foreign contemporary literature into Arabic, distributed for free on the internet; to archives that collect, document and preserve images of daily life during better times, in conflict-torn countries such as Lebanon and Iraq; to workshops that teach children to weave stories through puppetry and animation; to sharing contemporary narratives from the region with the global public.
