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Category: Art & Photography

15 June, 2022 • Steve Sabella

Steve Sabella: Excerpts from “The Parachute Paradox”

In these stories from his impassioned memoir, Steve Sabella works to decolonize the mind and liberate his identity.

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13 June, 2022 • Arie Amaya-Akkermans

Film Review: “Memory Box” on Lebanon Merges Art & Cinema

Arie Akkersmans-Amaya reviews the latest film by Lebanese artist duo Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, whom he interviews.

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9 May, 2022 • Melissa Chemam

Algerian Art on the 60th Anniversary of Algeria’s Independence

Melissa Chemam reviews two major exhibitions devoted to Algerian artists and the rebel leader Abd el-Kader, at Paris and Marseille museums.

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2 May, 2022 • Melissa Chemam

Zineb Sedira Triumphs for France/Algeria at 59th Venice Biennale

Melissa Chemam interviews the London-based Franco-Algerian artist whose pavilion won Special Jury Mention in Venice.

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11 April, 2022 • Karén Jallatyan

Ghosts of Beirut: a Review of “displaced”

Karén Jallatyan reviews the book of Beirut's Armenian community with photography by Ara Oshagan and an essay by Krikor Beledian.

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15 March, 2022 • Malu Halasa

No Sex Please, We’re Syrian: on Syrian Sexual Humor During War

A frank look at the changing social attitudes toward sexuality in war-torn Syria.

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15 March, 2022 • Arie Amaya-Akkermans

On “True Love Leaves No Traces”

From Leonard Cohen to Apollo and Daphne to French philosopher Jean-Lun Nancy, Arie Akkermans-Amaya looks at the influences of an Istanbul exhibition.

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24 January, 2022 • Yahia Dabbous

Mapping an Escape from Cairo’s Hyperreality through informal Instagram archives

Even as the despotic rulers of post-revolution Egypt attempt to remake greater Cairo, hoping to gloss over the regime's dismal human rights record, one writer sees through the smoke and mirrors.

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15 January, 2022 • Iason Athanasiadis

Children in Search of Refuge: a Photographic Essay

Photographer, documentarian and journalist Iason Athanasiadis shares images from more than 10 years of reporting from Afghanistan to Greece and back.

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15 January, 2022 • Peyman Hooshmandzadeh, Salar Abdoh

Refugees of Afghanistan in Iran: a Photo Essay by Peyman Hooshmandzadeh

In Iran, Afghan refugees have been a part our everyday lives for over four decades now.

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22 November, 2021 • TMR

Hayy Jameel — Jeddah’s Sparkling New Center for the Arts

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia is home to a major new arts and cultural center, opening to the public on December 6, 2021.

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22 November, 2021 • Deborah Williams

Traveling in Contentious Spaces — Saudi Arabia

When friends in Abu Dhabi asked Deborah Williams how she could support MBS by going to “his” festival, she didn’t have an answer, only another question: how do we draw the lines around where we will or won’t go?

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