Two women leading conversation on culture in Saudi Arabia took to stage on two separate panels at Culture Summit Abu Dhabi to talk about their respective institutions. Aya Al-Bakree, CEO at Diriyah Biennale Foundation and Nada Alhelabi strategy and XP Music Futures director at MDLBEAST were both in spotlight at event.

Al-Bakree was speaking as part of panel “Cultural Leadership in Our Complex World.” Al-Bakree said, “Purpose of Diriyah Biennale Foundation is to craft perspectives. It does that by staging, Contemporary Art Biennale at Jax District and Islamic Arts Biennale, which takes place at Jeddah Airport.

Alhelabi said, “We are at right time for creatives. We have lot of opportunities. “For us at XP, collaboration is key. And passion. For all of us in Saudi, we did not have any music education. I remember I was 7 years old and wanted to learn piano, but there were no stores and there was no one teaching piano at time.

Published in The Daily National Courier, March, 05 2024

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