People

One of the best known members of the griot families in Mauritania, Dimi Mint Abba’s place in music and storytelling preceded her by three generations.

Jumana Emil Abboud uses drawing, video, performance, objects and text to navigate themes of memory, loss and resilience.

Mohamed Abdelkarim engages with notions of authorship and representation, camouflage and concealment and exchange and play

Youssef Abdelké is a painter and engraver. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus and the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris.

Mohamed Abdelrahman’s presentation will focus on the hitherto neglected artistic and cultural practices of cities on the periphery of the Islamic world.

Adel Abdessemed is a conceptual artist who creates sculptures, drawings, films, performances and installations that engage with and confront global political and social issues.

Ebtisam Abdulaziz is an artist, writer and curator from the UAE

Through her practice, Noor Abed examines notions of choreography and the imaginary relationship of individuals; creating situations where social possibilities are both rehearsed and performed. 

Encompassing the mediums of video, photography and performance, Bani Abidi’s two-decade-long practice draws on both everyday and historical events to explore issues of nationalism and state power.

Adel Abidin began his career as a painter, his work encompasses video, installation, photography and new media.

Initially trained as a painter, Sarah Abu Abdallah was later attracted to the documentary capacities of the camera, as well as the possibilities inherent in video and performance, and now creates works in multiple media.

Lawrence Abu Hamdan is an artist and 'private ear' or independent audio investigator.

Noor Abuarafeh’s works explore imagination and history, focusing on how history is documented, read and perceived as well as the possibility of using imagination and history to predict the future.

A respected writer, poet and playwright, Etel Adnan’s engagement with the social world of language is a vital part of a larger, complex practice that includes painting, drawing, tapestry design and a hybrid mixture of writing, drawing and painting – the leporello.

Saâdane Afif’s installations often combine ready-made objects with appropriated popular music.