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Naima Morelli

Naima Morelli is an arts writer and journalist specialized in contemporary art from Asia-Pacific and the MENA region. She has written for the Financial Times, Al-Jazeera, The Art Newspaper, ArtAsiaPacific, Internazionale and Il Manifesto, among others, and she is a regular contributor to Plural Art Mag, Middle East Monitor and Middle East Eye as well as writing curatorial texts for galleries. She is the author of three books on Southeast Asian contemporary art. She is a also graphic novelist. She is a regular contributor to The Markaz Review.

7 March, 2025 • Naima Morelli

Mous Lamrabat: Featured Artist

In his latest solo exhibition, Mous Lamrabat delves deep into the emotional weight of displacement, memory, identity and love.

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1 November, 2024 • Naima Morelli

Beyond Our Gaze: Rethinking Animals in Contemporary Art

Naima Morelli introduces four artists who showcase the role of animals in art as symbols, actors, or something altogether different.

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1 April, 2024 • Naima Morelli

When Fatma Haddad Became “Baya”—a Paris Art Story

Baya was among the first Algerian artists to be recognized by the art world in Paris. Though considered naïve in style, her work endures.

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3 March, 2024 • Naima Morelli

Artists Exploring Libya’s History, Cultural Resilience and Rebirth

Two exhibitions on Libya try to navigate between what to bring along from the country's past and what to burn down.

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4 February, 2024 • Naima Morelli

Intimacy & Our Inner Sanctuary—an Interview with Rana Samara

For Palestinian artist Rana Samara, intimacy is not just about love and sex, but is a mixture of connection, comfort and feeling at home.

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4 February, 2024 • Naima Morelli

The Body, Intimacy and Technology in the Middle East

Six women artists and curator Nadine Khalil explore women's bodies in a Dubai exhibition, in an interview by Naima Morelli.

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3 December, 2023 • Naima Morelli

Demolition and Recreation in Benghazi: Interview with Sarri Elfaitouri

Sarri Elfaitouri on urbanism, social reforms, and the legacy of colonialism in Libya after the March 2023 demolition of the city's center.

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13 November, 2023 • Naima Morelli

My Love for Derna: Interview with Libyan Writer Mahbuba Khalifa

A Libyan writer from Derna laments the floods that came not long after she devoted a short story collection to her hometown.

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1 October, 2023 • Naima Morelli

Art Curators as Public Intellectuals

Naima Morelli talks to Rose Issa, Sara Raza, Farah Abushullaih and Alia Al-Senussi about art and intellectuals.

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