Najat Makki
Chatting with the experienced Emirati artist Najat Makki feels like hearing the stories about one’s…
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Zeinab AlHashemi
“I am a hybrid,” says Zeinab Alhashemi, the Emirati conceptual artist whose works – monumental…
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Nour Mobarak
Last summer, Nour Mobarak learned that, somewhere in Greece, her art was being devoured. She…
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Randa Maddah
Hailing from the Golan Heights, the Israeli-occupied mountainous territory in southwestern Syria, Randa Maddah grew…
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Fares Thabet
The beauty of our surroundings is often heightened in the mind’s eye, becoming a vision…
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Sadik Kwaish Alfraji
Sitting in his studio, far away from his beloved native country of Iraq, Sadik Kwaish…
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Adel Abidin
Written history, in many ways, is an unreliable source. Penned predominantly by the victor and…
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Hicham Benohoud
Hicham Benohoud’s photography is a fascinating proposition, a striking and often lyrical blend of the…
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Lal Batman
Lal Batman believes in the power nap. Quick escapes to the dream state have been…
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Aya Haidar
Unlike paintings or sculptures, which sit in the rarified realm of the museum, textiles have…
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Reza Aramesh
“Textiles have traditionally been used in European art history to signal virtue and power,” says…
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Hangama Amiri
The Afghan-Canadian textile artist Hangama Amiri did not have an easy start in life. She…
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