Creativity and Imagination
by Priyal Thakkar
We are one of 30 global youth platform partners in the launch of an initiative by @ChimeForChange and @weareirregular to explore gender and our fluid future. In this piece from Irregular Report’s second issue, Priyal ruminates on her poetry and creativity, how this informs her activism and vice versa, and why it's so important to be creative.
Pinched and Prodded
by Lizzy Vartanian Collier,
The struggle of the LGBTQ+ representation in Middle Eastern art might phase Alireza Shojaian—but it doesn’t stop him.
EVENT: Echoes of Invisible Hearts
A group show exploring narratives of Yemeni displacement.
WHAT YOU KNOW
by Laila Iravani,
Khabar Keslan is proud to present “What You Know,” a documentary series by Laila Iravani that brings you up front and personal with prominent Iranian artists in America.
Liminal Belonging
by Bergen Hendrickson,
"Al-Ghoussein’s most recent body of work documenting the derelict Al-Sawaber complex suggests a more subdued, tender continuation of his continued exploration of the space and poetry of a relation to ‘home’ that remains elusive."
Digital Spirituality
by Amr Alngmah,
"In this installation, Alngmah looks to the spiritual influence of the Kaaba in Mecca, where over a billion of Muslims turn towards to pray multiple times throughout the day."
Hidden Truths
by Shehana Udat,
"All Islamic geometric patterns derive from the same origin—a simple circle; the essence of all geometric forms symbolizing unity and being the ultimate source of diversity in creation."
Hamed Says
by Benjamin Stevenson,
“You see that girl
right there? She’s mukhabarat”—
informants for the government."
