The Self and the Corporate Agenda Hiding Behind the Mirror

Self-acceptance, self-help, self-actualisation, self-care, self-esteem, self-love, self-made, self-motivation, self-preservation, self-reliance, self-respect, self-sufficient, self-stimulation, self-worth… The self is anti-human.

Exile as a Rite of Passage

Exile is no longer rupture but genesis – the shared rite of passage through which artists rebuild meaning, memory, and belonging

Juliet Makhlouf’s Ancestry Exhibition Opens at Oblong Gallery, Dubai

Explore heritage, collective memory, and Arab cultural legacy through the lens of Syrian artist Juliet Makhlouf in a powerful new exhibition

Is It Really “Just A Phase”?

We ask and the internet answers

The House That Bady Built

For French-Syrian artist Bady Dalloul, a house is country unto itself. Within his practice, he invites us to cross the threshold into a universe of personal memories, imagined stories, and the small empires he has been building since his childhood summers in Damascus