View From Inside is an expansive presentation of
This stunning book contains over 200 artworks.
The four texts in this book cover the early appearance of
contemporary Arab photography, video and mixed
It is a co-production between Schilt Publishing and
photography in the Middle East and North Africa in the
media art from the Middle East and North Africa.
FotoFest International.
mid-nineteenth century through photography’s evolution
The book shows the works of 49 leading Arab artists
as an integral part of the contemporary Arab art world. The
from 13 countries. These works reflect the emergence
author of the lead essay on contemporary photographic art is
of photographic, video and digital art as important
the pioneering curator and expert on classical Islamic art and
forms of creative visual expression in the Arab world
contemporary Arab art, Karin Adrian von Roques. Ms. Von
since the 1990s. The artworks address a broad range
Roques has worked in the Middle East and North Africa for
of issues that the artists themselves have defined as
more than two decades, bringing important contemporary
important to the modern Arab experience.
Arab art to museum audiences in Europe, Asia and the United States. Essays on the history of photography in the Arab world Ebtisam AbdulAziz
Joana Hadjithomas and
photographer, writer and co-founder of the Fondation Arabe
Khalil Abdul Wahid
pour l’Image in Beirut, and Dr. Claude W. Sui, Senior Curator
Ammar Al-Beik
Khaled Hafez
of the Forum International of Photography at the Reiss-
Manal AlDowayan
Hassan Hajjaj
Engelhorn Museum in Mannheim, Germany and curator
Shadia Alem
Rula Halawani
of exhibitions on nineteenth century photography in Arabia,
Reem Al Faisal
Nermine Hammam
including To the Holy Lands: From Mecca and Medina to
Sadik Alfraji
Hazem Harb
Jerusalem. Mona Khazindar, Director General of the Institut
Tarek Al-Ghoussein
Hazem Taha Hussein
du Monde Arabe in Paris looks at the development on the
Boushra Almutawakel
Georges Fikry Ibrahim
history of modern Arab photography and its relationship
Khalifa Al Obaidly
Noel Jabbour
to contemporary art. Wendy Watriss, Senior Curator and
Jowhara AlSaud
Ahmed Jadallah
Artistic Director for FotoFest International provides the
Sama Alshaibi
Mohamed Kanoo
philosophical overview of the book in her introduction.
Karima Al-Shomely
Mohammed Kazem
Sami Al Turki
Huda Lutfi
Tammam Azzam
Maha Malluh
Lara Baladi
Ahmed Mater
Hicham Benohoud
Hassan Meer
Ayman Yossri Daydban
Samer Mohdad
Shady El Noshokaty
Youssef Nabil
Ayman El Semary
Ayman Ramadan
Lalla Essaydi
Steve Sabella
Mounir Fatmi
Faisal Samra
Lamya Gargash
Wael Shawky
Abdulnasser Gharem
Camille Zakharia
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Contemporary Arab Photography, Video and Mixed Media Art
have been written by Samer Mohdad, a well-known Lebanese
View From Inside
About the authors of this book
Contemporary Arab Photography, Video and Mixed Media Art
View From Inside COVER ILLUSTR ATION
Sadik Alfraji (Iraq) The House That My Father Built, 2010 Video, Photographs and Painting Installation Lambda Prints, Indian Ink, Rice Paper and Oil on Canvas Courtesy of the Artist and Ayyam Gallery, Dubai and London