A.M Qattan Foundation

an independent, not-for-profit developmental institution working in the culture and education sectors targeting a variety of social groups, particularly children, teachers and young artists. www.qattanfoundation.org

Al Mawred Al Thaqafy

culture resource (al mawred al thaqafy) is a regional, non-profit organization that seeks to support artistic creativity in the arab region and to encourage cultural exchanges within this region and with the developing world. www.mawred.org

Al-Ma’mal Foundation

Al-Ma’mal Foundation for contemporary art was established in 1998. its creation came as a development to the work that Anadiel gallery pioneered since its establishment as the first and only independent art gallery in palestine. www.almamalfoundation.org

All Art Now

All Art Now was founded in 2005 in damascus as private initiative that focuses on syrian artists –especially the youth. www.allartnow.com

Anna Lindh Foundation

the Anna Lindh Foundation is an organisation shared and resourced by over forty euro-mediterranean countries, to bring people together as a way to promote dialogue between cultures and respect for diversity. the Foundation leads regional initiatives and support local activities carried out by organisations based across civil society. www.euromedalex.org

AphF : photo festival athènes

the aim of the festival is to broaden the existing platform for presenting the annual greek photography output and making contacts with artists from various countries. www.hcp.gr

Arab Fund for Arts & Culture

The Arab Fund for Arts & Culture aims at stimulating and supporting artistic creativity and freedom of cultural expression in the arab world. www.arabculturefund.org

Arab Image Foundation

the Arab Image Foundation is a non-profit foundation that was established in lebanon in 1996. the foundation aims to promote photography in the middle east and north africa by locating, collecting, and preserving the region's photographic heritage. www.fai.org.lb

ArtRole

ArtRole is a uk-based contemporary arts
organisation developing international
cultural exchanges with the middle east. www.artrole.org

ArtSchool palestine

established by a group of art professionals, curators and artists based in palestine and london, it aims to function as a facilitating structure and base for the development and promotion of contemporary palestinian art. through its various programmes, ArtSchool palestine strives to provide artists with opportunities for networking, dialogue and cultural exchange. www.artschoolpalestine.com

ArteEast

ArteEast, a new york-based international nonprofit organization established in 2003 by a group of artists, filmmakers, curators, scholars and educators, aims to present contemporary artists from the middle east and its diasporas to a wide audience in order to foster a more complex understanding of the region’s arts and cultures and to encourage artistic excellence. www.arteeast.org

Artfactories

Artfactories is an international resource platform, created in order to represent and promote existing and emerging "projects-spaces". www.artfactories.net

Ashkal Alwan

the lebanese association for plastic arts, Ashkal Alwan, is a non-profit arts organization based in beirut, lebanon. Ashkal Alwan aim is to initiate and promote critical artistic practices; and to document and build an archival record of contemporary intellectual and creative activity. www.ashkalalwan.org

Ayyam Gallery

founded in 2006, Ayyam Gallery is dedicated to promoting the finest contemporary middle eastern art worldwide. www.ayyamgallery.com

Beirut Art Center

Beirut Art Center (BAC) is a non-profit association, space and platform dedicated to contemporary art in lebanon. the aim of the center is to produce, present and promote local and international contemporary art and cultural practice in a structure that is open and active throughout the year. www.beirutartcenter.org

Contemporary Image Collective (CiC)

the Contemporary image Collective (CiC) is an independent non-profit arts initiative founded in cairo, in 2004, by a group of visual artists and professional photographers. CiC works to create a platform for production, exhibition, dissemination, research, education and exchange. www.ciccairo.com

Contemporary Istanbul

as the most extensive contemporary art event in turkey, Contemporary Istanbul is hosting national and international galleries, artists from all over the world, collectors, museum directors, curators and art critics. Contemporary Istanbul presents works of modern and contemporary paintings, sculptures, video, photographs, installations and limited editions. www.contemporaryistanbul.com

Darat Al Funun

Darat Al Funun is a home for the arts and the artists of jordan and the arab world. while the thrust of its programs maintains a constant focus on the visual arts, the darat al funun strives to be a haven for all the arts, where the public may experience the visual arts in harmony with other forms of self-expression. www.daratalfunun.org

Delfina Foundation

the Delfina Foundation facilitates artistic exchanges between the UK, the middle east and north africa. the core activities of international artists residencies and events provides artists, writers and curators, at all levels of their careers, with opportunities for professional development, and foster cross-cultural dialogue. the public programme develops platforms for wider engagement and exchange with audiences worldwide. centred on the artistic residencies, Delfina Foundation explores the link between the arts and civic society through talks, exhibitions, workshops and other related activities. www.delfinafoundation.com

EMYAN Euro-Med Young Artists Network

EMYAN is a youth initiative established in january 2007 to provide its members operating in the euro-mediterranean cultural field with a vehicle for communication, and a clear and distinct voice with the purpose to support the young artists' creativity. www.emyan.org

Euro-mediterranean youth platform

together with the euro-med youth programme, the Platform is an instrument being developed within the framework of co-operation in the youth sector. www.euromedp.org

Fanar Projects

Fanar Projects is a space at the periphery of the art world. It periodically hosts conferences, presentations, and exhibitions to encourage an atmosphere of exchange and conversation. www.fanarprojects.org

Green Cardamom

Green Cardamom is an arts organisation that develops and runs visual arts projects in collaboration with public museums and galleries. Green Cardamom runs a regular gallery programme in its london space, where it also develops new curatorial projects. Green Cardamom's programme is informed by artistic practice in pakistan, south and central asia, and the middle east. www.greencardamom.net

International roaming biennial of tehran

the idea of this independent, low-budget exhibition started out both as a critique of the situation in tehran, and of the international "biennialization" and '' gentrification '' process . featured works by artists from different countries from all around the world, selected from an open submission call, which has had an overwhelming response. www.biennialtehran.com

Khatt Foundation

The Khatt Foundation, Center for Arabic Typography is a non-profit organization that aims to encourage new design developments and improve (typo)graphic communication in the Arab World and the Middle East. www.khtt.net

KolahStudio

Kolahstudio is an independant personal art studio working and experiencing on several visual art fields in tehran since 2000. www.kolahstudio.com

Magnum Photos

Magnum Photos is a photographic cooperative of great diversity and distinction owned by its photographer members. with powerful individual vision, Magnum photographers chronicle the world and interpret its peoples, events, issues and personalities. www.magnumphotos.com

Makan

Makan is an independent dynamic space for contemporary art in amman, jordan. www.makanhouse.net

Medrar for contemporary arts

Medrar for contemporary arts is a common cultural corporate and philanthropic platform for young emerging artists based in egypt. http://medrar.org

On the Move

web site dedicated to international mobility opportunities and information in theatre, dance, music and other contemporary performing arts disciplines. it is intended for artists and performing arts professionals from europe and beyond. www.on-the-move.org

Open Society Institute

The OSI promotes cultural and artistic development as an activity that reflects open society values and positively influences public attitudes. OSI has supported independent theater and film festivals in the middle east and north africa. www.soros.org

Parkingallery

Parkingallery is an independent project space and online hub based in tehran. www.parkingallery.com

Photo Cairo festival

Organised by the contemporary image collective (CIC), an independent space in egypt dedicated to the visual image and the promotion of a contemporary visual language. www.photocairo4.com

Pist

PiST is an alternative project space that is willing to create a new platform for possible discourses and presentations from young and emerging artists and writers, critics, architects or musicians and to generate an international dynamism in the art scene of istanbul and turkey. www.pist-org.blogspot.com

Prince Claus Fund

The Prince Claus Fund aims at increasing cultural awareness and promoting exchange between culture and development. www.princeclausfund.org

Rafia Gallery

the goal of Rafia Gallery is to be a leading space for syrian, arab and middle eastern fine art as an education and communication platform. www.rafiagallery.com

Reloading Images Damascus

Reloading Images Damascus is an interdisciplinary artistic research platform. it invited artists and scholars from syria and abroad to discuss and explore ways of artistic practice and collaboration, based on an interactive exchange of experiences, ideas, know-how and tools of production and self-organisation. www.reloadingimages.org

Roberto Cimetta Fund

the Roberto Cimetta Fund is an international association promoting artistic exchange and the mobility of professionals in the field of contemporary performing arts and visual arts within the mediterranean area. www.cimettafund.org

SAM

grant for contemporary art, art residency in paris (france) www.samartprojects.com

The Cinematheque de tanger

the Cinematheque de tanger’s mission is to develop film culture in morocco. www.cinemathequedetanger.com

Triangle arts Trust

Triangle Arts Trust initiates and facilitates an international network of artist led workshops and residencies which engage audiences through public events and exhibitions. www.trianglearts.org

UMAM Documentation and Research (UMAM D&R)

Lebanese association for cultural and artistic exchange www.umam-dr.org

Young Arab Theatre Fund (Yatf)

YATF supports young artists living and working in the arab speaking countries in realizing their artistic projects. www.yatfund.org

Zakharif

Zakharif presents art, culture and history from the arab world through a variety of viewpoints. special attention is also given to the hybrid urban culture of contemporary multiethnic cities. www.zakharif.eu