For her latest solo exhibition, Sole Crushing, Moroccan artist Meriem Bennani orchestrates a radical reimagining of protest, procession, and public intimacy through the most ordinary of objects. The building itself becomes a resonating chamber, filled not with voices or instruments, but with over two hundred rubber sandals—striking, slapping, tapping in choreographed rebellion. “I had this […]
Some books arrive quietly but leave a lasting resonance. Mahmoud Khattab’s The Dog Sat Where We Parted is such a work, an unflinching yet poetic meditation on solitude, masculinity, and the inner landscape of military service in Egypt, where every able-bodied male with brothers is obliged to serve in the country’s military apparatus. Self-published outside […]
From a modest studio in Cairo, Mariem Akmal continues to develop a quiet but distinct visual language, one shaped as much by sound as by pigment. Now 24, the Egyptian artist recently completed her studies at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Helwan University, where she majored in mural painting and explored mosaic and stained glass. […]
