Ala’ Younis investigates through exhibition making, film programming, and publications, the position of individuals in a politically driven world, and the conditions in which historical and political failures of the collective become personal ones.
Graduated in 1997 with a degree in Architecture, Younis successively held the position of assistant director, acting director and artistic director at Darat al Funun in Amman between 2006 and 2010. Younis has also curated film programs for ArabShorts - Indepdent Arab Film Festival (2009 - 2011), organized by the Goethe Institut Cairo.
Out of Place
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/outofplace/default.shtm
To Know the Arab Terrain: movements to, from and within
http://www.transmediale.de/content/arab-shorts-2010-curated-ala-younis
