Arundhati Kalyan 10/18/22 Arundhati Kalyan 10/18/22

Can an Exhibition Memorialize the 1947 Partition of the Indian Subcontinent?

Arundhati Kalyan reviews ‘Proposals for a Memorial to Partition’ at Dubai’s Jameel Arts Centre, probing the question of whether art, curation, and current conceptions of memorialization can do justice to a tragic historical event of this scale

Noor Tannir 7/25/22 Noor Tannir 7/25/22

Soliloquies

Swiveling between memories in Sharjah, Dubai and Cairo, Noor Tannir’s vulnerable personal essay grapples with themes of anxiety, grief, and family illness

Carlos Paez & Ahmed Ashour 10/28/21 Carlos Paez & Ahmed Ashour 10/28/21

Stories I Want to Tell

Benjamin Kirby 8/2/21 Benjamin Kirby 8/2/21

Down and Out in the UAE Badlands

Film camera in tow, Benjamin Kirby heads to Al Dhaid in Dubai, where he meets an enigmatic TikTok-famous travel agent and muses on the urban landscape in this new essay

Dennis Reynoso 8/2/21 Dennis Reynoso 8/2/21

Thinking about Thinking

Dubai-based barista Dennis Reynoso uses his camera to create connections between contemplative passersby and himself

Andrea Salerno Jácome 7/8/21 Andrea Salerno Jácome 7/8/21

Al Satwa

Venezuelan photographer Andrea Salerno Jácome shares a photo essay on the Satwa neighborhood in her current base Dubai, accompanied with both Spanish and English versions of a reflection on being a migrant in this ‘temporary city’

Sadaf Habib 2/8/21 Sadaf Habib 2/8/21

Desert Cast: Towards an Identity

The new architectural exhibition at Sharjah's 1971 Design Space, featuring three Kuwait-based designers, hopes to discover a more authentic local design identity, one that is rooted in the region's rich history

Nada Al Mosa 12/7/20 Nada Al Mosa 12/7/20

Documenting Sanctuary #1

Time slows down in a garden in Sharjah where plants, cats, and childhood games provide the care of a sanctuary. A poem by Nada Al Mosa

Cassandra Mitchell 12/7/20 Cassandra Mitchell 12/7/20

A Homecoming

In this short story by Cassandra Mitchell, a girl stands on her balcony alone with her thoughts. The city of Abu Dhabi reads her mind and asks, “Who cares that you’re happy?”

Vamika Sinha & Myriam Louise Taleb 12/7/20 Vamika Sinha & Myriam Louise Taleb 12/7/20

Sentimental City: Caring for Mina Zayed

In a city designed to be unsentimental, Vamika Sinha reflects on the need to care for community space and history in the wake of announcements to redevelop Abu Dhabi's Mina Zayed – an essay incorporating text and photographs by herself and Myriam Louise Taleb