All posts tagged “arab

Soad Hosny

Memento Mori

A conversation with Alia Al-Senussi and Abdullah Al-Turki, two curators of the ICA’s inaugural ‘Cinema on the Steps’ film festival in London

Bastardo

Revolution and Desire

A conversation with Beirut-based art & film curator Rasha Salti about the Middle Eastern highlights of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival

Parviz Tanavoli

Journey to the East

A conversation with renowned Iranian artist Parviz Tanavoli about Safar, a major upcoming exhibition of contemporary Middle Eastern art in Canada

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The Narcicyst

Iraq is the Bomb

‘It is our time as Arabs. Arab will be the new cool’ - Megan Bénéat-Donald in conversation with Iraqi-Canadian musician The Narcicyst

Fayez Barakat

Beyond Consciousness

‘I leave Fayez Barakat’s gallery on Brook Street with a feeling I can’t quite fathom … Then again, my head is reeling with the choicest of wines’

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Abbas

See the Light

Sophie Kazan talks to the V&A’s Curator of Photographs, Marta Weiss about the groundbreaking ‘Light from the Middle East’ photography exhibition

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Jowhara Al Saud

Viva La Evolucion

While some would consider talking about a sort of revolution, others would prefer to look at the artistic happenings in Saudi Arabia as an evolution

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Tamara Abdul Hadi

Picture This

Iraqi-Canadian photographer Tamara Abdul Hadi shines a light on the misunderstood men of the Middle East in her photographic series, ‘Picture an Arab Man’

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Sarah Abu Abdallah - Alaan Artspace

Be Here Now

With a burgeoning art scene and myriad institutions blossoming around the country, there’s never been a better time to be an artist in Saudi Arabia

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Joana Hadjithomas Khalil Joreige

East Meets West

Tara Aghdashloo’s take on the Middle Eastern art and attractions at this year’s edition of the Frieze Art Fair in London

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