Al Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art

Al Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art (Al Ma’mal), is a non-profit organisation based in a former Tile Factory in New Gate, inside the Old City of Jerusalem, and serves its surrounding community, their guests and the city’s visitors through a programme of exhibitions, live music and workshops. Since 1998, Al Ma’mal has been a hub for art, cultural vibrancy and learning while building bridges with the world and honouring Jerusalem’s own enduring qualities as a complex, culturally rich, ageless city.

Art and culture are significant and essential components of both collective and individual identities. We believe that a healthy productive society must nurture the creative forces within it and provide its members with opportunities to participate in and be exposed to diverse forms of culture and artistic practices. We consider that a vibrant Palestinian community in Jerusalem and its surroundings is primordial in ensuring the needed diversity, dynamism and agency of future generations.