People

Abed Al Ju’beh was born and educated in the old city of Jerusalem.

Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès is the Founding Creative Director of the Khatt Foundation.

Dr Yousef Aidabi is currently the Advisor at the Dr Sultan Al Qasimi Centre for Gulf Studies.

Hisham Al Madhloum is a founding member of the Emirates Fine Arts Society, Emirates Photography Society and Al Marsam Al Hor studio at the UAE University.

Shaikha Al Mazrou's sculptural experimentations and investigations are expressions of materiality - articulations of tension, the interplay between form and content, as well as an intuitive, keenly felt understanding of materials and their physical properties.

His Excellency the Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development Abdul Rahman Mohammed bin Nasser Al Owais holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Information Systems

Abdullah Al Owais is the Chairman of the Department of Culture and Information, Sharjah, and member of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Sharjah.

Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi is the Chairman and Partner of Meem Gallery, as well as the founder of the Barjeel Art Foundation.

Abdullah Al Saadi’s work ranges from painting, drawing and the creation of lengthy artists’ notebooks to the collection and systematic categorisation of found objects and the invention of new alphabets.

Noura Al-Sayeh is an architect currently working at the Ministry of Culture of the Kingdom of Bahrain as Head of Architectural Affairs.

Aliocha Imhoff and Kantuta Quirós are art theorists, curators and founders of the curatorial platform Le peuple qui manque [A People is Missing].

Maya Allison is founding Director of the Art Gallery and Chief Curator at New York University Abu Dhabi.

Sama Alshaibi is a photographer, video artist and accomplished filmmaker.

Asim Altokhais is a film producer, screenwriter, novelist, and co-founder and general manager of 3rd action, Inc.

Awam Amkpa is Dean of Arts and Humanities, NYUAD and Global Network Professor of Drama, Social and Cultural Analysis, NYU New York.