Tag Archives: Islam

Artist Introspectives

The Most Public of Private Spaces

by Ahmed Mater | Mar 30, 2018

Artist Introspectives

The Most Public of Private Spaces

by Ahmed Mater | Mar 30, 2018

Artist Ahmed Mater discusses the influence of the public and public space on his powerful portraits of the Islamic world.

New Kids on the Block

Randa Mirza’s Burning Sky

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Jun 15, 2016

New Kids on the Block

Randa Mirza’s Burning Sky

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Jun 15, 2016

In Lebanese artist Randa Mirza’s series “El-Zohra Was Not Born in a Day,” delicate dioramas speak quiet truths about ancient Arabian stories.

Movement and Stillness in Nira Pereg’s “Ishmael”

by Talia Heiman | Jan 4, 2016

Movement and Stillness in Nira Pereg’s “Ishmael”

by Talia Heiman | Jan 4, 2016

Nira Pereg’s four-channel video installation Ishmael (2015), was filmed in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, the West Bank’s largest city. Holy for both Muslims and Jews, the Cave …