Fleeting Feelings  A project in the pipeline by the highly respected photographer, editor and designer, Saër Karam, sees him doing what he does best; capturing emotions and creatingstandalone stories with a camera                   How does your background in journalism and instinct for seeking out and telling a story steer your choice...

Mainstream Beckons Janet Rady, specialist in Middle Eastern contemporary art and guest curator of the ‘I AM’ exhibition, envisages a new era for Arab art in which marginalisation is largely a thing of the past With its groundbreaking content, exciting list of participants and broader implications for Arab art, the ‘I AM’ exhibition,...

The Mind's Eye Rose Issa’s project at the Beirut Art Fair will consider the impact of recent regional socio-economic issues on both collectors and artists   When the independent curator, writer and producer Rose Issa organised her first Arab film festival over 30 years ago while living in Paris, it was fuelled by a desire to show an...

When Colour Meets Sound    Conflicts around creativity have clearly made way for cross-inspiration and harmonious co-existence in a new solo exhibition of works by the artist and musician Walid Nahas     While a new solo exhibition highlights Walid Nahas’s passion for both music and art, it also relays the message loud and clear...

Seeing the Light  The artist Fanny Seller has found a new way of working, using a medium ideally suited to her love for layers and luminosity. If it hadn’t been for a leaking roof in the rambling old palace, ‘Mansion House’, a collective and alternative work space in Beirut, where the artist Fanny Seller was working for four years, then...

A Love for Letters   The Iraqi calligrapher, painter and sculptor, Sabah Arbilli, talks to Artscoops about the influence that roots, border crossings and fresh starts have had on his work     What inspired you to use calligraphy in your work?   As a young student at school, I was always fascinated with the composition and...

Light Out of Darkness   A project for mother and daughter team Mouna and Shireen, the Atassi Foundation is providing a much-needed platform for Syrian artists, from the displaced and diaspora to those who have helped define the country’s art   When the Atassi family left their native Syria for Dubai in 2012, many longstanding...

A Dynamic Dialogue   Created with passion and brimming with movement, Shahida Ahmed’s latest works mark an exciting new phase for an artist who remains determined to break down barriers     If 2016 was a year of preparation for Shahida Ahmed, then 2017 is most definitely one of putting plans into action.   The mixed-media...

Behind the Masks   A multidisciplinary visual artist, Nedim Kufi was born in Baghdad and has lived and worked in the Netherlands since 1994. Here, he talks to Artscoops about his latest exhibition, Virtuality, a series of pop-art style portraits inspired by social media avatars, on display at the Dar Al-Anda Art Gallery, Amman,...