Episode 03: Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska...

Morad Montazami elaborates on the significance of Volcanique (1985) by Mohamed Melehi, and explains how the artwork manifests the ethos of Casablanca Art School through its mateirality, its imagery and its context. Backstory is available in both audio and video formats. To view t ...  Show more

What role have artists played in dismantling colonial infrastructures? In what ways have they contributed to creating new platforms in the postcolonial era? What can we learn about forging solidarities through art from past generations? In this episode, Hoor Al Qasimi speaks with ...  Show more

We talked to Krystel Khoury and Karim Kattan about their work at Mophradat. Krystel is Mophradat's grants coordinator, and Karim is Mophradat's programs associate. 

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Can objects from the past make us see the present in a new light? How does art reframe things that carry histories of oppression? To find out, listen to this episode, recorded before Sharjah Biennial 15 opened, where artist Nari Ward is in conversation with SB15 curator Hoor Al Q ...  Show more

Gidda Dawlat is Binty’s grandmother. In this episode, Binty tells the story of how she survived the hasad!CREDITS: This podcast was produced by Studio Ochenta. Story by Rana Abdelhamid and Mona Elboghdadi. Creative Director and Executive Producer, Lory Martínez. Senior Fiction Pr ...  Show more

In memory of Lokman Slim 17 July 1962 - 4 February 2021 Click to watch: https://youtu.be/64ib_xV6kIA A special thank you to Monika Borgmann (filmmaker, director of UMAM Research & Documentation & Lokman's wife); Rasha al Ameer (author, publisher of Dar al Jadeed & Lokman's sister ...  Show more