Featuring the UAE’s contemporary artists, galleries, foundations and educators who have contributed to the development and growth of the national arts sector.

An exploration into this unique form of art using Arabic lettering. Edited by Charbel Dagher, Translated by Samir Mahmoud, Published by Skira.

Managing and editing exhibition catalogue published for the Barjeel Art Foundation.

This narrative style book charts eL Seed’s most ambitious artistic mural that was installed over 50 buildings in the Manshiyat Nasr neighbourhood of Cairo in 2016. Written and published by eL Seed.

The accompanying publication for an exhibition of the same name at L’Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris. Published by Dubai Culture

Co-edited by Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi and Todd Reisz and published by Birkhäuser this book charts the architectural and vernacular history of the emirate of Sharjah.

The autobiography of Fatima Daoui, a Moroccan TV anchor at Al Arabiya news station. Published by Dreamworks Collective

50U a book about the United Arab Emirates. It was published on the occasion of the UAE’s Golden Jubilee, celebrating December 2, 1971, when the confederation of seven Gulf states was officially declared. Featuring 50 portraits to encapsulate the nation. Published by Archis, designed by Irma Boom. Commissioned by Yasser Bin Khediya
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