Munira Al Sayegh is an independent curator and cultural instigator based in Abu Dhabi, UAE. She is the founder of Dirwaza Curatorial Lab, a UAE based curatorial incubator and cultural advisory. She is a published author and prominent public voice in the region, highlighting the importance of grassroots initiatives, language and narrative reclamation with regards to the Gulf. Her contributions can be traced back to NYU Abu Dhabi’s FIND project (2012), and she currently sits on the advisory board for the university’s art gallery. As a part of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi team she collaboratively curated Guggenheim Abu Dhabi’s The Creative Act: Performance, Process, Presence (2017); her curatorial solo debut was Bayn: The In-Between (2017), the third edition of UAE Unlimited. Later, she curated the Talks Program in Abu Dhabi Art. In parallel, since 2014 she has joined and pioneered curatorial initiatives across Art Dubai, where she curated the Residents section (2019) and started the Now series, looking at non-government-funded creative platforms in the region. In 2020, she premiered The Cup and The Saucer, commissioned by 421 (Sheikha Salama bint Hamdan Foundation). In 2021 Al Sayegh debuted her first exhibition outside of the region Between the Sky and Earth, organized and hosted by the Middle East Institute in partnership with the NYUAD Art Gallery. Since the launch of Dirwaza Curatorial Lab, Al Sayegh has led on the curation of various exhibitions including Leadership Pavilion Project (Expo2020, Dubai, 2020), Zemanna (Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, 2022), Hair Mapping Body; Body Mapping Land (ICD Brookfield, Dubai, 2021), In Process | In Progress ( NYUAD at 421, Abu Dhabi, 2022), While the Coffee Grounds Settle (Fathom Gallery, Washington D.C., 2022), Evaporating Suns (KBH.G, Basel, 2023), Evident Presence (NMSS at Abu Dhabi Art, Abu Dhabi, 2023), A Return to the Ground (United Arab Emirates Embassy, Tokyo, 2023), and Gauze (Tabari Art Space, 2024).