How would you like to help?
The Arab Image Foundation offers internships throughout the year.
Volunteers make an invaluable contribution to our work.
AIF is looking for a researcher proficient in Arabic with experience in cultural and artistic practices and visual culture.
At the Arab Image Foundation premises in Beirut, we not only care for our collection but also welcome students, researchers, artists, and members of the public eager to learn more about the AIF’s work, and photography in general.
Events
Screening: 𝗹𝗶𝗾𝗮’𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗵𝗿𝗶
This monthly screening continues AIF’s exploration of resistance, memory, and collective narratives through moving images. Each session takes place the last Thursday of the month at 6PM.
Our news
August 11, 2025- 24
Summer break 🌊
AIF will be closed from the 11th to the 24th of August.
July 7, 2025- 18
Photography conservation specialist Fernanda Valverde joins us at AIF to lead training sessions on the preservation and housing of broken and damaged glass plate negatives from the Ramazan Collection.
June 6, 2025
The Common Library will be closed for Eid al-Adha.
June 10, 2025
The Ramazan Collection has arrived to the Arab Image Foundation. The collection consists of an estimated 12,000 glass plate negatives spanning the 1940s to the 1970s by Kirkuk based Studio Ramazan.
September 18, 2025
The Arab Image Foundation will be participating in the 2025 Curationist Metadata Summit: Metadata Outside the Box. AIF researcher Lydia Mardirian will be discussing the way in which we harvest and apply metadata in our practice of care for photographic objects.
September 17, 2025
We are continuing our work on the 0307ra - Ramazan Collection. The collection consists of an estimated 12,000 glass plate negatives of studio portraiture spanning the 1940s to the 1970s by Studio Ramazan. Located in Kirkuk, the studio was run by Kurdish photographer Ramazan Zamdar. This project was supported by the Gerda Henkel Foundation.