The Artists
Find out more about the artists who contributed to the Word into Art exhibition, a collection of works which presented the highlights of the contemporary art and culture emerging from the Middle East and North Africa today. Their works reflect issues of identity and politics, and the richly diverse artistic heritage of the region.
Below are the biographies of each contributing artist, as well as a number of exclusive interviews. Alternatively, the Interviews link will take you directly to the recordings.
Abboud, Shafic
Abla, Mohammed
Alani, Ghani
Arabshahi, Massoud
Al-Attar, Suad
Belkahia, Farid
Chorbachi, Wasma`a
Faraj, Maysaloun
Ghadirian, Shadi
Hammad, Mahmoud
Hassanzadeh, Khosrow
Ja’Far, Mustafa
Khedher, Salam
Madi, Hussein
Massoudy, Hassan
Moshiri, Farhad
Muhriddin, Mohammed
Al-Nasiri, Rafa
Haji Noor Deen Mi Guanjiang
Peacock, Jila
Rawas, Mohammad
Rovner, Michal
Al-Sayegh, Samir
Al-Shammarey, Mohammed
Slimane, Khaled Ben
Waqialla, Osman
Abdelke, Youssef
Adnan, Etel
Al-Ali, Salah Faisal
Armajani, Siah
Avedissian, Chant
Benanteur, Abdallah
Ehsai, Mohammed
Farhan, Saïd
Ghaib, Ghassan
El-Hanani, Jacob
Honda, Kouichi Fou'ad
Jalali, Bahman
Al Khemir, Sabiha
Mahdaoui, Nja
Metoui, Lassaad
Al-Moudarres, Fateh
Nabil, Youssef
Nayiny, Malekeh
Omar, Madiha
Raad, Walid
El-Rayess, Aref
Al-Said, Shakir Hassan
Selim, Rashad
Shawa, Laila
Tanavoli, Parviz
Yahya, Nazar
Abdullah Mahmud, Iman
Afnan, Maliheh
Ali, Wijdan
Ata, Sina
Al-Azzawi, Dia
Boullata, Kamal
Ermes, Ali Omar
Fathi, Golnaz
Hamadani, Mahmoud
Hashem, Satta
Houshiary, Shirazeh
Khalil, Mohammed Omar
Koraichi, Rachid
Mansour, Nassar
Mater Al-Ziad, Ahmed
Moustafa, Ahmed
Naim, Sabah
Neshat, Shirin
Palangi, Nasser
Al-Raes, Abdul Qadir
Rissan, Kareem
Samra, Faisal
Al Shaarani, Mouneer
Siti, Walid
Tatari, Mohammed Aneh
Zenderoudi, Charles Hossein