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But We Cannot See Them (March - August 2017)

Read the book publication with interviews and essays of the exhibition and explore the exhibition’s brochure and Young Person’s Guide.

Book

But We Cannot See Them: Tracing a UAE Art Community, 1988-2008 features essays by Aisha Stoby and Adel Khozam, as well as interviews with Khalid Albudoor, Nujoom Alghanem, Hussein Sharif, Mohammed Kazem, Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Abdullah Al Saadi, Jos Clevers, Vivek Vilasini, Ebtisam Abdulaziz, Abdul-Raheem Sharif, and Cristiana de Marchi. Edited by Maya Allison Farah Rahim Ismail, Carl Gibeily, Alaa Edris, Bana Kattan. Published by Akkadia Press.

Brochure

This brochure accompanied the exhibition But We Cannot See Them: Tracing a UAE Art Community, 1988-2008. It features an introduction by the curator Maya Allison.

Youth Guide

The Youth Guide to But We Cannot See Them: Tracing a UAE Art Community, 1988-2008 was illustrated by Alia Alshamsi. Developed by Alaa Edris and Alia Alshamsi.

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