Artists & Authors

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Jumanah Abbas-Photo Jumanah Abbas

Architect, writer and curator

Screen Shot 2022-04-25 at 11.14.53 AM Hala Abdel Malak

Design critic, curator, educator, researcher and strategist

Rand Abdul Jabbar_Portrait 2020 Rand Abdul Jabbar

Artist and writer

Chloe-Kate Abel Chloe-Kate Abel

MA student of Curating Cultures (Middle Eastern and African Art)

aude Aude Abou Nasr

Multidisciplinary Artist and Illustrator

Sawsan_BIO PHOTO 2 Sawsan Abou Zainedin

Architect and urban development planner

Azza Aboualam Azza Aboualam

Architect and Curator

Saphiya Abu AlMaati Saphiya Abu Al-Maati

Architect and researcher

IMG_0423 2 Nadi Abusaada

Assistant Professor in Architecture

Etel Etel Adnan

Artist & writer

rizwan ahmad Rizwan Ahmad

Curator and Researcher

Mina Akhavan Mina Akhavan

Researcher

sarah al abdali Sarah Al Abdali

Artist and curator

Wesam Wesam Al Asali

Assistant Professor, Architect, Researcher

mona Mona Al Jadir

Architectural Designer

Ulrike al khamis Ulrike Al Khamis

Director & CEO of Aga Khan Museum in Toronto

Fatma al mahmoud Fatma Al Mahmoud

Managing partner at Hamzat Wasl Studio

Shamsa Al Nahyan Shamsa Al Nahyan

Curator and BA student of Creative Arts and Cultural Industries

HAQ2 Hoor Al Qasimi

President and Director of Sharjah Art Foundation

Salem faisal al qasimi Salem Faisal Al Qassimi

Multidisciplinary Graphic Designer, Educator, Entrepreneur

Noura al sayeh holtrop Noura Al Sayeh-Holtrop

Architect, Curator

WhatsApp Image 2025-02-14 at 20.24.47 Fatma Ebrahim Al Sehlawi

Architect, urbanist, and beekeeper

Reem Ibrahim Al Sehlawi

Islamic environmental ethicist, farmer, and textile artist

Shaikha Al Zaabi

Senior production officer at Louvre Abu Dhabi

ghathami Abdullah Al-Ghathami

Literary critic

Masa Al-Kutoubi

Art Advisor & Consultant

Alajami Sarah Saad Alajami

PhD Candidate

Ahmad Al Aqra Ahmed AlAqra

Architect, artist, and researcher

Suhail Alharbi

Art critic and scholar

Screen Shot 2022-04-24 at 4.34.20 PM Maya Allison

Executive Director of The NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery and Chief Curator at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD)

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Curator and Critic, Architecture

Rashed-Al-Mulla Rashed Almulla

Independent Urban Researcher, Founder of MABANI, Co-founder of MamarLab

Atef Alshehri Atef Alshehri

Architect and urbanist

Aseel AlYaqoub Aseel AlYaqoub

Writer and curator

Nisa Ari_Photo Nisa Ari

Associate Professor of Art History

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Artist, writer and arts administrator

Carine Assaf Carine Assaf

Researcher

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Art Collector, Patron and founder of Atassi Foundation

Ariella Aisha Azoulay Ariella Aisha Azoulay

Curator, filmmaker, and professor

Khaled Azzam Khaled Azzam

Director of The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts, Architect

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Art historian, The Courtauld Institute of Art

Bilal-Badat-3 Bilal Badat

Archaeologist and Art Historian

Samira Badran , Qalandia,palestine Samira Badran

Visual Artist

images Marc Baroud

Inter-disciplinary designer.

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Head of Photographic Collections Heritage - Musée du Quai Branly

Rana Beiruti Rana Beiruti

Curator, founder / director of platform

Nadine bekdache Nadine Bekdache

Designer, Urbanist, Co-founder of Public Works Studio

EL-MEHDI-BELYASMINE- El Mehdi Belyasmine

Architect, Designer, founder of Belyas.Co

Fatima Zahra Ben Hamza

Architect, Visual Artist

Alia Bengana Alia Bengana

Architect, Teacher, Author

Elika Blake Elika Blake

Arts Professional

Iwona Blazwick Iwona Blazwick

Art critic and lecturer

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Forest and Biodiversity Conservation Researcher

goerge boustany Georges Boustany

Photo collector

Hicham Bouzid Hicham Bouzid

Cultural practitioner and independent curator

Dimitri Dimitri Brand

Co-Founder and Director of Built Projects at Holesum Studio

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Art historian, PhD

Hamed Bukhamseen Hamed Bukhamseen

Architect and educator

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isabelle cahn Isabelle Cahn

Chief Curator at Musée D'Orsay, Paris

Lynn Chamoun

Product and Jewelry Designer

waddah1 Waddah Charara

Writer, journalist, translator & professor of sociology

Rabia-Charef-2 Rabia Charef

Architect, Researcher, Consultant

yasmine Yasmine Chemali

Director, Centre de la photographie de Mougins

joana chav Joanna Chevalier

Curator & Art Advisor

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Head of Collections

amy Amy Chiniara

Graphic Designer and Illustrator

choucair Mohamed Choucair

Multidisciplinary Artist

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Art historian, exhibition curator and director of mudac

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Artistic director, BeMA (Beirut Museum of Art)

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Associate Lecturer (The Courtauld Institute of Art and Tate Modern), PhD Student

Adib Dada Adib Dada

Environmental Activist and Architect

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Art Dealer

Leila Darwish

Community Organizer, Bioremediation Educator, Author, Disaster Response and Recovery Worker

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Curator in charge of Archeology at Agence France-Muséums

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Art curator, critic and historian

Guillaume de Sardes, Paris, 2014 Guillaume de Sardes

Photographer, writer, art curator & filmmaker

Lav Lav Diaz

Filmmaker

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36398-bollywood-1 Amandine d'Azevedo

Associate Professor, Film and Audiovisual Studies

Cristiana de Marchi, official portrait, 2021[1] Cristiana de Marchi

Artist, curator and poet

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heather-eckerd Heather Ecker

Scholar, Curator & Owner of Viridian Projects, LLC

AVT_Dominique-Edde_4292 Dominique Eddé

Writer, Editor

Galila Al Kadi Galila El Kadi

Researcher and professor

Screen Shot 2017-10-23 at 2.11.32 PM Fouad Elkoury

Photographer

Kit Elsworth Kit Elsworth

Associate and Building Performance Specialist at KieranTimberlake

Kaim Bitar Karim Emile Bitar

Associate Professor and Editor

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Curator of AUB Art Galleries

Swarnavel-Eswaran-Pillai Swarnavel Eswaran

Associate Professor, English and the School of Journalism

Eleftheria Exarchou Eleftheria Exarchou

Civil engineer

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farhad farjam Farhad Farjam

Chairman and CEO of Farbro Group, Founder of the Farjam Foundation

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Associate Professor of Art History at Northwestern University

Mohammad-Filfilan Mohammad Filfilan

Visual Arts Researcher

rico Rico Franses

Art historian

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Curator in charge of the Decorative Arts Collection at the Fondation Gandur pour l'Art

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Art historian, PhD

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cb-photo-philippe-garnier-c-marc-moquin-800x534 Philippe Garnier

Architect, Researcher

kim ghattas Kim Ghattas

Middle East Expert, Author, Journalist

nadaghosn7 Nada Ghosn

Writer, translator, and journalist

Screen Shot 2023-01-28 at 3.50.58 PM Rohit Goel

Writer, editor, BICAR

Huma Huma Gupta

Assistant Professor of Architecture

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Charbel Charbel Habre

Artist & musician

Mazen HAIDAR Mazen Haidar

Architect

Golan-Haji Golan Haji

Poet, essayist and translator

Hatim Ham

Visual artist, Interior Designer, Professor

Rabiaa Harrak

Architect, Author

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Photographer

Yasmin Huleileh Yasmin Huleileh

artist, music curator, co-founder / Fana collective

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Curator, Louvre Museum

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Mounsif Ibnoussina

Professor, Researcher, Specialist in Mediterranean Architectural Heritage

Screen Shot 2022-12-17 at 12.32.33 PM Rose Issa

Curator, writer and producer

elisa Elisa Iturbe

Assistant Professor of Architecture

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Daniel Jacobds Daniel Jacobs

Instructional Assistant Professor in Architecture

Soumiya Jalal

Architect, Artist

Ziad Jamaleddine

Co-founder of L.E.FT Architects, Assistant Professor

Nour Joudah Nour Joudah

Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow in geography

YasminaJraissati-2MB Yasmina Jraissati

Philosophy & cognitive sciences

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Curator in the department of Islamic Arts, Musée du Louvre

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Rhea Rhea Kahale

Biodiversity Conservation and Management expert

Safa Kamran Safa Kamran

MA student of History

Hanif Kara

Structural Engineer, Professor

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Architect, co-founder 'Civil Architecture'

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Photographer

Antonis Kentonis Antonis Kentonis

Visual Artist, Art Historian, and Collector

Hélène_Kessous Hélène Kessous

Social Anthropology and Ethnology, PhD

manal khader Manal Khader

Journalist, actress, curator

Lina Khatib Lina Khatib

Middle East Cultural Expert

Munira Kh Munira Khayyat

Anthropologist

Mona Khazindar Mona Khazindar

Art Historian

Yasmine Kherfi Yasmine Kherfi

Sociologist

kristine khouri Kristine Khouri

Researcher, Writer, Curator

Kwok Kian-Woon

Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Arts Singapore

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Global Print Sales Director at Magnum Photos

AVT_Brigitte-Koyama-Richard_6852 Brigitte Koyoma-Richard

Specialist in Japanese Culture and Prints

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Beatrice Leanza Beatrice Leanza

Curator, Museum Director, Critic

Photo Carine Chelhot Lemyre

Writer and Historian

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Balsam Madi Balsam Madi

Architect and urbanist

Chritsine Mady Christine Mady

Associate professor in architecture, urban design and urban planning

Screen Shot 2022-04-25 at 11.19.31 AM Cherine Magrabi Tayeb

Founder and curator, House of Today

Screen Shot 2024-03-17 at 5.53.58 PM Ahmad Makia

Geographer, author and editor

aline manoukian Aline Manoukian

Photographer

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Film critic for Cahiers du cinéma

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Writer and Editor

290 Salwa Mikdadi

Professor of Practice of Art History, NYUAD

Kevin Mitchel Kevin Mitchell

Professor of Architecture

Khalil Morad El Ghilali

Architect, Teacher

Natasha Morris Natasha Morris

Lecturer in Islamic Arts

Screen Shot 2022-04-25 at 11.19.01 AM Hala Moubarak

Interior designer

Elie Mouyal

Architect

Rabih-Mroue-website Rabih Mroue

Theatre director, actor, visual artist and playwright

Majd-Murad Majd Murad

Architect

PeterMurray-500x500 Sir Peter Murray

Founder, Yorkshire Sculpture Park

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Curator and Art historian, director of Mori Art Museum (Tokyo)

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Historian and Professor at Illinois State University

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Director of the Photographic Library at Saint Joseph University

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Scientific, Curatorial & Collections Management Director at Louvre Abu Dhabi

Francois Nour François Nour

Writer and architect

Nadine Nour el Din Nadine Nour el Din

Art Historian

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Art curator, critic and historian

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Carmen Perez Gonzalez

Curatorial Research Fellow at Museum of East Asian Art, Cologne

Bita Pourvash

Associate Curator at the Aga Khan Museum

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Nasser Rabbat

Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at MIT

Ronald Rael

Architect, Professor

1644508162860 Lina Ramadan

Curator and Writer

Hareth Ramzi Hareth Ramzi

Visual artist and Photographer

1517275069619 Jeanne Rethacker

Senior Curatorial Assistant, Louvre Abu Dhabi

Clara Rose Virginia Ewert Clara Rose Virginia Ewert

Postgraduate student of the History of Art and Architecture

Nadya Rouizem

Architect, Associate Lecturer, Researcher

1556276952718 Julien Rousseau

Curator, Head of the Asian Collections

F Ruda Frank Ruda

Philosopher

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Mahdi Sabbagh Mahdi Sabbagh

Architect, urbanist and editor

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Artist, Author

Abir Saksouk

Architect, Co-founder of Public Works Studio

Ghassan_Salhab Ghassan Salhab

Screenwriter, Film Director and Producer

Screen Shot 2022-05-09 at 12.32.09 PM Xavier Salmon

Director, Louvre Museum

Hanadi Samhan Hanadi Samhan

Urban practitioner

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Professor

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Professor of Anthropology & Art Studies

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Art history professor, University of North Texas (US)

Suparna Shankaranand Natesan Suparna Shankaranand Natesan

MA student of Curating Cultures

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Artist and Researcher

Sinno Sarah Sinno

Environmental Advocate, Researcher, and Founder of the Earth Preservation Project

Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès

Founding Director of Khatt Foundation and Khatt Books publishers

Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi

Columnist, Researcher and Founder of Barjeel Art Foundation

Edouard Souhaid

Artist, Architect

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Architect and visual artist

Contre-courants Némésis Srour

Social Anthropology and Ethnology, PhD

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Poet and Writer

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Professor of Art History & Art Critic

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curator at MARe/Museum of Recent Art

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Screen Shot 2022-12-25 at 4.56.49 PM Faysal Tabbarah

Co-founder 'Architecture + Other Things', Associate Dean & Associate Professor of Architecture, American University of Sharjah

Elias Tamer

Architect

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Writer, Curator, Researcher and Professor

Mahmud Tantoush Mahmud Tantoush

Researcher and lecturer

Fayçal Tiaïba

Architect, Photographer

Noor Toshani

Researcher

Ben Tosland Ben Tosland

Architectural historian

Toufic Jalal Toufic

Thinker, writer and artist

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Artist and Researcher

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Brittany Brittany Utting

Assistant Professor of Architecture

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Pieter Van den Broeck Pieter Van den Broeck

Professor, spatial planning and sustainable development

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Associate Professor, Macquarie School of Social Sciences

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Artist, co-founder of the Arab Image Foundation

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Artist, Architect and Exhibition designer

Sary Sary Zananiri

Cultural producer and theorist

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MA student of Curating Cultures (Islamic Art History)

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Professor of Ecosystem Management